It's breaking my heart

I have a little cat rescue and I have placed some cats in new homes. I try to not get too attached to the ones I hope to place because it would tear me up to place one of the permanent residents of the house. I'm so sorry to hear that you will be losing one of your cats, I consider my cats my children...

I had to give up two cats when I was a child. One was at my relatives home because we were not allowed to have pets in our apartment, but he got mean as they left him in a cage so they got rid of him. The other again an apartment we were not allowed to have pets in and like an excited 9yr old is I told my friend who was a neighbor who told her mother who told the manager who told the landlord who said they'd not renew our lease if we kept the cat. We took the cat back to the farm we got her from and the landlord still made us move anyway.

These things happen. I know how you feel though. I have three cats, and I love each and every one of them. They are like my family, but sometimes, you have to do what is best for you and what is best for them.

We did have a situation like this where a landlord changed our lease or tried to anyway. I talked to my lawyer and she couldn't change it mid lease so I made it clear she was breaking her lease took my money I would have paid her and left. Her house stood empty until she lost it to foreclosure becasue her rent was too high. Karma.

hi friend, well i have not faced such situation exactly like you but yes there are times when you develop a strange bond with some animals, be it your pet or not. we had a storage room in our house, and oneday my papa decided to clean it up, he opened the door of the room , and from inside tender voices "meoww" " moeeaw" are coming, my dad understood that these are baby kittens shouting, may be there mom had gone in search of their food, there was not mom beside them and few minutes later my dad took two cute little small kittens in his hands and came out of the room. they were sooo cute, i cant explain in my words, i took many pictures of them, i spend 2 hours with them playing and my bro too was in love with them. but then my mom said they must be hungry and their mom must be searching them. so we decide to keep them outside our home, in case their mom came searching and find them.i kept a small bowl of milk beside them so that they can have it in case they are hungry.but they kept shouting "meoaw" meoaw" for their mom. in the morning there was no kittens outside my home, probably their mom have found them or they got lost!! or they were killed by someone's pet dog?? sooo many questions cropped on my mind, but i never found them again, i felt so bad that day even my bro got upset.

I must say Don't give up! You must be strong. I never had cats, but watched years ago in "Friends" how Ross give up his monkey "Marsel" and Ross was sad vary long time. He give up his monkey to the zoo where he can visit her. After it ,the zoo was sold hes monkey and the monkey become a movie star. So don't worry about you cat - she will be ok. Just smile and move on. :)

Oh, that's so sad! I'm so sorry that you may have to lose one of your cats. I've never really been in the same position, as I'm a fairly new cat-owner myself. I don't know what I would do if I had to give up my precious kitty, she's totally my baby! I think of her pretty much as my little child who's never going to grow up. There's no replacement for her. I can't really give you any tips, but I wish you and your little kitty the best of luck and hopefully you'll be able to see her again.

I understand how you feel because I've been there myself. There were times when we'd have to move and decide which animals to take and which to find homes for. We always kept the animal that we've had the longest or was the best behaved. But even still it was always hard and it often made us depressed. It is hard, sometimes downright impossible to let go of an animal that you become attached to. How did I deal with it? It wasn't easy. I had to force myself to continue doing my normal activities and let myself heal through each day. Of all the animals though that I've had to give up for better care or lost tragically, I miss Shadow (2008) and Chance (2011) the most. Actually.. I miss all of them. But I've raised Shadow from 8 weeks of age to 14 years of age, and Chance I helped with his birth, freed him from the sack, got him to breathe and had to bottle feed him. So yes, they are terribly missed. It can be really hard at times. But keep moving forward. It's all you can do sometimes. : /

I used to have cats before but when I moved in here in the city, I am no longer allowed to have pets with me because it is not allowed in the building where we are living. it was sad at first but then eventually I get the hang of it because I do not have any other choice but let go having pets. After all, I can get to visit them during weekends anyway since they are still living with some relatives.