Keep the cat?
Here we are 6 months later and we still have the cat. My brother is ready for her now...BUT...my husband loves her to death AND she's become our male cat's 'wife' and constant play partner. I think it's only fair to give her up, but my husband wants to keep her... What do you all think? |
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| I have a cat you can have LOL |
| Your brother will understand everyone has bonded to her, esp the male cat...you don't want to split them up. He'll be so lonely without her.
I say help your brother to adopt another cat, go half with him or something. It would be easier for him to take in a single cat, then for you to introduce another cat into your home. |
Your brother has gone long enough without the kitten which is now a cat. If your family wants her, keep her. But maybe point him in the direction of another kitten... 
Shannon |
| I will give you a cat too. there are plenty around here. |
NO!!! NO more cats!! Please do not give me any of your cats!  |
| I'd keep it if you want it. If he hasn't had it in 6 months, it's not like he had a bond with it. Heck, just go get another one that looks like it and give it to him. He probably won't even know the difference. |
ButtersStotch wrote: I'd keep it if you want it. If he hasn't had it in 6 months, it's not like he had a bond with it. Heck, just go get another one that looks like it and give it to him. He probably won't even know the difference.
ROFLMAO!!!!  |
| How long did he have the cat before you started baby-sitting? Has the cat been with you longer than it was with him?
I'm just thinking that the cat may be happier at your house and it would be easier for your brother, now that he's settled, to rescue another cat.  |
| He got the cat just after Thanksgiving and we got the cat in March, I think, so we've had her longer.
I love her...she's fun, but DESTRUCTIVE! 2 nights ago she broke my bedside lamp by knocking it over. (The 2nd lamp she's broken!). She doesn't know how to stop fast, so she usually ends up sliding and ramming into things...  |
| I'd get him a new cat to replace the one you have had and KEEP the one you have been caring for. |
ButtersStotch wrote: I'd keep it if you want it. If he hasn't had it in 6 months, it's not like he had a bond with it. Heck, just go get another one that looks like it and give it to him. He probably won't even know the difference.
I agree with Jill, get him another one that looks just like it. |
Seriously, Steph, I'd keep the cat and just help my brother adopt another one. Everybody wins - especially the newly rescued cat!!  |
| I have a cat you can have!
(Actually many of them right down the street at the Stray Pets In Need SPIN rescue at the local pet food store.) |
| Keep the cat and explain to your brother that it is in the cat's best interest that it stays with you. It would be very stressful for it to go to a new home, with someone it hardly knows anymore. Your brother has moved so the whole situation will be foreign.
You can helpfully explain to him that cats often forget how to use the litter box when stressed, and go potty in other places, like beds and shoes when stressed 
I'm sure he wouldn't want that... |
Bosley's mom wrote: You can helpfully explain to him that cats often forget how to use the litter box when stressed, and go potty in other places, like beds and shoes when stressed I'm sure he wouldn't want that... Oooh...he IS very protective of his bed and shoes...so that just may work... |
barney1 wrote: .......I think it's only fair to give her up, but my husband wants to keep her........What do you all think?
Don't worry, your brother will get over it. I like the idea of a "look-a-like" kitty. But, I'd keep the cat, or you may be living with your brother.  |
| I definitely feel that since you have had the cat for 6 mos and that it is a part of your family that you should keep it. Although cats adjust, this one has a home where it is comfortable and loved, why disrupt that.
Help your brother adopt another kitten that will be his own and will adjust to his lifestyle. |
| ANy chance that your brother just feels obliged to relieve you of the cat and that he would just as soon choose a new kitten for himself?
Also, could your husband handle it. If a guy simply said "we're keeping the cat" I doubt there would even be a discussion. |
| I like the idea of replacing it with a look alike!
What was that Chevy Chase movie where he kept killing that lady's dog and getting her another one? Under the Rainbow, I think. One of my favorites was when he threw the ball in the penthouse and it went over the railing on the balcony 20 stories up, and the dog went right over after it! I know its cruel, but it was pretty funny!
Just tell your brother you liked it so well that YOU kept the look alike. He probably will never know... |
| Well, he called last night and said there was someone giving kittens away in the metro station and he was thinking about taking one or 2, so maybe the problem with resolve itself! |
I would give his cat back - it was his after all. If you would like a playmate for your kitty I would go down to a shelter and find a cat that you like. It'll save a life and you won't have problems with your brother down the line. If he is ok with giving the kitty to you after an explanation of why you want the cat though - then by all means keep it.  |
| Just an update (since I know you all were DYING to hear )
My brother came down on Wednesday night to take his cat home with him. He spent the night and they were going to leave on Thursday morning. I come home for lunch with him and to say goodbye and he has decided that, upon seeing the interaction of his kitty with my 2 kitties, he can't take her--it will be too much of a disruption. SO, we now officially have 3 cats and a dog
My mom thinks I'm nuts |
| woo hoo! That's great! Perfect outcome. Thanks for the update. |
| Oh, I felt bad when I first read he was coming back for the cat. It really sounds like you guys are more attached. Normally I wouldn't say that, but since your brother hasn't had the cat long... I'm so happy to hear the cat is yours forever!!!!! |
| Oh good!
Happy Endings!!  |
Mazel tov!!! (read, congratulations!)  |
| I just Happy Endings!!! |
| And.......we hope he stopped by the shelter and got another cat, thus saving another of God's creatures. |
| That's the plan...to rescue 2 more. Either that or the person whose house he was living in for the last several months is moving and has 2 cats that he might not take with him, so my brother might take them, so he'll just have to wait and see about rescuing more, but he's been informed that he CANNOT use my house for a halfway home for his (future) cats... |
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