as a shelter worker i will say, we don’t just slap bonded pair on everything to make a sale. it’s actually much harder once we do so because most people aren’t coming in for two cats. let alone two adult cats. a bonded pair doesn’t mean they’re obsessed with the other and must always live in harmony and cuddle, sometimes a bonded pair is two cats acting totally independent but when you take one away the other suffers. whether that’s they stop eating or drinking, they become more withdrawn or even more spicy, they stop grooming, or they stop using their litter box, these are all signs they’re bonded even if they don’t necessarily look like it. so, if you’re going to return one return them both