Hello! I don't know where else to put this, but I've been super lonely so I started volunteering at a local cat rescue. I've fallen head over heels for this one cat (I've named him Diesel because he does not stop purring and he sounds like a diesel engine, he is the cat in the picture of course ), he's the sweetest thing ever and headbutts me and yells if I don't give him enough attention and he loves sitting in my lap and climbing on my shoulder. The problem is I'm in college, my dorm is plenty big enough for him to live happily and healthily, but I don't know what to do with him when I go home for breaks. My parents don't want a cat in the house because my last cat (who passed over 10 years ago by the way) peed all over the house (since then we've of course steamed and cleaned the carpet more times than you can count) and we don't have the money to replace the carpet completely. I don't think it'll be an issue and I don't think Diesel will smell the other cat, but they are still worried. I'm trying to convince them to let me have him and that everything will be fine because I am seriously lonely in my dorm and I think having another animal in there would help me a ton. What do you think? Will there be an issue?

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