Well. I certainly hope that after she gets rid of/euthanizes/neglects to death this cat she doesn't go off and adopt another one.
I'm sympathetic to a point: if she didn't expect the cat to be a massive expense and it's not among her spending priorities at that level, that's reasonably fair. The other matters, though, including her going away every weekend (and presumably every day for work), and for a long absence in February (and any others she's had) are inexcusable because the needs of the animal were not only easily anticipated but, iirc from the last time I adopted cats (which I had to get rid of --most likely to be euthanized by the Animal Rescue league-- because in one case he was marking territory all over the house despite having been fixed, and in the other, he was attacking my children. The latter had attacked various sitters, and his vet record had in red marker scroll "violent animal" across the top of the first page. He was fine with me, though, and tolerated Seth and Gideon. When Sam came along, he went nuts. Well. More nuts.) -- anyhow, the last time I adopted cats they specifically asked me if I was going to be home, and how many hours per day, to be with the cats.
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I'm sympathetic to a point: if she didn't expect the cat to be a massive expense and it's not among her spending priorities at that level, that's reasonably fair. The other matters, though, including her going away every weekend (and presumably every day for work), and for a long absence in February (and any others she's had) are inexcusable because the needs of the animal were not only easily anticipated but, iirc from the last time I adopted cats (which I had to get rid of --most likely to be euthanized by the Animal Rescue league-- because in one case he was marking territory all over the house despite having been fixed, and in the other, he was attacking my children. The latter had attacked various sitters, and his vet record had in red marker scroll "violent animal" across the top of the first page. He was fine with me, though, and tolerated Seth and Gideon. When Sam came along, he went nuts. Well. More nuts.) -- anyhow, the last time I adopted cats they specifically asked me if I was going to be home, and how many hours per day, to be with the cats.