Plus, that damn cat!

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That damn cat is peeing on everything now, not just my bed when it gets a chance. It's peed and pooped all over my daughters bed too, several times in the past two or three days. She's got a clean litter box, it's not a new kind of litter, etc. That's it, she's an outside cat now! I'm done with her trying to pull down the curtains and succeeding, I'm done with her knocking all the stuff off shelves and flat surfaces, I'm done with her literally tearing holes in curtains and tablecloths. Cat pee is the limit that I don't cross. Forget it. My daughter is ok with her being an outside cat. I told her she either goes outside or we give her to somebody else. She's looking for somebody else to give her to meanwhile, but at the moment, she's outside. She's also driving me f*****g crazy meowing at the door and trying to get in. I've had it. There is no shelter or any place like that down here to take her to. Plus, I'm out of gas and my brakes are messed up pretty bad so I'm not driving to Tuscaloosa or Bham for a shelter right now. I've got to take the van over to the car guy's house as soon as DH gets paid so I'll be without a ride for a little while anyway. I've about had it with cats!

All cats have Asperger's.

But I've learned not to rip down the curtains, knock stuff off the shelves, and piss and s**t in the bed.

So I get to live in the house.

Feral Aspies (and cats that act ferally) need to live in the woods.

Throw that cat out side.

In the past, we've had as many as 100 or more cats at one time.

Fortunately, they were all barn cats and were strictly forbidden from entering the house.

Something might be wrong with that cat. If she just suddenly started peeing and pooping out of the box and nothing changed, she might need a vet. Was she always destructive?

Sorry you're having so much trouble (I read about the 911 calls too).

Well, older daughter threw a fit and said she would keep the cat in her room, and that's the younger daughters cat and not even hers, so the cats back here.

I think I've decided that if that damn cat pees on one more thing, I'm going to pee on the cat! Of course that could end up with me at the emergency room with some very strange injuries to explain and possibly being investigated by some animal rights people, so maybe I should just get my husband to do it. He won't have to be as close to actually hit it.

The only suggestion I could make is keep the cat outside, I've never known a fully grown cat to piddle on people's beds,
My cat pooped in the bath one day but usually she uses the kitty litter. "I think she was trying to tell me something"
If you have a garage make the cat sleep there at night.

one time I was given a house to stay in by a family friend with a warning to put food out for the cat but not to expect to see it as it was very skittish and hates people and to keep doors closed as it will pee on the pillows and bed etc.

Of course, the cat was a complete delight as soon as we spoke to her, found out that her litter box was left dirty (and after she saw that I cleaned it after every time she went) and washed out her bowls and changed her food, I came into the living room to find my then fiance lying down with the cat happily sat on his chest.

The cat further told us that it wanted to be allowed to go outside which I conveyed over and the cat had since had her bed relegated to the sheltered spot under the balcony and is the happiest cat ever.

If a cat pees everywhere in the house it's either because it is incontinent or because you've pissed her/him off.

One time I accidentally left my cats shut inside without a litter box I came home to found a nice pile of poo - in the fireplace. My cat knew I didn't do it on purpose so he went in the one place he thought would cause the least mess (bless him forever).

That cat knows you hate her and hates you back. That's all there is to it.

Have you taken her to the vet?

She is definitely trying to say something with peeing on the bed issue - is she spayed/neutered? When I was little and used to have entire cats around the house, they would pee sometimes on the carpet for no reason and I am told that unnutered cats can have lots of urinary tract problems. In general, female cats can have lots of urinary tract issues, specially if they are fed only dry food diet. It would be definitely worth checking with the vet if you haven't already?

From what you said it seems psychological because she started with you first and I am assuming you are the main food provider/cleaner of litter etc, what I would call 'cat mommy'. So she has come to you first with her problem but when you failed to address the said problem she moved to your daughters bed. Something is bothering her so you just have to keep going through everything until you get to the solution - as giving her away and putting her permanently outside have already been discounted as possible solutions.

It could be neighbourhood as well - if another cat has moved in and is bullying her outside, it could be making her unhappy. If you have moved anything in the house or changed something that she is particular about (you may not have even noticed) then it may be that.

Has someone moved in? Is she trying to mark her territory? It's better if you can figure out what it is and because that way you will have learned a bit of cat language which is always nice.

Also, even with my vast and superior knowledge of cats and cat language, I STILL cannot stop my girl cat from occasionally bringing live things to play with in the house. She knows full well its not allowed, but she is so strong willed that nothing works in this regard. She feels sheepish for a while afterwards when I am cross and won't pet her so she spends Ages trying to endear herself to me and of course I always give in, but she still has some sort of brain disconnect when it comes to this - if I catch her with it still in her mouth she will turn around and run back out of the cat flap with it to torture it on the lawn instead but once or twice she waited for me to turn my back and brought it back in again!
So, I sympathise with your problem but also with the cat - and hope you find a win-win solution.

Definitely talk to the vet about the behaviour. But she could just be an annoying cat. As long as you provide food and water she should do okay outdoors.

I agree with leafplant. The kitten is still very young and kittens have so much energy. Spaying her will probably help a lot.
Make sure she has a shelter outside where she feels comfortable and warm.