I'm pretty livid at the moment.
A very good friend of mine, was who we got Casper from 5-1/2 years ago. At that time, he was having life troubles which were keeping him away from his house for days at a time. He finally realized that being there only weekends wasn't enough time to give to Casper (neighbors were looking in on him the rest of the week - he was an indoor/outdoor cat at that time). He knew Tom and I were seriously looking to adopt a cat so he thought of us.
So that's the background.
A couple of months ago I found out he actually had adopted another cat once he got himself more settled. Gorgeous gray Siamese/Moogie mix with stunning blue eyes. I voiced concerns to Tom at that time that I just had a feeling eventually he'd be asking us again about adopting another cat from him. We both agreed that we would NOT.
Just now, I saw I had a FB notification on a separate page where I keep photos for those who are interested. I had posted a very sweet picture of Casper sleeping and he "liked" it and then commented:
"I have to find a family for my guy now, Darwin. I'm headed to where he can't go in and out and looking for the right family. I think he'd be happier being able to go out than be with me, what do you think?"
What do I think?!
I stuffed down what I wanted to write which was really not nice. By coincidence, yesterday, I had spoken to a mutual friend who said he was under the impression that our friend had lost his job a while back. I had no idea as we hadn't actually spoken in person for a while. So that gave me some pause and instead, I wrote him back, assuring him that Darwin would adjust perfectly fine to being an indoor cat. That Casper not once tried to run out our door. And some other stuff about providing an environment which will be stimulating enough indoors that he won't want to be leave.
I'm just SO annoyed at him. I even had told him when I found out he got another cat, that if he ever asked me to take him I wouldn't under any circumstance.
We'll see how this plays out. I'm hoping he will realize that the cat is bonded to him, and he'll be ok living indoors. And I also hope Tom and I remain firm on not adding a 3rd cat to our household. It really would not be a good thing overall at all. We know our limit, and it's the 2 we have. Let alone, I don't want to be get my friend in the habit of knowing we're his fall back family for any future felines
A very good friend of mine, was who we got Casper from 5-1/2 years ago. At that time, he was having life troubles which were keeping him away from his house for days at a time. He finally realized that being there only weekends wasn't enough time to give to Casper (neighbors were looking in on him the rest of the week - he was an indoor/outdoor cat at that time). He knew Tom and I were seriously looking to adopt a cat so he thought of us.
So that's the background.
A couple of months ago I found out he actually had adopted another cat once he got himself more settled. Gorgeous gray Siamese/Moogie mix with stunning blue eyes. I voiced concerns to Tom at that time that I just had a feeling eventually he'd be asking us again about adopting another cat from him. We both agreed that we would NOT.
Just now, I saw I had a FB notification on a separate page where I keep photos for those who are interested. I had posted a very sweet picture of Casper sleeping and he "liked" it and then commented:
"I have to find a family for my guy now, Darwin. I'm headed to where he can't go in and out and looking for the right family. I think he'd be happier being able to go out than be with me, what do you think?"
What do I think?!
I stuffed down what I wanted to write which was really not nice. By coincidence, yesterday, I had spoken to a mutual friend who said he was under the impression that our friend had lost his job a while back. I had no idea as we hadn't actually spoken in person for a while. So that gave me some pause and instead, I wrote him back, assuring him that Darwin would adjust perfectly fine to being an indoor cat. That Casper not once tried to run out our door. And some other stuff about providing an environment which will be stimulating enough indoors that he won't want to be leave.
I'm just SO annoyed at him. I even had told him when I found out he got another cat, that if he ever asked me to take him I wouldn't under any circumstance.
We'll see how this plays out. I'm hoping he will realize that the cat is bonded to him, and he'll be ok living indoors. And I also hope Tom and I remain firm on not adding a 3rd cat to our household. It really would not be a good thing overall at all. We know our limit, and it's the 2 we have. Let alone, I don't want to be get my friend in the habit of knowing we're his fall back family for any future felines
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