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My kitten is an unholy terror what do I do?

My kitten is the most evil and bitter thing that I have ever owned and the first of all the cats that I owned to make me this frustrated. I am out of ideas on how to get her under control and nothing seems to work for her.

My being pregnant only adds to my worries on how I am going to keep her around my baby when its born. I can’t aford her scratches anymore because of being pregnant any trace of her feeces can have something very harmful for my baby and I just don’t know what to do anymore.

She constantly does things that she gets punished for, and trust me I have tried everything that I can think of and research about. Water bottles, water bottle with a little vinegar, locking her up, yelling at her, reward system, a rolled up news paper, and so many other things. I am just at the end of my rope, before I got pregnant I was just copeing with her hopeing that she would just grow out of this phase with the help of being punished… but nothing helps… My fiance/father of my child tries to console me because I am torn between letting her stay until I see how she reacts with the baby around or just stopping a potential problem before it starts and giving her up.

She upsets me to the point where I just sit there and cry because I have nothing left that I can do to her as punishment short of beheading her. I had to give away one kitten because it wasn’t compatible with my older cats and that just broke my heart, I don’t want to give this one up because I can’t get her under control…

Any help would be appreciated… I just don’t know what else to do.

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Answer #1

I would not normally give this kind of advice but in this particular situation I would have to say both of you would be allot happier if you could find her a new home.
Screen the person you give her to and make sure they are willing to give her a good home and not just “a home”. Good Luck and congrats on the baby.

Answer #2

I’m a cat lover, so this is actually difficult for me to say, but it sounds like you’ll need to find her a new home.

Eventually, she will settle, but not likely before your baby is born, and that’s just a risk you can’t take…it’s not just you who can be harmed by this kitten, it’s the baby too.

I know it’s hard, but you have to put the baby first.

Answer #3

Maybe you need to stick to one way - positive enforcement, all of the different things you have been trying may have been confusing her, but, some cats are like that, I had a cat which clased you every time you tried to stroke it.

Maybe it would be better for you to find a new home for her, you and the baby are more important, you would be devastated if something happened because of the cat.

Maybe you could try to find a friend or family to take her? If not, a NO-KILL shelter is the second best option.

Good luck!

Congrats by the way!

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