My husband and I are currently caring for the hubby's niece's cat, Jack. The niece was renting our house for about three years while we lived elsewhere but we just moved back and the niece moved to an apartment. Her cat that has lived here with her as an only pet for three years, since he was a kitten, was left behind, supposedly temporarily.
Her reason for not taking Jack with her right away was that she wants to see what the situation is like at the apartment before she brings him home. She doesn't want to pay the pet deposit and pet fee so she's planning on smuggling him in.
I understand that she wanted to explore the possibility of smuggling in and hiding a cat in the apartment but it's been a month since she moved now and I don't understand why she needs to continue to explore more. Surely she should know what the situation is like there by now.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind having Jack here at all. He's a sweet cat and since I already have quite a few fosters and cats of my own one cat more or less doesn't make that much of a difference. WHat bothers me though is how Jack feels about being here.
He's been living a nice and calm life here as the only pet his whole life and then all of a sudden a bunch of cats, two dogs and some humans he doesn't know moves in and rocks his world. Jack has never been around other cats so he's not comfortable with them at all and he's even more scared of the dogs. He's just fine with us humans but as soon as he sees another cat his tail starts flipping around.
We tried to have him live in a spare room but he didn't like it there so now he lives in the bedroom. We try to keep the other cats out but some do manage to sneak in when the door opens. He's usually in there with a few other cats that he's okay with but when other cats come in he hides in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. We try to make him as comfortable as possible and pay lots of attention to him but it's not enough. He's still miserable.
I feel so bad for him. You can tell that he's stressed out and he's definitely not happy. He's scared and nervous almost all the time. It's not fair to keep him here and I'm so mad that his owner is not doing anything for him. She doesn't even care to come see him. When she was here and I told her how Jack is doing she just brushed it off and said that he'll be fine but he's not.
I don't understand why she can't just take him home. My husband told me the other day that his niece is going to get Jack soon but she's afraid that he'd damage something in the apartment since he's not supposed to be there so she wants to be able to bring him back here if he does damage something.
I wonder if the fear of damage is actually the real reason why she's not taking him home. The whole thing is so frustrating and it angers me that she's so irresponsible and selfish. And poor Jack is the one to suffer the consequenses. I'm so mad.
Thanks for taking time to read my long rant. I just had to vent.
Her reason for not taking Jack with her right away was that she wants to see what the situation is like at the apartment before she brings him home. She doesn't want to pay the pet deposit and pet fee so she's planning on smuggling him in.
I understand that she wanted to explore the possibility of smuggling in and hiding a cat in the apartment but it's been a month since she moved now and I don't understand why she needs to continue to explore more. Surely she should know what the situation is like there by now.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mind having Jack here at all. He's a sweet cat and since I already have quite a few fosters and cats of my own one cat more or less doesn't make that much of a difference. WHat bothers me though is how Jack feels about being here.
He's been living a nice and calm life here as the only pet his whole life and then all of a sudden a bunch of cats, two dogs and some humans he doesn't know moves in and rocks his world. Jack has never been around other cats so he's not comfortable with them at all and he's even more scared of the dogs. He's just fine with us humans but as soon as he sees another cat his tail starts flipping around.
We tried to have him live in a spare room but he didn't like it there so now he lives in the bedroom. We try to keep the other cats out but some do manage to sneak in when the door opens. He's usually in there with a few other cats that he's okay with but when other cats come in he hides in the cabinet under the bathroom sink. We try to make him as comfortable as possible and pay lots of attention to him but it's not enough. He's still miserable.
I feel so bad for him. You can tell that he's stressed out and he's definitely not happy. He's scared and nervous almost all the time. It's not fair to keep him here and I'm so mad that his owner is not doing anything for him. She doesn't even care to come see him. When she was here and I told her how Jack is doing she just brushed it off and said that he'll be fine but he's not.
I don't understand why she can't just take him home. My husband told me the other day that his niece is going to get Jack soon but she's afraid that he'd damage something in the apartment since he's not supposed to be there so she wants to be able to bring him back here if he does damage something.
I wonder if the fear of damage is actually the real reason why she's not taking him home. The whole thing is so frustrating and it angers me that she's so irresponsible and selfish. And poor Jack is the one to suffer the consequenses. I'm so mad.
Thanks for taking time to read my long rant. I just had to vent.
