Becka, Neleh, Bill and I "camped out" in the backyard last night. We had a little "campfire" in a grill, made smores, slept in a tent, etc. Bill ended up sleeping outside of the tent to "protect us from bears" since he didn't think there would be room for all of us in the tent. I think there would have been, but he slept outside anyway and no bears got us. :-) When he got up to do the paper route this morning, the rest of us woke up too. I went inside to go potty and when I came out, Benny seemed to want out into the yard. So I let him into the yard and encouraged him to come into the tent with us. He did come in a bit. Well, I'm not sure how much he came in and out. This one thing I know, at some point in time during the night he peed in the TENT! I woke up at thought, "Hmm. Smells like cat pee in here." Well, there was a reason for that smell. A puddle at the end of the tent (luckily where no one was sleeping). I threw the old sheet I had with me on top of the puddle to sop up the mess. Left it there and went back to sleep.
That was the last straw. Benny has gone to find a new home. So if any of you out there are looking for a friendly fluffy orange cat named Benny to adopt, I know where you can find him. Already fixed and declawed! Act now! We would have rather have given him to someone we know, but who wants a cat who pees on the floor?!?! Only an unsuspecting party would be able to take him in. Hopefully some time in solitary confinement will help him change his ways. Maybe he just hated us.
My family suggested that there may have been something "medically" wrong with him to make him do that. I doubt it. He didn't seem to have that problem when he was stuck on the porch all by himself. It seemed that he did it out of spite. Hopefully his new family will not have that problem and if they do, they will be more dedicated to getting him to stop. We added the extra litter box like the vet said. I moved the food and water like the internet said. He just likes to pee on and near stuff that belongs to the little people. Well, good-bye Benny. We'll miss you...well...not really. Bill took him away without telling the kids. I approached it with them as "What should we do with Benny?" Neleh said we should send him to Mexico. I think everyone knew it was coming. We just kept hoping there was another way. You can only take so much though, you know?
Miss Albee has been able to Outwit, Outplay and Outlast all of our other pets. We've had her for more than 3 years and she is not in jeopardy of losing her position. She became much more friendly as soon as we kicked Benny onto the porch. She's got hairballs and is ready for a vet checkup, but we're keepin' her...for now...
Benny looks nice and innocent as a sweet kitten with blue eyes.
Here's Benny more recently. (Miss Albee peeking around the door behind him) 
The good cat ... not a great picture - We've been taking pictures of ducks lately. Not cats.
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