How to discipline a cat before having to re-home?
We have a six month old kitten (had him since he was 10 weeks) and he's our first ever cat. At first he was pretty wild when he came in but soon settled down and became the most loving little guy ever. But recently, he's changed and got very destructive. He won't sit with us anymore and cuddle like he did. He's constantly zooming around the house, breaking ornaments and glasses, scratching at the wallpaper, ripping the curtains down, chewing the sofa. We could understand if he didn't have toys and was neglected, but he gets so much attention, has so many toys and climbing frames/scratching posts etc. He never bother with them. We even had him castrated as we heard that would calm him down. 954
I don't know what to do to get him out of it. I'd never hit him. On a few occasions when I've been really stressed I've raised my voice at him and that's just made him run and hide from me and I don't want to scare him. But I've read water sprays and time out in another room is also seen as punishment by cats and scare them so what am I supposed to do. I've tried sticky tape and tin foil to stop him jumping on counters, anti scratch sprayn for the sofa and curtains but nothing deters him. He hardly sleeps and is just up to mischief all day. My family is getting upset about it and said if he doesn't change soon, he's going to have to go as they aren't having a feral cat destroying the whole house. I don't want him to go but I understand what they mean as it's also getting me down. What else can we do before I have to give him up? 954