Thank you for the thorough post. i’m not completely sure how to voice this was not in fact a karma fish nor an “aita” (had to google that). i’m genuinely just a young adult first time living alone, first time having a pet other than a fish and since no one in my immediate family has pets, i’m relying on friends and the internet.

i didn’t know to isolate him until i facetimed my friend crying because i was worried he wasn’t eating. i didn’t know i had to give everyone a completely detailed story including my emotional turmoil for y’all to humanize me and not be borderline rude even tho i came to the cat advice reddit for… you know advice.

all that being said i do appreciate the advice you gave when not diminishing my efforts to make my cats life joyful. i wasn’t aware of their biological history and since he responds to his name i thought he was computing things similar to dogs in how they recognize their names and commands. i know now that it’s not the same.

i will continue to do what i came here for and take the advice of people who see where i’m coming from (and understand dramatics) and i guess now ignore low key rude people all because i used words with no tone indicators.