I adopted this 12 year old cat a couple months ago. I already have an 8 year old cat and a 10 year old beagle, but I saw this guy on the local humane society page and it just broke my heart. 12 years old in the shelter? That’s not okay. So I went to meet him. As soon as I crouched down next to his kennel he shot up and started rubbing all over the cage. I put my head right next to his cage and said “hey big guy” and he stopped rubbing and put his head right next to mine and jus stared at me, purring. I literally got tears in my eyes. I went up front and told them I was interested. They gave me his paperwork to look over and in it I found that he had lived in 1 home for his entire 12 years and the reason for the owner surrendering him was simply “daughter moved away”. My heart hurt for this guy. So I took him home that same day and I haven’t regretted it for a single second. It took all of the animals a while to get used to each other, they’re all old and set in their ways. After a couple weeks though they all learned to live together in peace. Today I’m spending a snow day at home with my fur babies. I’m so glad that he’s spending this time in a cozy bed rather than in a metal cage at the animal shelter.
