Rejected by cat housing/rescue charity for wanting to adopt a cat for companionship
I live in a semi detached house with a huge back garden, and i live alone now as my son is 18 and lives with his dad now, something that has been extremely difficult for me to deal with as it wasn't expected - I expected the opposite. anyway, i am totally isolated and so lonely, and i've owned cats in the past, ever since i was a kid, and so i decided to contact the cat adoption people and ask to adopt a kitten or cat.
They put me through an hour long chat/interview, and the woman was really, really grilling me about the fact that i was on my own, as if it was a problem. I tried to tell her that i was mostly at home and the cat wouldn't be left alone for long, ever. I told her about the other cats i used to have. But she just seemed really concerned that between my health issues, and my being alone, that it was a problem for the cat.
I cannot believe that a cat adoption charity would be more concerned about a CAT being lonely and neglected than a human being. I would not neglect a cat if I had one. Nor would I adopt one if i didn't think I could look after it.
I remember the woman also said to me, "oh, and it's good to put their water in a separate room from the food." and i nearly laughed at this, because to me, that was just stupid. i never did this with any of my other cats, and none them were dehydrated. But I think she didn't like the fact that I took issue with this silly idea. As humans, do we put our drinks in another room to our food? Sorry, but it's laughable.
She asked me so many questions as if was trying to adopt a baby, not a cat.
Anyway, I haven't heard a word from this charity since that phone call, which was over a month ago, and supposedly, they have a lot of cats in need of homes.
I feel like I have been deemed unfit to adopt a cat because I don't have anyone else around and i have health issues.
This is just so ridiculously unfair. Yeah, it's much better for a cat to be stuck in some cage in a shelter than in a nice house with a lovely back garden. I also didn't realise that cats had to be around several family members in order to thrive. I guess I am not good enough on my own?
Whole thing ridiculous. Every effort I make to try not to be so lonely just gets quashed.
