Okay, so some background. I'm 26 and last year my cat of 23 died. Her and I were completely bonded and it wrecked me.
However, I had been considering adopting a cat for a couple months and I decided to visit the shelter. I ultimately decided that this cat wasn't good for me long term (she wanted to be the only cat and I don't know what my housing situation will be come June and dont wanna stress her out more than necessary). However, I wasn't really getting along as nicely with the other cats and they brought up fostering her since they wanted to know how she would do at an apartment (she was originally from a cat colony). Enthusiastically, I said yes.
Then we get home. And she is a great cat. She is walking around like she owns the place within two hours. But I'm a wreck. I have been sitting here awake all night out of guilt because I realized I wasn't as ready as I thought I am. I have been sitting here crying over this wonderful cat and how seeing her around my stuff just breaks my heart even more. I know she's not my previous cat and never will be and that's not the issue. It's just apparently I hadn't gotten over my loss as well as i thought.
So the questions are: do I return her? They had space and were looking for a foster just for behavioral information and have the room for her, so that's not an issue. Alternatively, how can I try to make this the most loving place she can be until she gets an adopter? I dont have any issues interacting with her aside from that she likes to get in my claustrophobic-zone at night but I just set her down and say no. I just dont want it to end up being a miserable situation for the both of us.
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