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Pepsi is my 7,5 year old boy. We lost his brother august 2021. And I have been back and forth about getting a sibling for him. On one side he was loving being an only child when I was there. But on the other side he has been scratching on my door, meowing every since we lost his brother. And its that last thing there that made me take the step to try.
This local shelter have a trial period, 14 days where you can get to test out if a new cat can fit in your home.
I got Amara on friday, and now its sunday. She is 5 months old. I know its only been a few days, and this takes time. All hissing and growling is over. Amara is happy. She is excatly what I have ever wanted in a cat, she will litterally crawl onto my chest to get cuddles. And she is just so adorable.
However my heart is aching, I was crying in the shower last night, also today my emotions are all over the place, it breaks my heart seeing Pepsi doing that low to the ground slow walk. Pepsi is not happy. He does not do anything bad to her. But he is on guard, he can’t relax properly, does not have his normal apetite, and is constantly watching for where she is, and will run away from her, afraid to even walk past her. He is giving clear signs that he is not happy. I took him alone into my bedroom today to see if I could get some cuddles, and he did purr for the first time since Amara came here. He is not himself, and its breaking my heart
I kind of even want to just give up today. I will push through til friday. I will give it a week, and if he is still the same, thats it. Thats all I have. Thats all my heart can take.
I know that it can take time, a whole long time to get cats accostumed to another. But I can’t manage to forcer this on him, he was always suppose to have the final say in this. And right now its clear where he stands. Maybe it will change in a weeks time, but my gut is telling me otherwice.
I had to try. I knew I would not have stopped looking for possible good matches for him until I had tried. So I will always be glad that I tried. But right now I wish I could fast forward to friday. Its awful to see my baby like this
This local shelter have a trial period, 14 days where you can get to test out if a new cat can fit in your home.
I got Amara on friday, and now its sunday. She is 5 months old. I know its only been a few days, and this takes time. All hissing and growling is over. Amara is happy. She is excatly what I have ever wanted in a cat, she will litterally crawl onto my chest to get cuddles. And she is just so adorable.
However my heart is aching, I was crying in the shower last night, also today my emotions are all over the place, it breaks my heart seeing Pepsi doing that low to the ground slow walk. Pepsi is not happy. He does not do anything bad to her. But he is on guard, he can’t relax properly, does not have his normal apetite, and is constantly watching for where she is, and will run away from her, afraid to even walk past her. He is giving clear signs that he is not happy. I took him alone into my bedroom today to see if I could get some cuddles, and he did purr for the first time since Amara came here. He is not himself, and its breaking my heart
I kind of even want to just give up today. I will push through til friday. I will give it a week, and if he is still the same, thats it. Thats all I have. Thats all my heart can take.
I know that it can take time, a whole long time to get cats accostumed to another. But I can’t manage to forcer this on him, he was always suppose to have the final say in this. And right now its clear where he stands. Maybe it will change in a weeks time, but my gut is telling me otherwice.
I had to try. I knew I would not have stopped looking for possible good matches for him until I had tried. So I will always be glad that I tried. But right now I wish I could fast forward to friday. Its awful to see my baby like this