About 8 months ago, this man who I'll call "JERK" was visiting someone who had a cat.. The owner saw the jerk petting the cat and immediately told the jerk that she didn't want the cat and wanted Jerk to take the cat. Jerk didn't want to at first but after 2 friends of his who knew me mentioned they were sure I'd take the cat so he decided to take the cat so he'd give the cat to me..
He came up to me the next day and said "Oh, when can I drop the cat off at your home?" I was TOTALLY CLUELESS.
For the next 8 months, he'd come up to me in church, whine about the cat, and ask if I'd take her.. I tried to educate him about caring for the cat, encouraged him to take her to the vet to be fixed and get her shots, told him about TCS, etc.. He didn't want to put in extra effort or spend more money than necessary on her....
WELLL, on EASTER SUNDAY, he walked up to me in church and told me that if I wouldn't take the cat NOW that he'd dump her on the streets!!!
The next day after I sent him about 5 organizations contact info (which took me some time) he had the NERVE to email me and say that he didn't have the time to call all 5 organizations.. He'd call ONE and if that org wouldn't take the cat then I must take the cat by Thurs or else she'd be on the street. he said "I want her gone by Thurs- I don't like her and can't stand to look at her".
I ended up calling and emailing everyone from various rescue organizations/shelters (at least 50 shelters/organizations in our area!!) WHILE I WAS AT WORK for over 3 hours because he was TOO LAZY to do that! I just couldn't allow that cat to be dumped outside but at the same time, I couldn't take her in -one of my cats is having some health issues that I am struggling to resolve and he knew that.. I have not been able to sleep well at nights because I have been worrying about this poor cat who I have never met or seen..
After hearing back from so many no kill shelters/org that they were all full and couldn't help out, I was ready to cry and give up hope...
You know what??????????????????????
I ended up calling various vets today for 3 hours trying to find a vet that would charge only $20 for this since I knew he'd refuse to pay more than $20.. After finding one vet that would do this, I emailed him, gave him the contact info and told him to call that vet to schedule an appt asap for tomorrow.
After two hours of not hearing back from him and emailing him again to ask he respond, he had the nerve to say "Oh, I just got back from helping a friend. I don't have time to call the vet. Can you call the vet and set up an appt. I can take her before 10 or after 2 or I can drop her off at your home and you can take care of this."
I about LOST it at that point. I was sooooo ready to scream at him.. I finally called the vet and scheduled an appt for tmr at 10:15. I emailed the JERK and said "Jerk- I am so so so disappointed in you! Bring the cat to my apt at 9:15 with all her stuff and money (CASH) for the costs of the tests."
I have not heard back from him since this afternoon so now I am freaking out that he got mad at my email and either decided to dump her or something!!
PLEASE send me positive vibes that he will drop the cat off tmr on time AND that I won't kill him!!