(this is a throwaway acct, I hope that’s allowed here)
just over two weeks ago, I adopted my very first cat from a local shelter. he is two and a half, and has terrible anxiety that calls for him to have a very stable home life, tons of TLC, and consistent routine in order to thrive (which the shelter told me about prior to adopting him, and they were definitely correct)
when I adopted him, I was living alone and was in the position to stay home all day every day to give him as much attention and time as he needed, so his special needs didn’t worry me. and then my roommate came home about a week later, and she had also decided to adopt a cat without really telling me. her cat is much more energetic, and bullies him if they are in a room together. so he spends a lot more time locked up in my bedroom now, and he often cries if he’s in there too long. I’ve also had a lot of unexpected but serious life changes that are going to force me out of the house on a very regular basis, and give me a very unstable home life for the foreseeable future, potentially even a few years
I love this cat more than anything else in my life. he’s literally my sun, moon, and stars. but so far, he has been incredibly stressed living with me (mostly after the arrival of my roommate and her new cat), and all I can think about is how he deserves to live with someone who can actually give him the time and space he needs to thrive
is it wrong of me to take him back to the shelter so that he can be adopted by a more suitable family? or is it selfish of me to keep him knowing that I’m putting an anxious cat in a rocky situation? I feel like I’m making the wrong choice no matter what I do
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from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/iuzvoo/advice_i_have_recently_adopted_a_cat_and_im/
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