hi all! so a few days ago, i brought home a cat from a friend. for some background, my friend moved from the east coast to the west coast, and originally had gotten an airbnb to stay in that allowed pets. unfortunately, like a week before she moved, the airbnb owner told her she could no longer have pets because the previous tenants let their pets wreak havoc all over the place.
my friend's family was holding onto the cat for her for a while, but their landlord does not allow pets and they were going to take the cat to the shelter if i didn't take her in instead, which i offered to do. the only problem is, i already feel regret for it.
i've read articles online about remorse after pets and i'm curious if that's what it is, or if i'm just not ready to be a pet owner. the cat is about 5 and uses her litter box, but the issue is that she is extremely anxious and shy. she refuses to come out during the day, and will wake me up at anywhere from 12-5am by jumping on me or scratching my arm because she has energy. my boyfriend and i both need to be up early in the morning and can't keep losing sleep because of her, but there's literally no way i can give her attention during the day due to her hiding; when she wakes me up at night i'll get up to get water or something, and the minute i step foot on the ground she runs and hides. i just keep having awful remorse and anxiety, but i don't want to give her away since my friend has said that if she can find a new living situation in a year or two, she'd take the cat back. i just don't know if i can handle that long.
any advice would help! i'm just so stressed out all the time now.
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