Anonymous OP 15w

There’s some blame in having food left out and trash cans without lids they can get into, but also you do have to train your cat to not have those bad behaviors. Reward them when they use the scratching post, remove them from the room if they use the couch. Remove them from the counter if they’re in there, esp getting food. Redirect every time they go near the trashcan. It’s easier when they don’t leave things out, but it’s still your responsibility as a pet owner to train your animal

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Anonymous #1 15w

i promise you’ve i’ve tried everything i possibly can to stop him from eating human food. even asked the vet about it. he was stray and has food insecurity

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Anonymous #1 15w

we also live in a townhouse. the only place the cat would be allowed to go where he wouldn’t be able to access the couch is her very small bedroom which isn’t fair to him

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Anonymous #4 15w

crazy you assume i havnt tried

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Anonymous OP 15w

Try harder ig, close your bedroom door, idk man figure it out

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Anonymous OP 15w

Should’ve thought about that before getting a cat

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Anonymous #4 15w

i’m not going to keep my cat locked in my tiny room 24/7. it’s not that hard to just put the food in the pantry or a drawer, literally takes 2 seconds

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Anonymous #4 15w

we did, she will be paying for all the damages to the couches, nobody has a problem with that. if she cant be considerate enough to take 5 seconds out of her day to put their food in a cabinet instead of the cat spending 24 hours in a small room behind a locked door, that’s ridiculous. she has a cat of her own and knows how difficult they can be

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Anonymous #5 15w

right, it’s such a small and easy thing to do to put ur food away!! why are we leaving half eaten food out on the counters anyway? especially when it comes at the expense of our pets :(

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Anonymous OP 15w

Again, should’ve thought about that????

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Anonymous OP 15w

Honestly sounds like you should both rehome your cats bc you actually both sound like you suck

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Anonymous #4 15w

yeah because rehoming 2 cats is an easier solution than putting your food away

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Anonymous #4 15w

again, i did. 2 seconds.

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Anonymous OP 15w

Well you won’t train your cat and neither will your roommate so

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Anonymous #4 15w

Bitch no. Cats will do whatever the fuck you please. This is just part of being a roommate with a person who has a cat. They could’ve backed out when they found out their roommates had a cat if they weren’t ready to sign up for a cat that might just have an annoying personality quirk. That is an uncontrollable situation. You can’t control a cats behavior. Most cats don’t respond well to training. Brain people.

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Anonymous #6 15w

Cat owners really go to the ends of the earth to defend their poorly trained animal🙄

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Anonymous #6 15w

OP should’ve considered all this before getting a rescue

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Anonymous #4 15w

OK, I don’t want a cat, but I will say it is hard to train an animal when you are not home all the time to be the one to do it. My dog was so well trained, and I left him for my first year of college with my parentsand I came back to him not really being trained anymore.

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I wouldn’t get a cat bc every cat owner I know has a disgusting home and makes excuses for their cat doing stupid gross/shit — some of of y’all of just not equipped to own cats but you’re not ready to own up to that bc cats aren’t stupid and they can be trained :)

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Anonymous #5 15w

Then people shouldn’t be getting animals if they can’t care for them properly, like having a pet prior to college and leaving them with family cool ok but moving into an apartment and going to school and work and still getting a pet knowing you don’t have the proper time to give them is so shitty😬

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Anonymous #6 15w

No they don’t. I’ve had cats my entire life. Currently have 3. They are 100% trainable. All of them. It just takes a lot more work bc they’re smarter and more stubborn than dogs (since dogs were bred for train ability). It just takes constant work, but people who get cats don’t get cats to work with them. They get cats bc they’re “easy” and can essentially neglect them and their responsibilities as pet owners.

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Anonymous #7 15w

And what if she says "stop leaving your clothes out"??? You both need to be responsible of your property and I know a cat is hard to train but since you own it you have to be responsible

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Anonymous #7 15w

Honestly you both sound like awful roommates no offense I'm sure you're a great person. But you two need to sit down and have a long talk

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Anonymous #7 15w

bro we’ve HAD a talk about it. we both agreed to continue training our cats, while also in the meantime taking the proper precautions to ensure the safety of our home AND cats. we’ve put scratch pads on all couches wherever possible, put all food in cabinets, don’t leave glasses unattended, etc. this was a mutual decision we made MONTHS ago and have continuously talked about. she’s only now leaving food out and shit bc she’s being petty other shit she was already mad about (us telling her and

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Anonymous OP 15w

her friends at a party she through that y they needed to quiet down at 2:30am on a thursday night after screaming and blasting music)

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Anonymous OP 15w

Ok so this is about way more than the cats😬

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Anonymous OP 15w

Ok like idk the context but based on your original post you are just complaining you have to pay for something that is technically your fault. Obviously pay for it. Everyone leaves their food out sometimes while they wash their dishes etc. If shes just being petty then have a talk. U obviously hate each other so ngl just tough it out til ur lease ends and maybe keep ur cat locked up in ur room while ur gone bc personally Im worried she will try to feed ur cat something weird to get it sick.

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