Some backstory: My cat is a little over a year old. When he was very small he was hit by a car and subsequently had his front right leg amputated. Through his surgery and wound care, he was fostered by a nice lady around my age who worked with the humane society. She decided not to keep him and he was placed for adoption.
Enter me. I adopted him as soon as I saw his picture on the website. I was in need of companionship and set out to provide him with as much love and care as I could. He has quickly become my baby and I love him like he's my son. I can't imagine life without him.
However, his foster mom won't leave us alone. He has a couple of social media pages that I keep for him and she follows those pages. It would be fine if she said things like 'he's so cute!' but she says 'my baby is growing so big!' or 'I miss my baby boy!' Today was the year anniversary of his amputation and she sent me an old baby picture of him and said 'it's been a year since I saved his life (crying emoji.)' This really ticked me off because while yes, she did foster him and provide care for him immediately after his surgery, he has been mine for nearly a year now. I am the one that takes him to the vet, provides his food and toys and loves on him every moment I can. My thoughts are, if she wanted to keep him and have the right to call him 'her boy' she should've adopted him herself.
Regardless, I am worried that if I don't continue responding to this lady positively and basically enabling her, that she will try to have him removed from my care. I believe if she reports that I abuse him (I do not) the county will remove him immediately without investigation. If they were to ask anyone, or look at social media, or come in to my home it would be apparent that my cat receives excellent care. In short, he is loved by everyone and is cared for with love.
I don't know how to respond to his foster mom without driving her to extremes because she seems like that kind of person. I am frustrated by the things she says and I wish she would stop. It's all good and well interacting with the posts I make of my cat on social media, but I do not appreciate her contacting me directly with the things she says. What can I do?
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