How can I convince my ignorant grandma that petting her cat twice a day, then being gone + asleep for 21 hours a day is neglect, and that she needs to get her a companion?
The title is pretty self explanatory. Her last cat was living under this exact condition for much of her 14 years before she passed in August. 601
She was extremely bored and depressed-looking, was left alone nearly the entire day with no one to pet her or give her affection, aside from for a minute or 2 in the morning before work, then the same after work, before falling asleep an hour later. She pretty much just plans to do the exact same thing with her new cat. I tried to bring this up with her that this literally is neglect and she will get depressed on her own without anyone to look after her, but she just said that i'll be here despite me moving out this weekend and that she can only have 1 animal when shes had her last cat + me literally having multiple rats while I've lived with her. 679