37-year-old asks friend to keep her cat while she moves, promises to fund the foster process, but disappears for four years: 'It hasn't been her cat in years, she abandoned it.'

We think that "don't do to your pet what you wouldn't do to your kid" is a rule of thumb that every pet pawrent should adhere to, no exceptions.

Think about it: As you wouldn't prevent your kid from having a meal, you shouldn't prevent your pet from having a meal. As you wouldn't raise your hand on your kid, you should definitely never raise your hand on your pet. As you wouldn't abandon your kid in a stranger's house to never be heard from again, you should never abandon your pet like that. But this one woman abandoned her cat just like that. And we'll never understand why anyone would think this is an acceptable behavior.

What in the world could make a person abandon their cat, their pet that they adopted? Sure, she might've thought she was leaving her with a friend, in a safe space, but the friend wasn't the one adopting, committing, or wanting a cat. When you adopt, you adopt the responsibility for the cat, period. You are the one in charge of their well-being, their health, and their life. How could someone just… leave a cat?

Despite this being beyond our understanding, we love that the wholesome online feline family comes to the aid each and every time - with good advice, with listening ears, and with a worldwide shared love for cats.

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Four years? Four years! That's way too much time apart to dare calling this cat hers anymore. Not that it seems like she tries to claim ownership over her. As if she gave up on her own cat. Who would do that? Only people who are not worthy of a cat's love and friendship, that's for sure. This cat deserves so much better than what her original human gave her - which is abandonment and complete ghosting. Even worse than what she did to her friend, who agreed to keep her cat safe. You can't explain this situation to a cat with words - she just feels abandoned.
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$Artistic-Tough-7764 It's your \[bf's\] cat now. Would be kind of awful to rehome her yet again, but you gotta do what ya gotta do.$

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We definitely agree with the sentiment of these couple of comments. This cat is no longer “a friend's cat”. After all these years spent in the boyfriend's house, this cat probably calls it home. And when a cat settles, they become territorial and extra-fond of the place they deem as theirs. So it's really horrible to rehome a cat so many times - it's best to move a cat houses only if necessary. But here? It really doesn't seem necessary at this point. She belongs to the boyfriend. Someone should've updated the guy he owns a cat for a few years now…
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