r/TruckerCats • u/MariposaVzla • 9d ago
He's Home!
Just wanted to update & thank anyone who was keeping an eye out for us. Our baby has been found & returned to us. We are all happy, including his fur siblings! Microchipping worked for this!!! Never again will a certain someone's mistake be made, I made it very clear to them & even they were happy/relieved to see him again & our suffering have a happy ending. Thank you to those who sent love our way. Thank you to the mods of this subreddit for doing what you do as well & stepping up!
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u/furnacemike 9d ago
They’re smelling him like “where you been??? You smell different!”
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
Thank you! Yes, later they even hissed a little but are now getting back in the groove ☺️
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago edited 8d ago
I think I'm not speaking well or something because of all these comments I got on the original post & now this one. I assumed ppl were just assuming the worst & being judgemental assholes, which is why I said IDC what someone who's online & doesn't even know me thinks...which is true, is someone has a BS to you, you shouldn't care. Too much to care what every single person thinks & I'm too busy putting things in action to worry about negativity. I can't keep all the cats all of the time. I have my own cats & I have the cats from the rescue. My personal cat's, all but 1, are foster fails. But I can't keep all the cats, I have to surrender them back & aren't mine to keep except mine. That's how it is for all volunteers as far as I know. & I don't want to be an animal hoarder. I don't want to give them back either. You build love for them. They go back in shelter then cage break , then shelter then cage break. My mom tried to sneak my personal with the fosters during giving & prob knew I'd just go grab him back so she tried to give him to a trucker. She's never given me any indication in the past that she was capable of something like this but now I know better & I'm taking a break from fostering until she moves out. No I didn't kick her out of my house, she's my mom..but she's moving in w her boyfriend soon & she does regret what happened..she claims she could see how much stress this is & wanted to fix it in her own fucked up way. It's not easy. Especially when you have a bottle baby die or when you can't help.. unless you've experienced trying to do CPR & still having some die, you don't even know how much this messes you up. she has watched me go thru that & how much it affects me when I fail. The foster who was supposed to go surrender actually was adopted so he had a happy endings too.
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u/gayj_exe 8d ago
I had to read so many of your comments just to search for this one explanation. I don't agree with the people crucifying you for having to take that specific cat back, but now knowing that it was a foster changes the entire circumstances. I feel like people wouldn't have jumped down your throat so hard if you had mentioned the cat was a foster to begin with lol
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u/enlightningwhelk 7d ago
Yeah the phrasing threw me off on the first post. It read like “I wanted to get rid of this cat I don’t like, but my mom got rid of the cat I do like instead.” But if it was a fostering situation where they were socializing a cat before it could be adopted, that’s totally different. Either way, I’m glad this cat has a loving household, and I’m glad the other cat already got adopted.
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u/MariposaVzla 6d ago
Thank you. I'll be more careful w my words now that I know the actual meaning of them
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u/MariposaVzla 6d ago
It's my fault for using wrong words...now I know what exactly they mean I will use them correctly
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u/dblink 8d ago
Those people just wanted something to be upset about, not realizing (or caring) that you were in a very emotional state when you first posted about wanting our baby back. They gave no leeway when you just wanted your family member back that was given away randomly.... that would devastate anyone and cause issues in explaining the situation fully.
Glad you were reunited!
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u/Rapunzel6506 8d ago
Soooo, are you still going to give away one of the other ones like you said in your first post?
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u/Gracier1123 8d ago
Yeah.. like I’m glad they found their cat but they were also planning on getting rid of the other cat.. kinda fucked up
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u/barryhakker 8d ago
I found it incomprehensible people were sympathizing so much when the plan was to dump the other cat. People still viewing their pets as accessories I guess.
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
Yes. The foster cats have to go back. I can't keep them always. I have to surrender them. They come for a time, go back to rescue for a time, then come for a time, back and forth until they get adopted. The prob was my mom tried to sneak my personal cat too. But maybe didn't want me to catch & gave him to a trucker. Now I know I have to manage them all myself & not rely on her for transportation. She had never given me any indication that she'd ever do something like that so I was in shock & pissed. I told her, my house my rules. But I'm going to take a break from fostering for a while because I don't trust her. The other cat, the foster, ended up getting adopted.
