Declawed and neutered, and purring like crazy when petted. Well, he was a house cat at some point! How lucky for him that he ended up in your neighborhood!

Maybe it is just me, but he didn't look "skinny" to me in the After photos. Not plump, with all the hair gone, but I didn't see ribs sticking out. Could be the photo, too.

Sorry to read about Poppy. Maybe, just perhaps, Minou will win Poppy over.

I understand what you are going through. Vita has decided she does NOT like dogs living in HER house. She pees on the dog beds. Almost immediately when a dog gets up, there she goes, trotting over to reclaim it as a cat bed. For MONTHS, I've been thinking Ozzy was leaking (he is at least 15 years old), or just being Ozzy (he is not house trained). Then apparently Vita got more upset that the dogs were STILL HERE, and she has started going right in front of us. Just in the past week, so I've started taking steps to reassure her. AND I am using Feliway on her cloth sleeve which slips over her regular collar, to try and calm her down.

No matter what, Minou is in a MUCH better situation, with a lot happier future in store, than what he had a week ago. Great job!