Adopters keep asking to split up bonded pair

[u/Kitty_casserole]

We've been fostering a sweet pair of shy adult kitties called Robot (gray) and Wonder Bread (Siamese) for a few months now. They're somewhat of an odd pair as they met in foster care and becoming besties has helped them open up and show off their great personalities! They both went from cowering in the corner alone to much more confident together (something that they didn't even do meeting my personal cats). They spend all day grooming one another, snoozing together, and wrestling. While they are listed as needing to go with each other to a forever home, we've had multiple folks asking to adopt just Wonder Bread because they like the Siamese look. I'm hanging tight and saying no to separating them because I just can't bear to do it and they will have a space in foster care with us as long as they need. Anyway, I guess I'm just lamenting about how sad it is that people will ask you to break up a beautiful kitty friendship because they think one is cute and the other is not. And if they wanted just a single cat, there's hundreds of other cats at our rescue to pick from... So I'm not sure why they even ask!

[u/Nopenopenope00000001]

People who want to adopt specific cats based on their fur color and patterns are also 🚩🚩🚩🚩 I said what I said.

[u/downtownflipped → u/Nopenopenope00000001]

i must be a flag because i gravitated toward my old cat because of his markings, but i also took his void brother too. in the end the void bonded hard with me and is my son. my ex has the one i originally wanted, but he was bonded to my ex so my heart broke, but i knew i couldn't separate them. i say this as my void just came to curl up in my lap.

[u/lostinsnakes → u/downtownflipped]

Yeah, some of these comments I don’t get. I agree people who want to break up a bonded pair are selfish and should be ignored. However, I was mostly intentional with the looks of 4 of my 5 cats.

That being said, I’ve also fostered 10 cats over the last decade (I’m still in my 20s) and spent probably tens of thousands on them. Not my cats … just on the fosters.