Hi all! Unfortunately I have had to come to a very upsetting conclusion and have had to make a tough decision and I'd like if you could all tell me if I'm doing the right thing.
A few years ago, we had a rescue cat named Snowey who was very very ill. We helped her the best we can with expensive vet bills and such and tried our best. She fell pregnant and gave birth to 4 beautiful kittens who I loved dearly and was as involved as I could be in looking after them at 11 years of age. We gave 2 to a family friend when they was old enough and one was advertised and given to a lonely old lady, the last one we kept and named Dragon. The very sick mother cat (Snowey) unfortunately showed no signs of improvement, no matter how much we cared for her. We took her into a vet to be put down as they suggested, but the vet looked at Snowey's condition and said that she would love to take her home and try nurse her to health as she would have access to far more than we did and could afford more than we could. We did so and had updates for a while on how much she had progressed.
Dragon (Now 6, nearly 7), still lives with us. However, my mum is a police officer, as is my stepdad and my brother and I are in full-time education. My cat molts A LOT, although the vet said he is perfectly healthy. My mum puts him in the conservatory and refuses to let him wander the house so fur doesn't get anywhere. She stamps towards the cat to scare him back into the conservatory, she puts him outside in the rain, screams at him for meowing and just is generally horrible to him. I had a row with her earlier on because she won't let the cat in the house on firework night (Ridiculous, right?) and I'm now wondering whether to put him up for adoption to find him a happier home where he will be treated better and people will have more time for him. It hurts me how he's treated in this house and even at 18 years old, I get told off by my mum for hugging my cat because of the furr.
Is putting him up for adoption the right thing to do? I just want him to get the best out of life even though it hurts so much to have come to this.
Thank you so much,
~ Abi
A few years ago, we had a rescue cat named Snowey who was very very ill. We helped her the best we can with expensive vet bills and such and tried our best. She fell pregnant and gave birth to 4 beautiful kittens who I loved dearly and was as involved as I could be in looking after them at 11 years of age. We gave 2 to a family friend when they was old enough and one was advertised and given to a lonely old lady, the last one we kept and named Dragon. The very sick mother cat (Snowey) unfortunately showed no signs of improvement, no matter how much we cared for her. We took her into a vet to be put down as they suggested, but the vet looked at Snowey's condition and said that she would love to take her home and try nurse her to health as she would have access to far more than we did and could afford more than we could. We did so and had updates for a while on how much she had progressed.
Dragon (Now 6, nearly 7), still lives with us. However, my mum is a police officer, as is my stepdad and my brother and I are in full-time education. My cat molts A LOT, although the vet said he is perfectly healthy. My mum puts him in the conservatory and refuses to let him wander the house so fur doesn't get anywhere. She stamps towards the cat to scare him back into the conservatory, she puts him outside in the rain, screams at him for meowing and just is generally horrible to him. I had a row with her earlier on because she won't let the cat in the house on firework night (Ridiculous, right?) and I'm now wondering whether to put him up for adoption to find him a happier home where he will be treated better and people will have more time for him. It hurts me how he's treated in this house and even at 18 years old, I get told off by my mum for hugging my cat because of the furr.
Is putting him up for adoption the right thing to do? I just want him to get the best out of life even though it hurts so much to have come to this.
Thank you so much,
~ Abi