After 14 years of being a loyal cat, this cat's owner passed away, and his family didn't want her, so she ended up terrified and alone in a shelter, until someone finally took a chance on her and showed her love is possible again
After so many years of being a loved and spoiled housecat, no cat should be abandoned at a shelter like they're nothing.
Everyone knows that older cats in shelters have a harder time getting adopted. What not everyone knows is that an "older cat" at a shelter is a cat anywhere older than 1 year old. Seriously. A 1-year-old cat is basically a baby in our eyes, but apparently, not in the eyes of the rest of humanity. Everyone wants to adopt a kitten, and in a way, we get that. Kittens are adorable. Theoretically, you would get more time with a kitten than you would with an older cat. Bonding is easier with a kitten than with an older cat. We understand why. We just wish it wasn't true. Senior cats make amazing pets, and we wish more people knew that.
And if a 1-year-old kitten has a harder time getting adopted, you can only imagine what it would be like for a 14-year-old cat, one who has been a loyal cat to a single owner for all these years, who has only ever bonded with this one person, and who's never felt more betrayed by humans in her life after her owner passed and his family didn't want her. That's the story of today's cat, and it is heartbreaking.
It's a good thing that there are some people out there who do understand that senior cats make purrfect pets, because this person didn't just stumble onto this sweet abandoned cat. She was actively searching for a senior cat to adopt. Because some people know. Some people understand. Some people actually respect and appreciate what older cats bring to their lives. The comfort, the stability, the appreciation in return. This is a cat who knew the comforts that a life with humans provided, and now, she knew what it was like to have that taken away. Getting it back - from a person who cherishes her and cares for her as much as her previous owners is something that she knew how to appreciate, and before you knew it, she learned that love from a human is possible again.