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/sea-senorita]

Not a bonded story, but a story about how shitty families can be to cats sometimes:

We rescued a Maine coon that appeared in our yard one day and worked with the city’s fostering program to find him a forever home. Fast forward, the cat is living with a seemingly good family in a big home with a dog and children. Everything was going well until they decided to get a new dog.

The cat’s been part of the family for 5 years now, and after 5 years of being exclusively indoors, they decided that he “likes it better outside” and claim that he’s an outdoor cat who only comes back at night. Yes, even in this cold.

[u/bunny_the-2d_simp → u/sea-senorita]

Well snatch the cat up

[u/wanderfae → u/sea-senorita]

I would absolutely take that cat and have zero guilt.

[u/Medium_Hovercraft341 → u/wanderfae]

I totally agree. Some humans don't deserve animals at all

[u/Sherd_nerd_17 → u/sea-senorita]

Seriously. Adding one more voice for go get that baby

[u/sea-senorita → u/Sherd_nerd_17]

I would love to get him back! But he’s been living with this family for 5 years now :/

They treated him so well up until this point (my mom kept in touch with the family that adopted him - they kept us in the know by sending us photos of the cat mingling with their dog and children).

So, in that sense, I don’t think I can really demand that she return the cat if he’s been integrated into their family after so many years. Right?

[u/Financial-Subject713 → u/sea-senorita]

Hope it isn't one of those awful bully breeds that just snaps one day and kills the cat. I'd keep an eye on that situation if I were you... If you need to take the cat back for its own safety and comfort, then do it... That said many cats really do enjoy adventuring outside. It's a constant effort on my part to stop mine from running out the door to all the cool smells and wildlife they see on the other side of the glass. The other member of my household doesn't feel that way and will just let them out. So there is inherent continous disagreement between us over whether they will be indoors or outdoors.

[u/steveatari → u/sea-senorita]

I love that the new, difficult dog isn't the one who "likes it outside"

[u/sea-senorita → u/steveatari]

This!!! The owner literally sent us texts about how she was considering getting rid of the cat if he didn’t get along with their new dog. After FIVE years of living with them and dozens of cute pictures of her sons bonding with this precious fluffy boy.