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I been living with this roommate for 7 months now, and she has a cat that she has literally given up responsibility of and has dumped him onto me (quite literally). I feel like I'm being forced into a pet ownership that I never agreed to. I'm over expending myself to the point I cannot afford to feed myself anymore as I'm taking care of HER cat. She refuses to buy any food for him, cat litter, toys, or even get him fixed or take him to the vet even though she can afford it (she just never does it). Her cat has also caused me over 1000$ in personal property damages, some of which cannot be replaced, and I'm at a total loss of what to do anymore.
My roommate locks her cat out of her room for several days at a time withholding food and water from her pet, and she never leaves her room to even clean his cat litter. I tend to leave out of town for two weeks of the month to help my mother as she's disabled and needs help when her main caregiver isn't able to be there. I always come back to the apartment WORSE than when I left, to the point of being able to smell the cat pee from the hallway of the apartment complex. I'm so stressed out knowing my roommate is literally living in a pile of trash and doesn't even bother to feed her cat for literal days to weeks at a time and SPCA says it isn't their problem because I'm taking care of HER cat at the detriment to my own financial circumstances and mental health. I can't lose the apartment due to her being a shit pet owner as I would literally be homeless.
I have spent over 200$ now on her cat over the few months I've lived here. It just feels like she dumped the cat on me and figures it's not her problem anymore. She has no financial responsibility to him as I'm even now paying the pet fee in our lease for him, so is he just mine now? Is the cat mine now and can I do what I wish? which is being a responsible owner (which she refuses to be) and get him fixed and possibly keep him, or would he be better off placed into a different home?
I won't let an animal suffer such extreme neglect as she's inflicting on the poor thing. He's such a sweet boy, but he's so extremely timid. I feel like I'm being forced into a pet ownership that I never agreed to. I'm considering just simply taking her cat from her to give him to the SPCA so that the poor thing can go to a family or person who will actually love him and take care of him and give him the attention he desperately needs since she's completely failing to do any of that at all in any respect and I simply cannot do it without it taking a huge toll on my own mental health.
My roommate locks her cat out of her room for several days at a time withholding food and water from her pet, and she never leaves her room to even clean his cat litter. I tend to leave out of town for two weeks of the month to help my mother as she's disabled and needs help when her main caregiver isn't able to be there. I always come back to the apartment WORSE than when I left, to the point of being able to smell the cat pee from the hallway of the apartment complex. I'm so stressed out knowing my roommate is literally living in a pile of trash and doesn't even bother to feed her cat for literal days to weeks at a time and SPCA says it isn't their problem because I'm taking care of HER cat at the detriment to my own financial circumstances and mental health. I can't lose the apartment due to her being a shit pet owner as I would literally be homeless.
I have spent over 200$ now on her cat over the few months I've lived here. It just feels like she dumped the cat on me and figures it's not her problem anymore. She has no financial responsibility to him as I'm even now paying the pet fee in our lease for him, so is he just mine now? Is the cat mine now and can I do what I wish? which is being a responsible owner (which she refuses to be) and get him fixed and possibly keep him, or would he be better off placed into a different home?
I won't let an animal suffer such extreme neglect as she's inflicting on the poor thing. He's such a sweet boy, but he's so extremely timid. I feel like I'm being forced into a pet ownership that I never agreed to. I'm considering just simply taking her cat from her to give him to the SPCA so that the poor thing can go to a family or person who will actually love him and take care of him and give him the attention he desperately needs since she's completely failing to do any of that at all in any respect and I simply cannot do it without it taking a huge toll on my own mental health.