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It’s hard when someone changes their mind after giving away a pet, especially once that animal has already started settling into a new home.

One woman is dealing with that after bringing home a 12-week-old black kitten that was advertised as free to a good home.

She immediately started getting the kitten settled and made plans to take her to the vet for her shots.

The kitten also started bonding with the other animals in the house, making it feel like she was already becoming part of the family.

Then, the woman who gave her away suddenly asked for her back because the mother cat seemed upset without her.

Read on to see what she thinks about the whole thing.

WIBTA if I don’t return the “free to good home” kitten?

A few days ago, I found out about some kittens that were free to a good home. I went to meet this little black kitten (about 12 weeks) and ended up bringing her home with me.

The lady rehoming her supplied me with food, a litter box (which I didn’t need, but okay), and let me use a carrier.

I bought a sizable crate on the way home to keep her quarantined until she gets her shots. She has, however, absolutely already started bonding with my other cat and our small dog through the crate. I take her out to pet her and form a bond with her, but primarily she stays safely guarded until her upcoming vet visit.

The mother cat is not friendly.

I spoke with the lady earlier today. She wants me to return the kitten. She says the mama cat is too sad without her.

These kittens are fully weaned, and mama cat is feral.

From what I understood, they live-trapped mama and brought her inside. She does NOT like people at all. She wants the carrier back (no problem), the food, and the kitten herself. I can apparently “keep the litter box.”

Now, the woman is making demands.

She has blown up my phone for two days. I was at work when she was calling yesterday, then running music from my phone for a performance today, so my notifications have been off, and since she couldn’t reach me, she looked up my mother in the phone book and called her more than once at home.

She wanted the kitten driven back to her, which is about a 30–40-minute drive one way from my home, and even though it’s the weekend and I told her I have things to do, as I work full-time and teach through the week, she wanted her brought back before dark.

She told me the black kitten was her favorite and she hated to see her go. She also told me she needs surgery, so she has to because she won’t be able to care for them.

WIBTA?

Oh no! It’s easy to see why she’s upset.

Let’s see what the readers over at Reddit think is the right thing to do.

According to this comment, that’s not the mother cat’s problem.

She should follow this advice.

Here’s someone who thinks she should keep the kitten.

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Yet another reader who doesn’t think that’s the mother cat’s problem.

The kitten already has a new home.

It’s understandable that the previous owner misses the kitten, but that doesn’t mean she gets to change the deal whenever she wants.

And as if calling repeatedly wasn’t enough already, tracking down the woman’s mother took it to a whole other level.

Ultimately, she should return the carrier and anything else that was borrowed, but keep the kitten and move on.