There are a couple of things that are very important to remember when thinking about your options.
1) your standing with the SPCA shoudl be secondary to the welfare of the cat and
2) some of your ideas are less humnane then putting the cat down (ie turning it into an "outdoor cat")
Since you say you have some affection for this cat, but you know that you can't live with it and you are sure that you cannot find a loving home for it, euthanizing the animal is a very human choice.
It does not make you a bad person, and maybe it is the best thing in this situation. We had a cat with diabetes, and as the disease progressed we were faced with the choice of twice daliy insulin injections. Now this old cat of ours would probably have had other ideas being an icredibly independent creature, so we call a house cal lvet who put the cat down in our home.
I'm sure whereever you live there is such a veteranarian, and it is a very peaceful and humane way to take care of this unique problem. It may cost you a bit of cash for this, but there are many advantages:
1) the cat is eutanized in peaceful surroundings, so there is very little suffering.
2) the SPCA is not invloved, so that your concern over balck listing is eliminated.
3) what may be an unhappy existence for the cat itself (obviously there are some nuerological problems, who knows how happy it is?)
4) you no longer need worry about the biting cat, and your other cat, after some adjustment, will be happier.
As far as I'm concerned, this is your best option and, although I do not wish to imply that animals are disposal, it is possible that some animals are not meant to live as pets, and we have to accept that and do the best we can to be humane about it.
Good luck, both about the cat and the pregnancy, I hope everything works out for you.
Take care,
Peace.
Pierre
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