I have now told my fiancé that she has to go. We live in a small carpeted apartment, and I can’t have our baby crawling on cat poop. (Even if I wipe it up, it’s still not clean enough for a baby to be crawling on and the putting his fingers in his mouth.) I also can’t be shampooing the carpet all the time for practical/financial/time reasons.
My fiancé himself has wanted to get rid of this one cat several times for the same reasons, but always flakes out due to his connection to her. Now, I do understand that it’s emotional for him, but our baby’s health should matter more. I’ve told him that the other cat is fine to stay (no problems with him), but that this cat has to go. He put in an application to drop off the cat a little bit ago, but is very angry and passive aggressive now. I know he will resent me, but my baby matters more than his anger right now.
Am I being unreasonable by demanding the cat to go before the baby arrives?