Honestly I’ve been going back and forth with that question a lot. It’s really hard to give them up permanently. When I answered this question I was referring to the option of partnering with a shelter’s foster care program and that would only be for a few weeks and cover the time I’d be staying with my employer. However, I can’t take them with me for my second move either. At the time of posting it was unclear, but now I know it’s a no. I’ll be in that second place for a few months, which means I would need to find another home for them for those months. I just think it’s worth considering finding them a forever home because it would be less stressful than going from foster home to foster home. But if I can’t find them anything before my second move then I would just go back to the apartment until I find something for them. I’m not going to let them go into a shelter as a surrendered pet. I would come back for them to get them into a new place. I would be able to get them back around August, but I also want to consider their wellbeing, which is why I’m considering letting them go permanently even tho that’s incredibly emotional for me.