I’m looking for advice, insight, help to handle this. I love animals more than most people and my parents were the same. Both of my parents are very ill now and my Dad just joined my Mom in a facility where they will soon be in hospice care. They have 3 kitties which I always promised them I would do good by them, take care of them. In the last 7 months I’ve become soooo attached to them, but have found out that the two indoor kitties can’t live with me. They are terrified of dogs, having lived their entire lives in a quiet home with my parents. I have 2 dogs and a very small home. I can’t do that to them and honestly would be afraid for them. My one dog Loki is a big bounding goof ball that doesn’t know his size etc. I have no choice but to rehome them. They deserve a good happy life and I can’t do that for them now. It will break my heart to say goodbye, and I’m worried that what if I can’t find a Jaime where they can be together? Oddly enough they seem very independent of each other, almost like the one isn’t the biggest fan of the other. But they’ve been together their entire lives - won’t that be horrible for them to split them up? Traumatizing? Or am I putting my hurt and fear onto them more than I should? Do cats adapt faster than dogs? I honestly don’t know much about them so hoping for advice. My brother has dogs too but he has a full basement (finished not concrete and empty) but no windows. We can’t do that either - how horrible for them. I’m not sleeping worrying about what to do because I need to figure this out in the next two weeks.
Can I separate them and not traumatize them to the extent I think I will?
Can I separate them and not traumatize them to the extent I think I will?