A family helping their grandmother bring home a new cat, after believing her previous one had passed, was left stunned to learn the truth from the veterinarian.
When Rachel Gibbs graduated from high school, she and her friends thought it would be a good idea to adopt a cat; however, since she was going to college, her grandmother offered to take in the feline.
All was fine until her grandmother brought home an orange cat. The original cat, Molly, didn’t love sharing her home. But, eventually, Gibbs and her family were informed that Molly had passed. Or so they thought for about two years.
When her grandmother’s second cat passed, she wanted another. The family helped her adopt a new kitty. Part of the process of being approved meant the animal shelter checking with your veterinarian as a reference. However, the vet asked the family if the grandmother wanted her cat back, who had been staying with them for two years.
Shocked by the news, the family uncovered that the grandmother’s caregiver brought the cat to the vet and left her there, saying she had passed. And with her grandmother’s dementia, she never remembered.
Gibbs shared the unbelievable story, which occurred in 2018, on her Instagram account, @rachonlife, saying the family had zero clue about this situation.
The caption reads: “I cannot make this up. It is indeed as weird and confusing as it sounds.”
Newsweek reached out to Gibbs via Instagram for additional information and comment.
Gibbs said that she and her mom immediately went to pick up Molly, horrified that this had happened. But at least the cat was in good hands at the vet office.
The feline lived another three years before the caregiver took her back again to be euthanized, an unfortunate ending they hoped to have avoided. But, as Gibbs said in the video, there had been situations with this specific caregiver before.
‘Enrages Me’
Instagram viewers immediately flooded the clip with questions, bringing in over 185,000 views and 6,000 likes as of Saturday. They wondered why the vet never called during those two years.
“This whole thing just enrages me. Like all of it,” commented one person.
Another added: “I’m surprised that they kept the cat the whole time!”
A third user wrote: “The fact the vet took care of the cat that long is crazy!!!”
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