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"This furry companion is too furry and too companion-y."
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One of our cats was a twice-returned. Shelter staff said previous adoptive parents complained he was too playful. We got him home like 7 years ago and this guy has been the definition of chill ever since.
Our cat had been returned several times for being too rambunctious. By the time we met met he was an “older kitten” and hard to adopt. 14 years later and he is still the best and cuddliest cat ever.
Once received a dog from the shelter who was returned two times before for being too energetic and scary. It was the most loving goofball I've ever seen. He even loved going to the vet and took his time to greet all the people working there whenever we had to go.
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Him hanging with one of our bottle lambs in an empty kiddie pool. They were nearly inseparable.
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That right there is a good boy
I have my cat in part because the previous owners said he needed more room to run around and they were in an apartment.
He really does like to run around.
In what world is an animal that sleeps 16+ hours a day too playful? Was she originally adopted by ground slothes?
Yeah, I'm wondering if too playful meant too attackey? Once we got a cat who had a "clean" history. He was so sweet and snuggly except he'd get in this zone where he would crash out and attack our legs and bite. We tried everything we could think of, my partner and I had had like 15 cats previously between us. No amount of play time, novelty in toys, attention, affection, space, whatever made him not attack our ankles and bite. I started feeling too anxious to walk across the house to the kitchen. With a sick pit in our stomachs we had to bring him back to the shelter. There we found out we had been lied to and he had lived as an outdoor cat for a while, and had been returned once before for biting. We had a 3 bedroom house and a screened in porch but it just wasn't enough for him. We were also discouraged from reporting the biting as it would "make it harder to rehome him."
I don't know if I'll have another animal in my house again. The biting and scratching was stressful and awful but having to return Beau was so difficult, and felt like such a failure. I can't handle falling in love and then failing another animal.
You can't judge someone for the third hand account. Maybe OP and her dad were a much better fit and the animal is different in their home.
I'm sorry but 15 cats is a lot of cats. It's a bit doxx-y (so feel free not to answer) but how many were you housing at one time?
Thats not what they said. They said cumulatively 15 cats over two lifetimes.
Thats not what they said.
You're the one assuming things I never said. I asked how many they had at one time. Obviously, that entails ownership of cats distributed over time.
Maybe you've never lived with a particularly wild cat? They can be quite the handful and cats have such strong personality it's hard to work with if their quirks don't mesh well with your own. They also operate on their own schedule and sometimes that means playtime is in 10 minute intervals of pure chaos randomly sprinkled about in the dead of night
I've got one that is "too" playful. I love her and she's staying, but she does need to chill the fuck out sometimes lmao.
Doesn't help that her version of playful is knives. Stabby little kitty. But she's stabbing me with love so it's ok.
Those other eight hours, some cats maintain constant lightspeed
My dog had been returned to the shelter because the folks who adopted him wanted him to stay in their yard most of the time and he kept digging out and escaping. That's ok for some dogs but he was a dog who slept in my bed after having me tuck him in.
Humans suck.
Could have been an older person who wanted company but couldn’t keep up with an unguided fur missile. Not necessarily crappy people.
Animals are not toys. "Older" or not, adopting and owning a pet is a commitment. Animals are innocent. Humans are not.
Returning a pet to a shelter is a responsible way to acknowledge that you cannot make that commitment.
I would much rather the animal go back to a shelter to get rehomed to their furever home than either stuck with a bad match household or worse on the streets.
I totally agree that adopting is a big responsibility. Still, personalities don't always fully come out in the shelter. We adopted a 15 year old to give him a golden basket. We were told he's calm while withdrawn, while still at ease around other cats. What we got was a 15 year old acting like 2 year old. Absolutely races through the house and wants to play a lot with the other cats to the point they get annoyed, and is constantly and aggressively trying to steal from our plates. Frequently gets the zoomies at four in the morning which can result in facelicking. Still love him ofcourse, but I can imagine it's harder to deal with if you're in your 70's and expected a cat that at least doesn't try to use your legs as tree trunks on the way to food. Trying to find a family that matches the kitty's personality doesn't mean you're a bad person imo. Throwing them on the street is evil of course.
Only reason I don't have a pet right now is I live in a 1 bedroom apartment and spend 12 hours or more away a day so once you figure sleep time I would have at most 4-6 hours to spend with the pet. That's just cruel in my opinion, as much as I'd love a fur companion right now.
Awwww… sweet kitty!
