A relative of mine recently had trouble with cats, as in she had far too many (over 50 indoor cats in a 2 bed ground floor flat) All of these cats were kept inside and, although healthy, were causing, well, you can imagine the smell.
Well anyway, said relative recieved a letter (I have no idea how long she had these cats,just that none of them had been fixed so were breeding continuously) about the smell and of course the reality of them losing their home hit them.
I went out of my way to call santuaries and the rspca (who reported all the cats to be healthy and looked after) who got her out of quite a sticky situation and called in quite a few favours, tbh it was quite stressful but it all got sorted.
The thing that is really grating on me is the lack of humility the relative is showing, the fact that although she is cleaning her flat herself she still hasn't grasped the severity of the situation she was in (if she was booted out another relative would have been responsible for the clean up costs which would have been huge). She had not made any effort to resolve the situation herself (which imo would have been easy) and it has all been taken care of for her.
Am I being unreasonable? I realise I sound like a petulant child but it annoys me that the amount of effort I went to has just kind of been ignored and she has portrayed it as though she has done the responsible thing and handled it all herself. I have not contradicted this story, and don't think it would be constructive to do so. I would have appreciated a thank you at least though.
Harrumph. I think I just need a bit of perspective, the most important thing is that it was all taken care of I suppose. I just wish they'd realise that even 6 cats in an indoor environment with no cat flap is still maybe too many?