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u/Grattytood 9d ago
So sweet
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u/MariposaVzla 9d ago
Thank you for your kindness!!
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u/furandpaws 8d ago
👀 so you still dumping the other ones ? 👀
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
Where is this dumping cats coming from? My foster had to go back. I can't have a ton of fosters all of the time. I have to surrender them. They go to the rescue for a time, then they stay in foster homes for a time, & back & forth until they find homes. That's how it works.
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u/Blissfull 8d ago
The word surrendering has connotations of giving your animal that you would've otherwise kept. Maybe use "return" in the future and include "foster", it'll be clearer.
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u/MariposaVzla 6d ago
Ok now I feel stupid. Thanks for clarifying for me. I thought it meant any time they had to go back to the shelter/rescue...
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u/Blissfull 6d ago
No need. All languages have expressions and modismos that are hard for a person learning the language without immersion to grasp.
Even different dialects between countries that speak the same language or places in the same county can be hard. Like someone from Porlamar and a maracucho speaking for the first time.
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u/mamadou-segpa 8d ago
Well…. Was curious about the story so I checked initial post.
Now I just feel like shit because this was all done just to give another cat away to be killed in a shelter 🤦
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
Idk how you got that from my OP but okay.
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u/mamadou-segpa 8d ago
I maybe just misunderstand but saying the wrong cat was brought to shelter imply another cat was suppose to be going?
I assume it yours since its at your home?
I would be glad to be wrong
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
I see now what you mean. Sorry My foster was supposed to go back. Actually, I guess double happy ending, because he was actually adopted during this time too. The cats in the video are my personal cat's & are not going anywhere!
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u/aerynea 8d ago
Why would you use the words " surrendered at a shelter" if you were returning a foster? I understand if you want to make the story sound a little more palatable as people were furious with you, but with all due respect, it's extremely hard to believe that if this were returning a foster as planned that you would not have just said that instead of saying she surrendered the wrong cat.
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
I wouldn't change for sake of others. That's what it is, is surrendering them goes back to the shelter/rescue & not returning to people who surrendered them
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u/JustOneTessa 8d ago
Wait so your mom instead of giving the foster to their adopters, gave your cat to a random trucker? That's wild. Glad he's back home and the foster got adopted!
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
He was supposed to go back to the rescue, but yes...I know... I blame how she was raised & what she experienced in her life has her messed up in some ways..plus the culture difference she comes from where all animals are just a resource
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u/mamadou-segpa 8d ago
Ah well this does clarify it and it is a double happy ending
Happy for everyone involved!
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u/DefiantZucchini 8d ago
Sad for both of these cats. You can see how upset they were by being apart from each other, and you’re still planning on sending the other one to a shelter? Get a grip
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
Rofl okay that's exactly what's happening.... Obvs you didn't understand what was said
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u/aerynea 8d ago
Well because you changed your story, so you don't get to be upset when people don't understand what you said.
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
If that's what you think happened.
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u/LittleMissMuffinButt 8d ago
omfggggg im so excited for you!!!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
also i think the cause of all the shit needs to be gone. im still angry your other cats.
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
What?
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u/LittleMissMuffinButt 6d ago
the other cat you had to give away. im upset about it. your mother is the cause of needing to give away the cat? thats how the first post sounded. i would ask my mom to leave my house
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u/MariposaVzla 6d ago
I misspoke in my first post because I wasn't thinking straight. The other cats were the fosters that I have to return to the rescue when it's their time to go. I didn't know the word surrender is only used when ppl are giving up animals...I thought it was used any time an animal goes to the rescue/shelter for any reason. So I'm actually the stupid one in this case.
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u/Pretendo27 8d ago
Holy shit I’m so happy for you!!! I don’t even know you but this made my week better.
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u/miyananana 8d ago
So did you get rid of another cat? Cause that’s bogus asl imo
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u/MariposaVzla 8d ago
Yes & no. The other cat is my foster who was supposed to go back for a time but ended up getting adopted. So double happy ending.
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u/MasterDriver8002 8d ago
Their not responding to anyone asking this question, so take that as a yes
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u/curlytoesgoblin 9d ago
Aw that's great news. Congrats!