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When I left home I said to myself that when I got my first house on my own (after uni) then I'd get a cat as I missed the cat which I'd grown up with, so roll on a few years, bought my house and adopted 2 cats Palinka and Ouzo from a local rescue place. Everything was fine for ages, got 2 more cats, they all got on, everyone was happy. Palinka then started visiting one of the across the garden neighbours regularly and eventually moved in with her. I did try to get advice from the cat rescue people on how to stop my cat from going there all the time but we agreed it was probably down to the posh cat food that she fed her cat (and then put outside once he'd eaten as much as he wanted) and they told me that there was nothing I could do. I accepted it as I still saw my cat in the gardens and knew that the other woman was taking good care of him, she'd agreeed to keep me informed on how he was and if he got ill etc. Again fast forward a bit, and I had Palinka's new owner coming round saying that he was very aggressive with her other cats and she didn't know what to do. We had a good chat, I said that maybe he'd settle down in time, she tried Feliway (the hormone spray thing that calms cats down) and then we just said it must be one of those things and she'd have to see what happened.
So today, i was looking on the cat rescue place's website and saw that one of their cats to rehome was called Palinka - bit of a coincidence so I clicked on the link and lo and behold saw that it was my cat that the new owner has given back to the rescue place!! She hadn't told me anything about it, and they've put that he left my house because he didn't get on with the new cats and then didn't get on with her cats so needs to be rehomed to a place with no cats.
I have emailed them to see if I can have him back but I'm not sure if they'll let me as he may just try to go back to the other woman, but I don't like the idea of him going somewhere else. I know that the rescue place (which is run by two woman) vet every new home themselves and wouldn't let him go anywhere that he would be unsafe, but he was my first cat and I love him to pieces, he is so affectionate and loving. I have explained to them that I asked for their advice before and they couldn't give me any, and that it wasn't anything to do with him hating my other cats as he either just ignored the other cats or would curl up with them when he was in the mood.
I don't know what else to do, I'd love to have him back home, even when he moved in with the neighbour my ex (who still comes round loads as friends) woudl still bring him into the house sometimes for cuddles but I think he's going to be sent somewhere else to live and I won't see him again :-(((

Sorry for the long post, I'm just really sad about my cat and thought people on here would understand. If anyone in Cardiff area would like a very loving and affectionate big black cat (he's about 6.5yrs old) then please let me know so that I can try to get him housed with you, as I'd prefer him go to a member on here who obviously loves animals (or why would you be a member of this forum) than to an unknown home if you see what I mean?