Egotistical roommate demands to keep her roommate's cat when she ends her lease, brings toxic flowers home as a revenge "move out present" when the cat owner refuses to abandon their cat

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Jun 3, 2026 3:00 PM EDT

If you have a cat, you have to choose your roommates extra carefully. They might not like your cat enough to be nice to it, or they might love it way too much.

We have come to the conclusion that the ideal situation, if you are a cat owner with roommates, is for your roommates to not care about your cat at all. Better that than the opposite - in either direction. Your roommate might go in one direction - they might hate cats and allow your cat to escape, then act like it wasn't their fault. Or it might go in the other direction, with your roommates liking your cat too much.

You might not think that it's possible, but oh yes, it is. Some roommates might think that your cat is 'our' cat, and those roommates will start locking your cat in their room for the night, whether the cat wants it or not. We, as people who write about cats on a daily basis, kind of thought that this was the worst that it would get. But apparently not. Apparently, some roommates might like your cat so much and think that your cat is 'our' cat to the point that they might feel entitled to take your cat after moving out.

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It's one thing to think that the utensils that the entire house has been using for years are up to debate when the person who originally brought them leaves. It's a whole different beast to think that a pet is up for debate. To be clear, the utensils belong to the one who brought them, whether everyone else has been using them or not. And the cat… we don't think that we even need to explicitly say it.
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Exactly. People who love animals would never do anything to harm them. It might break our hearts, but we would do anything for our pets to be happy, even if it meant that wasn't with us. They come first. Someone who would go as far as to attempt to physically harm an animal like this should not be around any animals at all ever in their lives. Keep this person away. She is straight-up dangerous.
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