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First, please understand I have two year old cats who I love very dearly and would love to give them free roam of (most) of the house if I could.
HOWEVER I am still a highschooler, and no matter what I have done in the last few months my mom insists on keeping the cats out of the house and instead in the (empty) garage. This is something I really don't feel comfortable with, since like most garages, it is a room that's not fitted with an AC and it gets both really hot and really cold depending on the weather. Also, they're really not getting much love and social interaction. Both me and my brother make sure to go in and spend time with them every day, but I doubt its enough time.
Honestly I didn't expect this to be the situation when we first adopted them a few months back. My mom has had a cat before, and from the stories my grandma has told that cat has literally joined them at the dinner table. But now, she seems completely hypocritical and both complains we don't love the cats enough and gets upset when we spend too much time in the garage that she insists we keep the cats in (my dad just seem mostly apathetic tbh). I've spent the months we've had these cats trying to get her to let them in the house. She's pretty much ignored everything I've said and it makes me so s a d.
(Now onto the actual topic in the title lol) The solution I've come to is trying to get her to let me keep the cats in my room. She still doesn't have to see them, and they won't be "messing up her stuff". I use that phrase lightly because the only misbehaving I've seen them do is jump onto counters (normal cat behavior as far as I know) and getting into the trashcan (we've recently gotten trashcans with lids so I don't see how it can still be a problem). And for the cats, they get a temperature controlled environment, more time with people, and a better chance of not being cooped up in one room in the future (I'm hoping with time, my mom can see the cats aren't destroying my room and be more open to letting them out). Granted, its smaller, but I'm hoping the better environment and more attention they'd be getting will make up for it.
But despite my mom not being a first time cat owner, I am a first time owner, and I really want help on how to do this. I know this is far from the perfect solution, but it's the only solution I have right now. I chose to adopt these cats and I do not want to fail them so soon after, so any solution seems better than no solution, but I do appreciate guidance on how to do it in a way that is the least upsetting for them.
(Alternatively, if anyone has a way to address the problem directly, that'd be even more appreciated)
Sorry for the longish post, but as the title says, I'm pretty desperate right now
HOWEVER I am still a highschooler, and no matter what I have done in the last few months my mom insists on keeping the cats out of the house and instead in the (empty) garage. This is something I really don't feel comfortable with, since like most garages, it is a room that's not fitted with an AC and it gets both really hot and really cold depending on the weather. Also, they're really not getting much love and social interaction. Both me and my brother make sure to go in and spend time with them every day, but I doubt its enough time.
Honestly I didn't expect this to be the situation when we first adopted them a few months back. My mom has had a cat before, and from the stories my grandma has told that cat has literally joined them at the dinner table. But now, she seems completely hypocritical and both complains we don't love the cats enough and gets upset when we spend too much time in the garage that she insists we keep the cats in (my dad just seem mostly apathetic tbh). I've spent the months we've had these cats trying to get her to let them in the house. She's pretty much ignored everything I've said and it makes me so s a d.
(Now onto the actual topic in the title lol) The solution I've come to is trying to get her to let me keep the cats in my room. She still doesn't have to see them, and they won't be "messing up her stuff". I use that phrase lightly because the only misbehaving I've seen them do is jump onto counters (normal cat behavior as far as I know) and getting into the trashcan (we've recently gotten trashcans with lids so I don't see how it can still be a problem). And for the cats, they get a temperature controlled environment, more time with people, and a better chance of not being cooped up in one room in the future (I'm hoping with time, my mom can see the cats aren't destroying my room and be more open to letting them out). Granted, its smaller, but I'm hoping the better environment and more attention they'd be getting will make up for it.
But despite my mom not being a first time cat owner, I am a first time owner, and I really want help on how to do this. I know this is far from the perfect solution, but it's the only solution I have right now. I chose to adopt these cats and I do not want to fail them so soon after, so any solution seems better than no solution, but I do appreciate guidance on how to do it in a way that is the least upsetting for them.
(Alternatively, if anyone has a way to address the problem directly, that'd be even more appreciated)
Sorry for the longish post, but as the title says, I'm pretty desperate right now