I have a small apartment and a cat. I work 40 hrs a week and in my spare time I do music and art hoping to get good enough that I can be self employed since my mental health issues make working a standard 9-5 very hard. On one of my two days off I go to therapy in the morning and then I practice driving so i can get my license.
I leave a fan on 24/7 so she has some noise while I’m at work, and play with and pet my cat for a while after work. I feed her wet food almost daily because I don’t want her to get kidney disease like my last cat did. My last cat I had since I was 11 and she died when I was 21.(I’m 22)
I initially didn’t want to get another cat because I knew my schedule would be busy. But this cat was being fostered and the owners just decided not to take it. I fell in love with the cat so I kept her.
She started yowling at night, and I was sleeping maybe 3 hrs a night for two weeks. I was really irritated. Got her an appointment to get fixed. Idk how old she is. But when I had my day off I kept waking her to play during the day and come night time she went to sleep. She got up at 4am as usual and brought me her ball to play fetch. Almost no yowling except for when I took out the trash.
Is it cruel for me to keep her? My last cat we had 2 and usually a third would be swapped out for regular fosters or strays we didn’t want to see starve. I can’t afford a second cat to keep her company. My mom offered to give me a radio since the fan might not be enough sensory for my cat.
We had this cat for at around 5 months but don’t know her exact age. I’m scared the vet will botch and hurt my cat and my cat has such high energy I’m scared she’ll rip her stitches out while I’m at work.
Should I ask my mom to visit her and play with her on days she’s in town and I’m at work? Or should I give her to a family with kids? I like having a cat as they’re good ESA’s but I don’t want to sacrifice my cat’s mental health for mine.
She’s perfectly fine right now, I played with and fed her and she’s chilling by the window.
Will getting her fixed calm her down and make her feel better or is she just too isolated because of me?
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