My Wounded Healer - loving, healing, and learning through my problem animal

please read the original post, linked below, on my cat before you comment! I am not looking for advice or tips on how to train my cat. I am looking to find him a loving new home. please respect that!

back in december, I posted on my personal facebook page that I was looking for a new home for my familiar and companion Catsuo (see link below). it’s been a few months and I’ve had a couple leads but they all fell through. I am posting again in hopes that the right person out there sees this! please check my original post about him. to be honest, even after my original post announcing his availability for adoption, I still felt some lingering discomfort and anger with owning him. but one day several weeks back, I was petting and cuddling with him, while he purred gleefully in my lap. drawing my full attention to him, I suddenly became hyperaware of and deeply moved by the deep love, friendship, and compassion he has shown me over the last eight years and straight up burst into tears, so grateful to have such a loyal friend. I apologized to him for being impatient and promised that I would act more loving towards him. and every day since, I have. we’ve had a lot more fun and joy together as a result. he’s taught me that if I am not treating every living creature with patience, presence and love, then I am robbing myself of the opportunity to experience those qualities within myself. I feel lighter, more vibrant, and more in tune with my own needs as a result. and he gets the attention, playtime, and affection he craves.

sunday afternoon, Catsuo did something he has done a few times before, but hadn’t attempted at all in several years: he straight up bolted out the front door and ran into the backyard as I was grabbing something off the porch. I didn’t panic. I left the door open, went into my bedroom to quickly change from my shorts to pants and planned to meet him in the backyard. instead, as soon as I stepped out, he popped his head around the corner and bounded back up the stairs and into the house. I didn’t say anything to him, it was all fine. it was a nice day out, and I had stepped outside on the porch several times, which piqued his interest. I don’t blame him for wanting to be out on such a pleasant day! but something about him running out spoke to me as maybe this is a good time to lovingly share his story again with the world. while things are better between the two of us, he still has his issues. he still nips and stalks my guests. it’s taken several months but with my roommate he is at about 50/50 (by her own estimate) when it comes to scratching or being super cuddly, an improvement over when she first moved in at the beginning of the year. he rarely bites or scratches me, though it does happen now and then.

if you have roommates or live with a partner(s) or kids, the whole house has to be all in on being loving and present with this guy. the dude’s mars is in leo. he needs adoration and attention or else he takes it personally! 

if you have roommates or live with a partner(s) or kids, the whole house has to be all in on being loving and present with this guy. the dude’s mars is in leo. he needs adoration and attention or else he takes it personally! 
again, please check out my original post. I have lived with this animal for eight years. I have thought long and hard about this, listened to my soul, spoken to mentors, dug deep, all of it. I know that what’s best for him is a new home. please feel free to be in touch with me via email at [email protected] or via Facebook or Instagram if you’re interested in adopting him!