What to do about Lucie

Lucie has a wonderful personality. She's friendly to people, out going, and fiesty. She feels she is the self appointed boss of all other cats. While she gets along with easy-going confident cats, being around the shy, tense, and quiet cats have been her undoing. It was her unrelentless pursuit of another foster cat that has a heart murmur that prompted me into asking a friend for help in getting her adopted. Susan, the director of the Feline Rescue of Northern Nevada allowed me to have Lucie in her adoption clinic at the local Petsmart. Lucie got adopted a bit later, but as luck would have it she bothered the older cat in her new home too much. As an added extra I was told she had urinated on the bed. I was hoping that was a misunderstanding because Lucie seemed to be good about using the litter box when she was here. Although since I had one foster cat that freely painted the walls with the only fluid he had available to him at that time, some of the cats assumed that the litter box was just a suggested place to go. Fortunately, that busy Mr. Peebody is now happily behaving himself in his new home. And I could do a whole blog on what it took to get him there. But alas, shortly after Lucie's return I did some a few spots that she was the main suspect. However it was seeing her in action on an unmentionable place that caused her to be banned from the main area of the house. I have a basement, which the back side is above ground level and has nice windows. Lucie will be spending the remainder of her time with me there. Besides she, along with a cat that's boarding, need their weight managed anyway and it's easier to have them separated. But alas, poor Lucie is bored and frustrated. She wants, needs, and deserves more attention than I can give her while she's separated.

So the question is, what to do about Lucie. Find her a loving home, of course. But what kind of home? One with other cats? She can get along with other cats but that's dependant on their personality, so maybe not. An indoor home? Since I have a fence that keeps the cats in, Lucie has been able to go outside. And she loves it. But she also likes being inside. Could she behave herself by using the litter box if she was in a totally indoor home? So maybe not a totally indoor home. Or would she behave herself if she were the only cat? What about a barn for a home? That would solve the litter box avoidance problem, but Lucie does love affection. Then there's the problem of figuring out if Lucie would continue her inconsistent improper elimination behavior if she were the only cat in a home where she was safe to be outside but mostly lived inside. I can give her, her own room but she'd still know there were other cats around, plus she would be frustrated by not getting enough attention.

So Lucie.... could ya, would ya be a good girl? (good as in my definition of good, not yours silly girl)