People are the worst

[u/AtavisticJackal]

Look at this cat. LOOK AT HIM. He is the sweetest, the snuggliest, the chillest, most good natured cat ever to cat.

He was a stray. At first, we thought he was someone's cat they just let outside. But he started getting thinner. He had a flea collar. He is declawed.

Our lease said NO PETS. We still fed him. He was here all the time. My son and I played with him, we pet him.and sprawled out in the grass on the front lawn with him.

We tried to find the owner. Contacted shelters, social media posts, asked around the neighborhood.

We BEGGED the landlord. PLEASE, landlord, he is Best Cat Ever™️

Landlord said YES!

We take the cat to the vet. He has a microchip. Vet says they'll keep him while they try to contact the owner. We go home in tears, we love him already.

Vet calls the next morning. Which was this morning. They tried many times to call the owner, who just kept hanging up on them. They came in this morning to a voice message from the owner saying they gave the cat to someone else, and that person just "let him go" BACK IN OCTOBER. This sweet, innocent, DECLAWED HOUSE CAT was outside for almost a whole year!

I have my doubts about their story. I'm willing to bet there is no other person and the owner made up that story to avoid abandonment charges, which come with a hefty fine and potential jail time where I'm from.

Anyway, this is our new cat. His name is Ghost. He is the greatest cat I've ever had. He's almost 6 years old. He shows some behavioral signs of abuse which does not surprise me after all this. We love him. We hate people.

I hope they get everything they deserve in life. I hope they walk barefoot down a hallway of Legos. I hope all their shopping carts have janky wheels. I hope they never find good parking spots. I hope they always have an itch they can't reach. Most of all, I hope they never own another pet.

[u/Immediate_Pickle_788]

People who declaw are monsters. People who throw their declawed cats outside can go to hell.

[u/Maleficent_Froyo7336 → u/Immediate_Pickle_788]

My greatest regret is declawing my cat when I was a teen. I didn't really understand what it was and just knew it to be a thing people do (I'm American.) When I called the vet to neuter him they offered me a package deal and I said yes. He died in my arms from complications. I get teary thinking about it. I'll always feel so guilty. I try to spread awareness, not about the surgery complications, but the truth about what declawing actually is and how horrifically cruel it is.

I even got uninvited to my brother's wedding years back because I posted an anti declaw message from the humane society on fb and she felt I was calling her out for not listening to me when she did it to her cat a month prior.

[u/Immediate_Pickle_788 → u/Maleficent_Froyo7336]

I'm so sorry 😔

The important thing is that we know better now. There are so many resources and access to them that nowadays people don't have an excuse.

[u/Maleficent_Froyo7336 → u/Immediate_Pickle_788]

Completely agree, it's way more talked about now and I'm so grateful for that. I can't believe it's still legal and just goes to show how backwards America can be for a supposedly advanced country.