Last Christmas, this woman’s sister decided to get a cat to gift to her nieces and nephews. However, her sister wound up believing that the feline was “feral” since the cat would reportedly hiss and scare the kids.
That’s why her sister eventually wanted to give away the pet, and she offered to take him in. Her sister agreed to that, too.
But upon getting the male cat, she realized that he wasn’t feral. He was just scared.
“He thrived in my home. He is extremely spoiled and now legally belongs to me. I paid for his vaccinations, his chip, and his sterilization. He even put on some weight,” she explained.
Just last week, her niece and nephews also went over to her house and got to see the cat again. And since being in her care, the pet looked entirely different.
The kids got to see a chill cat who really enjoyed getting petted as opposed to a scared feline.
So, after her nieces and nephews left that day, her sister sent her a shocking text actually asking for the cat back!
“The kids were very happy to see the cat again, but now they are crying because they miss him. Please give him back to us. He is ours,” her sister wrote.
Now, she was taken aback by her sister’s request and pointed out how, as far as both she and the cat were concerned, he was now her pet and didn’t belong to her sister’s family.
After all, her sister had decided to give him away, and he now had a chip with her name listed as the pet’s owner. So, she claimed that her nieces and nephews would just have to accept that the cat wasn’t theirs anymore.
Well, her sister didn’t understand that and actually called her “heartless” for keeping their cat. Plus, her sister even threatened to sue her in order to get the cat back!
“But I told her she should’ve thought about this before deciding to dump the cat away instead of training him like I have,” she recalled.
Her sister also made her talk to her nieces and nephews on the phone. And unfortunately, her comments about the cat now being hers just made the kids cry even more.
To be clear, she really doesn’t think her sister could sue since her sister admitted, in writing over text, to giving up the pet. Not to mention, the cat is now registered as her pet.
“But I do feel for the kids,” she vented.
That’s why she now can’t help but wonder if refusing to give her sister the cat back is justified or just a jerky move.
Does it seem like her sister is equipped to handle a pet if her first instinct was to call the cat “feral” and get rid of it? Since she took over ownership of the cat, is it now officially hers? Would you give back the pet if you were in her shoes or not?
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