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I took my cat, Mau, to the shelter on Saturday. One of my family members had been taking care of him the two and a half months. She couldn't keep him anymore, and I still wasn't able to afford the pet deposit for my apartment.
Besides, I'd given him the luxury of being an indoor/outdoor cat the last year, and I was having a hard time imagining my locking him away in a one bedroom apartment, when he'd had a whole house and outside to enjoy before. I feel awful, and hope that his markings and his friendliness will earn him a new home. He gets along with everyone, given enough time to get used to new animals.
Even when I lived at my old place I would get calls about his wandering and being in someone's backyard. Well, that's what cats do. And he never wandered more than a four block radius.
I'm wanting to call the shelter today and see if they'd give me a status update on him. See if he was adopted yet. I have a friend who works at that shelter, I believe, that I can ask as well.
I love animals. But at this point, I don't think I want to adopt again. I lost two cats I'd had for about 6 years in my separation four years ago, and now, I've given up Mau. I don't want that heart ache again, let alone the wondering if Mau will be adopted.
Besides, I'd given him the luxury of being an indoor/outdoor cat the last year, and I was having a hard time imagining my locking him away in a one bedroom apartment, when he'd had a whole house and outside to enjoy before. I feel awful, and hope that his markings and his friendliness will earn him a new home. He gets along with everyone, given enough time to get used to new animals.
Even when I lived at my old place I would get calls about his wandering and being in someone's backyard. Well, that's what cats do. And he never wandered more than a four block radius.
I'm wanting to call the shelter today and see if they'd give me a status update on him. See if he was adopted yet. I have a friend who works at that shelter, I believe, that I can ask as well.
I love animals. But at this point, I don't think I want to adopt again. I lost two cats I'd had for about 6 years in my separation four years ago, and now, I've given up Mau. I don't want that heart ache again, let alone the wondering if Mau will be adopted.