‘I finally realize he was actually a very sweet, super scared kitty that needed to feel safe and be given space’: Grieving man reluctantly fosters his late friend's cat and patiently transforms a hissing terror into an affectionate companion for adoption

The passing of a cat pawrent can be especially tough on their cat child. For while the hoomans around understand what has happened, and have to cope with that understanding, the cat child is at an immediate disadvantage, lacking the ability to completely comprehend what has happened to their pawrent.

A scary position to be in, without a doubt. But what is possibly even more terrifying is that as this late person's cat child you could be pawned off to any number of disinterested relatives or even worse the local shelter. Luckily, the story we have for you today does not go that way, and instead tells the tale of a kind and caring man who moved heaven and earth to make the transition for his late friend's cat child as smooth and painless as possible. Even if it cost him in a few scratches along the way.
 

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