We had a neurotic cat when I was in high school. The cat was down right destructive. My mother finally decided to take the cat to the SPCA and when she got about a mile from the house, the cat jumped out the window of the moving car. My mother thought, good, that’s over with and turned around and came home. Two weeks later the neurotic cat showed up back at the door, wanting to come in.
Did you let the cat back in?