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I want to leave a trigger warning here for mentions of animal abuse. Pls read carefully.
I have two lovely cats, Sirius and Phoenix. I got them 6 or 5 month ago, when they were born in my grandma's farm. They are very active and like playing a lot, and my mom is angry at them because they ruin her plants, make the walls dirty and scratch a bunch of furniture. My mom and I got into an argument today, because she was saying she wishes my cats were dead, that she wanted to kill them, that she wanted my dad to lose his patience with them and kill them. I got angry and said a bunch of stuff that is very not appropiate for me to mention here, then she said I'd go to hell for it. I am concerned for my cats' life, and I want to make sure they're safe but idk what to do. My grandma can take in more cats to her farm, feed them, make sure they're safe and stuff, but I'm not sure if I should bring them back to the farm because the other cats might not recognize them and try to fight them or they could escape and disappear, putting themselves in even more danger. I need advice, should I be concerned about my mom's mental health? Should I bring them back to the farm?
Hey, pls help me.
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Zoseph
Also I would be aware that yes, it is a bit weird for a parent to not take control of a situation and instead resort to violence against a creature that can easily be contained, retrained, or re-homed instead.
This sounds like its bigger than you, bigger than your cats, so try really hard not to take these outbursts as anything that reflects your quality s a person. I know this sounds silly but maybe its the election, my granny is going insane, can't talk to her about anything rn with her blowing up, and for her I know its that.
Zoseph
I am so sorry you are dealing with this, and I think it's big of you to reach out for advice.
The way I see it, dropping them off at your grans is the 50/50 split, because clearly you are taking these threats seriously, so it is better than them being hurt, but you have a lack of control about their re-capture ability in the future. The other way to get them out of your mom's baleful gaze would be to surrender them, but that leads to no recapture ability.
For the plants, try to make cruncly foil and hang a few 1' wide streamers off the plants to see if it stops them.
Maybe wash/magic erase the wall for your mother so she does not have to, if it is indeed the fault of your cats (though i don't understand how a cat could do that, they are generally rather cleans lads) because if she doesn't have to do it she likely wont be as mad.
Make sure you keep their nails trimmed and buffed, and there will not be as much damage, plus if you ensure that any extra claw caps are off they will likely not even want to scratch. If they are unfixed the may be scratching to help distribute scent, fixing them or washing everything often enough that they give up would help.
Thank you, I'll try those. :(
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