# Did I do the right thing? Cat problem
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [March 10, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395 "2012-03-10T17:59:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/21 "2012-03-10T22:53:59Z")
> [@Jasper\_Kent](#):
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> To **ENugent** – Spraying(as opposed to ordinary urinating) by female cats is extremely rare. Since it started late in her life, I’d suspect stress or a medical problem of some kind.
Well, whatever she was doing, she could piss a good three feet up the wall, and it stank to high heaven. She certainly was anxious, and we had her on antidepressants for a while to try to help with it. Moving out of the house we were in helped more than anything, I think.
She died in January of liver cancer. I suppose it’s possible that it was starting all the way back then. Or maybe she just didn’t like living with a three-year-old who wanted to hug her, her brother who wanted to steal all her food, and the cats looking in from outside and taunting them both.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2012, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/22 "2012-03-11T05:57:33Z")
Like everyone else has said, if Ted’s good with it, it sounds like a good solution. A human would probably hate being confined, but it actually sounds like he is feeling more secure in lockdown; cats aren’t humans, and they don’t think like we do.
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/23 "2012-03-11T06:27:51Z")
Honestly I think my older two cats would absolutely LOVE that “apartment”. One for each! I think it’s a wonderful thing you’ve done, giving your cat the very best you can give him instead of doing what so many people would have done: either throwing him outside or having him put down.
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### Author:  [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/24 "2012-03-11T16:56:20Z")
It’s an awesome unit you’ve constructed. And as long as you, Ted, and the vet, are happy with the arrangements, that’s all that matters. Good on you for finding a solution for you both.
(That said, I could not live like that. Not because of the construction job, but I just couldn’t keep my pet in a cage 24/7. It’s not in me, I would not be able to sleep at night. I could never keep a bird, either. I would make a terrible prison guard, I’m sure. I would have chosen, instead, to find Ted a home where he needn’t be caged all the time. But, as this thread clearly demonstrates, I am the exception, not the rule! Takes all kinds to make a world!)
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### Author:  [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/25 "2012-03-11T19:31:21Z")
Another vote for #1. None of my cats spray, but I think they would love that multi-level condo!
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/26 "2012-03-12T18:03:00Z")
You did better for the cat than I would have.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/27 "2012-03-12T18:10:03Z")
I think someone who homes 8 healthy cats can recognize when a cat is happy. Since you say he’s happy, I believe you. And since he’s happy, this is a good thing. 🙂
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### Author:  [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-do-the-right-thing-cat-problem/615395/28 "2012-03-12T18:44:30Z")
you most definitely did the right thing in my opinion. Hw is still in his home with a mom that loves him, he still has contact with his buds. He has a good life!
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