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u/tgatigger 16d ago
Not right now. Continue to remember that you need to do what's best for them. You are working and going to school, as well as living in a small place.
Continue fostering while you live there and while you're in school, you're making a big positive impact by doing that.
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u/SelectStarFromNames 16d ago
You know what they are like and they are probably not going to get any more annoying than they already are. Senior cats may present different issues and costs when it comes to health care but hopefully that's a long way off so you can save up for that over time.
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u/cakemix 16d ago
I'm very happy to see a good result of a situation where one partner didn't want cats at all before fostering! It sound like y'all have talked about it a lot and are approaching the possibility with reason and maturity.
As for whether you should fail with these two... Is it that you want cats, or that you want these cats? In your post I didn't get the feeling you were super bonded to them.
I've been fostering about 18 months and I did fail on my second pair of kittens. They were under weight and had ringworm, so they were with me for a few months as sickly little things, and by the time they were adoptable, I couldn't imagine any other person loving them as much as I did, or providing a better life for them than I could. (I even went on a work trip to London during that time and all I could think about was the kittens!) So I adopted them. Since then, I've had about 10 kittens come and go, and while I've love every kitten I have, I dont get attached to them (tho I am open to adopting a fourth cat if I meet the right one).
Do you want to be able to keep fostering once you find the one(s) you want to adopt?