I can't look after my cat anymore

She can't be rehomed for the same reasons you don't want her in yours. But you could ask a cat rescue to take her in , on condition you pay for her lodgings and vet care for the rest of her life.

Or you could take her to the vet for euthenasia.

Both will cost you money, but our beloved pets deserve the best we can do for them.

There are times when I despair of GN! Hellogirl1 simply wondered aloud - or on keyboard - about the outcome of a situation previously discussed and was immediately criticised for simple, human curiosity.
For goodness sake - stop carping! If Lemsip or anyone else isn't interested in the fate of that poor, ailing old cat then maybe they should just move on to the next thread.

It is disappointing when someone doesn’t keep us up to date with what as happened, especially when people have sympathised and offered advice. If we know what an outcome is we can all learn from it.

Your always such a sweetie Lemsip,do nothing but enhance a conversation.

Hellogirl1

I wish Cassy would come back and say how she got on at the vet`s.

Hellogirl
why revive an old thread from OCT 2022?

i think we can take it as sorted why can't you.

start your own thread on something!

I think it highly unlikely, given the circumstances that any vet will try and talk you out of putting her done.

I know people have come up with lots of coping mechanisms, but it is clear that you are at the end of your tether and would be depriving yourself, perhaps, of food and heat, to buy these devices.

The cat is old, ill and unhappy. you are at the end of your tether. Visit the vet and have her put down. It will be the kindest thing for both of you.

I wish Cassy would come back and say how she got on at the vet`s.

The first thing I would do is take your cat to your vet for a check up.
I would try a litter tray with a cover most pet shops sell them or order one on the internet.
Failing all this put a plastic sheet on the floor ( a couple of plastic supermarket bags will do, then put newspaper or an old towel on top of them, this will catch any misses or spills. I had this problem with my elderly adopted cat & it helped.
As for the dementia your vet could probably have medication for this too.
If you are on benefits Google Celia Hammond cat sanctuary, you can get reduced fees from them.
I have a cat that had the same problem & he is fine now.
Good luck x

Have you thought about a hooded tray.the sides are high but the entrance is low to get in and out of.
Sorry not good at doing links.but look on Amazon or Ebay.and search hooded trays
I have a male cat who has a bowel problem and sometimes has accidents.he is 14,so I can understand your dilemma

Hollyhock, thank you. She has a step to get in and out of everywhere. Her peeing is accidental. She pees over the top of the high sided tray. It gets channeled out of the tray because I have a plastic lining which seems to cypher it over the top - it's just physics! I have a puppy pad, I cannot go higher sided or she will have trouble getting out! She is not drinking excessively! Please don't imagine things are worse than what I have said.

Please seek medical advice. Are you doing anything to help her out? For example underneath our huge litter tray we have an even bigger mat, just to catch the litter ours treads on. It looks untidy, but we don't mind. You worry she can't get back in once she's outside - why is this? Could you not provide her with an outdoor shelter? She's getting on now so needs a bit of help I'd think. You can even get built up ramps to enable her proper access to her built up tray contraption.

cassy. Please take your cat to the vet without further delay. She is very poorly and distressed and needs professional help.

I'm south west mikkima

I dont know where you are cassy but if in north west/ cheshire region there may be someone who can help. I will pass on details to you if this is the case

You say your cat isn’t unwell, but several things suggest otherwise, including excessive urination, a clicking hip and poor mobility, general unhappiness. Yes, she is elderly, but it does sound as though she’s not enjoying her old age.

On the other hand there’s your anxiety and concern for her, and the distress the whole situation is causing you.

Then there is the question of rehoming an elderly cat with hygiene, possibly health, problems. That doesn’t sound like the kindest solution for a very elderly cat which has been rehomed at least once before.

If it was my cat, or dog, I’d take him/her to the vet for a health check and be prepared to face having to say goodbye. It might be the kindest option, all things considered.

Take.cat.to.vet.asap.

What's stopping you?

Yes, I don't want her to go down hill. She went outside today, God knows why. And couldn't get back in again. She was cold and damp. What if she does it when it snows or gets really cold. She is definitely getting senile
Her litter tray is clean, it's just the way she wees, very high and it goes over. A shallow tray does not work. Period. A low tray is worse. A high tray is better, but she struggles to get in it hence the accidents.

If she is weeing outside her tray, or inside it but aiming wrongly, the problem could be due to one of two things.

Either the tray is not clean enough by HER standards, not yours. If this is the case give her two clean trays and see if it helps.

She is old, so does she have rheumatism that makes getting in and out of the tray difficult?

If so a tray with lower sides might be the answer.

Have you had her checked by the vet? Female cats are practically as prone to chills on the bladder as we women are.

And elderly cats (and dogs) can become incontinent.

Is she distressed by this habit of weeing all over the place.'? If she is, then there is a physical cause most likely. If she isn't, she is either cross with you because the tray is not clean enough by her standards, or she is doing it deliberatly to provoke you, being in a huff about something else, or she is suffering from a form of senile dementia.

I realise going to the vet is expensive, but if there is a physical cause it needs either to be treated, or you and the vet need to agree that the end is in sight and let her go now.

Hard yes, but letting the cat go downhill slowly is worse.

We have a 10 year old cat with similar problems- so we solved it by avoiding the normal sized litter trays and instead using a very sturdy, low sided, seed tray from the garden centre. It's about 2ft x 2ft. She uses this all the time, no spillage, etc. She chooses to be on her own all day, she's quite cosy in one of the spare rooms, even though we have no heat on. She lounges in the sun wherever it's shining in the room. She has the freedom but chooses her own little routine. She's also a "biter" being ex feral, but I'd never rehome her purely because noone would want her due to her nature and age, and anyway this has been her lifelong home. I hope you can get your elderly cat to see a vet regarding her waterworks, there may be a kidney problem or even diabetes.

cassy

That's the thing @parlourgames and @razzamatazz. She isn't ill, she just wees outside the box and it has such high sides to stop her peeing over the top it's hard for her to get in, and she still manages to wee over the side!!
I just can't do this for maybe 5 more years. I can't.

I actually think you really know the answer. I think you need to get your cat re-homed if only for your own health and safety - you simply can have cat wee on the floor, you might slip or pick up something nasty from it.

Cassy
No, she is having a problem with her hip (as you observed) that is why she doesnt have much of a life

It has nothing to do with being eldery

Please do not adopt any more cats after this one - pets depend on us, their humans, to take care of them.

Hope you come back from the vet with some solutions cassy - upu must be so desperate and exhausted.

We had this problem with our cat, also 15 now. She's now on dry biscuits, as recommended by the vet - Royal Canin Urinary. It has solved the problem.

Let us know how she gets on cassy. Older pets are very time consuming, especially with continence issues, but I've lost both of mine within six weeks of each other and I miss them.

My beautiful old cat died late August, the week after I'd had the floors here replaced. I had toyed with the idea of moving out into a hotel with my dog, and putting her in kennels, but as she didn't go out very much, I hadn't kept her vaccinations up to date so it would have meant a full round of vaccinations then the stress of a kennels. We'd rescued her as a feral kitten from a farm, she was very timid. Up until this point I'd been lucky and found cat feeders when I went away. Instead, we all crammed into the back kitchen/lounge while the work was being done and she slept with me on the blow up bed. As she was fed in the kitchen that routine wasn't changed. She stopped eating about three days after the work was finished, but I was still varnishing the floors so the rest of the bungalow was still off limits. I'm glad she caught a mouse the week before she died, and didn't suffer for long, it was her kidneys.

Good luck.

I will take her to the vet. She is just elderly, and doesn't have much of a life at the moment.