Cat owner protects their skittish rescue kitty despite pressure from the entitled mom next door trying to force pet playdates with their 8-year-old daughter: 'I know I made the right call for my animal’

Knowing he had a scaredy cat since day one, this cat lover did everything in his power to make his kitty feel comfortable in his apartment, so when the mom and 8-year-old down the hall started insisting on pet playdates with the cat, he drew a hard line in the sand to keep his feline comfortable. 

Scaredy cats are tough to lure out of hiding. Like wild animals, scared cats are spooked by every new sound, every weird smell, and every unknown touch. It can take a cat lover months, even years, to coax the loving purrsonality out of a cat that they know is hiding behind their fear. It's no wonder cats are scared of so much; they're tiny little beings! Although they may not realize it, cats are powerful critters, but they are tiny morsels that could easily become hurt or spooked by the big-bad outside world. It's for this reason that many rescue kitties are traumatized by anything new. 

But when a cat, especially a scared rescue, decides that they trust you and are willing to love you back, cat lovers have made it to the magnum opus of their pspsps achievements. Nothing can take away the bond between a once-skittish cat and the cat lover who taught them to love again. 

This is why the man in the next story was so adamant against a pushy mother. Although it was sweet at first when the little girl down the hall took interest in his feline, their playdates and 20-minute play sessions were starting to degrade the kitty's feeble confidence. The cat's behavior and comfort started to backslide, and he was hiding and hissing again. So the man did all he could to protect his rescue cat, deciding that the little girl could no longer come over and play with the cat. 

It's not that the little girl was being rough or mean to the kitten; this rescue was just not ready for anymore strangers in its life, and it yearned for the companionship of only one hooman: The cat lover who saved it in the first place.

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