Another Farewell

Aurora went to her new home this afternoon. The first report is encouraging. She was scared, of course, but nonetheless came out of her carrier readily, and was not very shy about meeting her new person. I am not worried about her eventual adaptation to her novel surroundings, though being an only cat will likely take some getting used to. Nonetheless, I think that, with an attentive person, she will not miss other felines much.

Even so, the worst part of fostering remains the dispatch of a cat to her new home and family, no matter how nice they may be. It is the fact that the change cannot be explained. From their point of view, the adopted cats have been abandoned by the people they had come to know so well. Aurora was sleeping peacefully minutes before she was placed in her carrier.

It must be this way. She will have a loving home and another cat will have the chance to be taken into foster-care. In this particular case, Auro will no longer contribute to Imogen’s stress, and that will be appreciated by all here in the Cosy Apartment. But Aurora will be another cat whose unique personality will be remembered, even as her memories of her erstwhile home disappear.