Please help me see the light.
Background.:
We got our cat Sally from a shelter in April. She is a nice cat but hates all other cats which is a problem as we have three others (plus kittens at the moment). She attacks one of them (Gypsy) on sight and frequently chases her away for up to a week until she eventually comes back starving. We were worried one day she wouldn’t come back so started looking to re-home Sally.
For complicated reasons we can’t rehome her at the shelter we originally got her from. We have called numerous other shelters who are all full until at least the middle of September with it being kitten season. We have asked friends and family to no avail. Finally we advertised on an internet classifieds site.
We got a reply last week from a lady who wanted an indoor cat. We were going to take her there last Saturday but got a phone call from the lady on Friday night to say that her boyfriend had brought home a surprise kitten and she no longer wanted Sal.
She then contacted us on Monday to say that she had broken up with the boyfriend and he had taken the kitten with him so could she have Sal? We ummed and ahhed about it but decided that for the sake of Gypsy and our other cats (plus the fact that we’d save £80 on a cattery while we go away) we’d take her.
We took her yesterday evening and the lady seemed happy with her. In turn I felt like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. But today she has called and said she has had an allergic reaction and can we take Sally back? Gah! Firstly I don’t know whether to believe her as she said she had had cats before, although a few years back. But whether truth or no, we are now having to decide between taking Sally back and living with the horrid situation with her terrifying our other cats, or refusing and facing the possibility that this lady might not be responsible and might just abandon Sally (although we have no reason to suspect she may be that kind of person).
I don’t know what to do and I feel like all that weight is back on my shoulders again. Technically she isn’t our responsibility and I really can’t bear the idea of her coming back and living with the stress of it all for another two months. Plus I’ve already cancelled the cattery place for when we go on hols in early September. But I also wouldn’t be able to cope with the guilt if she did just abandon (or even harm) Sally, although I accept that I would never know what happened.
WWYD?
