%*$&@*# cat

I posted on Tuesday about the cat's issues and the $$$ we spent on her to figure this all out.  At the time, I joked to my husband that the cat would probably repay us in kind by pooping in the house.

I really didn't expect to be right, and not so soon.

Switching her diet over is a nightmare.  She won't hardly touch the new food, picking around it and eating all the old food, which is what she's allergic too.  She avoids the new "treat" food (wet food with vitamin dust mixed in it) like I'm feeding her the plague, and isn't so keen on me trying to give her more attention.  She's puking all over the house again (my carpet is SO in need of a deep cleaning), and she pooped on the stairs this morning.  Just...ARGH!

Why did I bother spending $$$ on her when all she's going to do is be a bitch about everything and continue to do things around the house she knows she's not supposed to?!?  I really wanted to strangle her this morning when I found the poop.  It is SO F*ING FRUSTRATING having a cat that won't be affectionate toward anyone, even when we try to be for her, and then having her just f* up the entire house and household (read:  cash) by doing whatever the hell she wants.  I'm THISCLOSE to throwing her outside some night with the coyotes and seeing how she does.

However, I keep telling myself she is a member of the family.  Family does not get rid of another family member simply because that person is being bad.  You work with them as much as you can.  I feel like I've done this for years, since she started being horrible (when L was born), and gotten no repayment for it.

What do I do?  She's 10 years old - it's not like I can give her away or take her to a shelter (no one would want her).  I'm considering just cordoning her off in one little room until she behaves properly, and then expanding her range, but I don't know if she'd learn (she's awful dumb, in all seriousness).  I've been trying to train her for almost five years that I won't fill her food bowl if she's standing right by it - she still doesn't get it, and if I don't fill it when she's right there, she goes off and poops somewhere in anger!

*bangs head against wall*  This cat, not the girls, is going to be the death of me.