Hello. I am sorry to have to seek advice about this but I have no idea where else to go.
I recently moved out of my mom's house for college. There, we always had pets to snuggle and love. This past Sunday I decided that I wanted to take on a cat since living without an animal felt odd. I researched, looked online, moved
around money and yesterday, after a few days of wanting a cat, I adopted a cat from Petsmart.
For whatever reason when I got home and placed her down in my room my heart sank and I felt a deep anxiety about what I just did. She is adorable, soft, sweet, well behaved, and all around a perfect cat. I think the problem is me. I am unsure if I can actually take care of her.
I got the worst sleep last night because of her jumping on me and laying on my face. I gently removed her every time, I would never hurt an animal. I always feel like she's getting into something as well. It's exhausting and I feel like I can't relax in my own room. I have a very expensive PC that I worry one day I'm gonna come home and she'd have destroyed the power supply cable. She does like to put her mouth around cables. I have been very good about keeping her box clean but it is exhausting after I come home from classes or work to have to stick my face in a stinky box and scoop shit out. She is so affectionate and always wants to be on top of me or near me. I hate myself for saying this but I get annoyed by this and just want space sometimes. I have to keep her entirely in my own room since I live in a townhome with 3 other people. There's two other cats here too and one absolutely hates my cat so I feel like I can't let my cat out ever if I need some space. I work at a retail job part time for some spending money. Sometimes I don't even have the cash to get groceries for myself. My dad, the one who finances my college and rent, doesn't even know I have a cat because of how impulsively I did this. I know though that if any vet bills came up my parents would help me. I feel so stupid and guilty for asking though.
I feel like I acted impulsively and foolishly in adopting a cat. Back at home, I had a family to help take care of animals. Here I realized she is solely my responsibility. I also never really had a cat before. I had cats at my dad's house but I never had to take care of them, only saw them maybe once a week, and they were older. She is about 1 year old which I thought would be old enough to be manageable but she still acts very kittenlike.
I know the obvious answer here is to give it more time. But I have this feeling in my gut that every second I don't take action is just hurting me and the cat more. My mom has said she would take the cat from me, but we have rabbits at home and I don't want them in danger. I feel ashamed at what I did and I just feel like I want this cat out of my life asap.
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