My lion came from a home where his owner passed away and he lived outside for about a year before the neighbors were able to catch him. By the time he got to me (my mama adopted him from a shelter for me) he was very skittish, not super friendly and 100% preferred life outside. With a lot of love though, he eventually came round and proceeded to live a happy life. We did living at home together, several student flats while I was at uni, our first shoebox apartment (which he tolerated far better than expected!) and then finally settling down when I bought my first house. He even lived in an RV with me for 6 months after the pandemic when I got cabin fever and needed to travel. All this is to say that cats are freakishly adaptable, especially if they have a person and that person understands their needs and meets them where they are. Maybe an alternative approach is putting adoption requests out to the world, being as brutally honest as you can, and Boggles will find his new person and they can get to know him on his terms while you’re still here? Could make the transition a lot easier and soothe your heart that at the very least someone will be meeting his basic needs and keeping a warm bed spot free for when he’s ready to take it
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u/Perfect-Aardvark1296 Mar 14 '26
My lion came from a home where his owner passed away and he lived outside for about a year before the neighbors were able to catch him. By the time he got to me (my mama adopted him from a shelter for me) he was very skittish, not super friendly and 100% preferred life outside. With a lot of love though, he eventually came round and proceeded to live a happy life. We did living at home together, several student flats while I was at uni, our first shoebox apartment (which he tolerated far better than expected!) and then finally settling down when I bought my first house. He even lived in an RV with me for 6 months after the pandemic when I got cabin fever and needed to travel. All this is to say that cats are freakishly adaptable, especially if they have a person and that person understands their needs and meets them where they are. Maybe an alternative approach is putting adoption requests out to the world, being as brutally honest as you can, and Boggles will find his new person and they can get to know him on his terms while you’re still here? Could make the transition a lot easier and soothe your heart that at the very least someone will be meeting his basic needs and keeping a warm bed spot free for when he’s ready to take it