Someone else has put in an adoption application for Tolly.
I didn't even know that this was really an option. On some level I thought that if we were "fostering with the intent to adopt" that he wouldn't even really be available to anyone else during this period.
Thinking I had the time to do it this way, I'd been taking things very slowly, in deference to Truffle. It was clear from their first interaction that Tolly would come out as the alpha cat, and I haven't felt like Truffle was at peace with that prospect. (Echo's wishes are much simpler: she just wants not to be messed with. She doesn't care about any silly pecking order; as long as Tolly lets her be, she's good.)
Now I have to fast-forward the process, because we are supposed to decide by tomorrow morning if we are okay with having someone else come in and meet Tolly this weekend or if he is to be our cat forever and ever.
I wish we had another few weeks to figure this out. I really, really do. It's a little much to expect these guys to suddenly become friends in a day.
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Did you decide to let the other family come and meet Tolly or did you make the leap? How are they getting along?
Yikes. That is so hard, Steph. What did you guys tell them, in the end?
I went to sleep thinking I would have to let them come visit because I just wasn't sure Tolly and Truffle could work things out. I was very sad.
I woke up at 6 AM, remembered, couldn't fall back asleep. I got up and went into Tolly's room to be with him. He climbed up into my arms and started purring - and I knew I could not let him go.
I opened the door and let him out into the rest of the house. And he and Truffle have been doing remarkably well. I am so, so, so relieved!
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