Goodbye Kira

Well I finally did it. Yesterday was one of the worst days of my life. I've been putting up with Kira, our long haired Tabby cat that we've had for 2 1/2 years, peeing on anything left on the floor. She was marking her territory because of the other cat we have, Roxy. I have had to replace 2 carpets, 1 in Brian's room and the other in the living room because of the smell of cat pee. I have been threatening to do this for a while now, but sometime Saturday she peed on Brian's bed and then Saturday night she peed on a throw blanket that had been on the living room floor while Brian was having some friends sleep over. She has peed on more bath mats than I can remember, anyway, you get the picture. After much arguing Brian finally helped me "capture" her to put her in the carrying case. She was running all over the place hiding under anything she would fit under. Finally got her caught and then drove her to Teterboro Animal Shelter alone. Brian refused to come with me. It was horrible, she cried the whole way there and then once there I had to transfer her to one of their cages and after paying $30.00 to leave her there and sign a bunch of papers, it was over. I did not tell them that she pees everywhere, I just said she needs to be in a one pet household. The drive home was horrible. I called Sean hysterically crying. I just hope that she gets adopted by a great family. It was very strange all day and night not having her there. I think Roxy misses her also. Other than the peeing Kira was a fantastic cat. A little shy around people she didn't know, but great with us. She would sit on my lap at night while I watched tv and she slept on the foot of my bed every night. It was really a very difficult decision, but in the long run, it was definately something I had to do. One time Brian went to school with a sweatshirt on and during the course of the day people kept saying, "gross what's that smell?" Turns out Kira had peed on Brian's sweatshirt and he didn't know it. There is nothing worse than the smell of cat urine.