When my mother moved out she was pretty lonely so she adopted a cat from a shelter. The owners of the shelter said Yoshi really had to go because she was unhappy there. Yoshi is easily scared and she didn't like the company of so many other cats. We don't know what kind of past she had but she must have had terrible owners. My mother gladly took her home and they soon became really close.
Yoshi was a perfect cat, although easily stressed and scared, except for one thing. She would pee in the house. She used her litter box but besides that she'd pee on other places too, probably because she was stressed or scared. There were no reasons to be scared or stressed about though, at least not in our eyes.
Anyway. It wasn't that often in the beginning so there was no problem. My mother moved and Yoshi moved with her. A few years later we took Tipi home. At first Yoshi didn't like her but they became friends. Past year(s) though, Yoshi started to pee a lot more in the house. We don't know the reason. It can't be because of Tipi because they really are friends.
We tried all kinds of methods to stop her but she kept doing it. When my mother would go on holidays the house would really smell, even though our cleaning lady would pass by twice a day to clean it up. She mostly peed in the kitchen, in corners, on the counter but also on the wooden floor in the living room and sometimes on towels or even shoes. It became so bad that every time my mother came home (and got up) she'd look on all the usual spots where Yoshi peed to check if she didn't pee. Even then she sometimes overlooked a spot followed by the annoying smell. My mother would get embarrassed when she had visitors over if she overlooked a spot.
My mother has a lace store and stores some of the lace at home so my mother got scared Yoshi would pee on them, or on the desk where she kept all her paperwork. She got really stressed because of that. Today Yoshi peed on a new suitcase and my mother couldn't take it any more. We went to the vet together to ask one more time if there were solutions but the vet just shook his head. After talking for a long time about it my mother decided to euthanize Yoshi. We didn't want to bring her back to a shelter because she would be very unhappy there and if she'd get adopted she might come into a family that isn't that patient with her. The only other solution is to keep her outside but that would make Yoshi unhappy too.
Yoshi was about 7 years old. She was a fat, awkward but sweet cat who loved bathrooms more than anything else. I'm REALLY sad to see her go, because she's so healthy and lively, but it's probably better this way.
We are really sorry, Yoshi. We really don't want you to go. We love you so much.
(Pictures I took today)
