Our visitor

[Taz_Zoee]

Some of you may have read the thread where I was trying to find my friends cat a home. Well she decided to find him a temporary home so I took him in.

His name is G. He is 8 years old and weighed in at 22.9lbs at the vet last week. His left ear is folded over at the tip. We think he was either in a fight or got it caught on something. He was an outside (garage and backyard) cat before he came here.
He is such a lovebug. If you stop petting him he'll rub his face against you or use his big mitten paw (he's polydactyl) and grab your arm. I don't have very many good pictures of him yet. I wish someone had a camera yesterday. He was on the bed with me snuggling. He's so sweet!!!



He's not fond of the dogs and Paizly and him have a mutual hate for each other. So he only comes out of the "cat room" while supervised.

[phesina]

What a fine-looking, fine-sounding guy!

[katladyd]

What a big, sweet, handsome boy! And he's lover as well? I'd have trouble keeping him a temporary resident! Good luck with that.

[Felicia's Mom]

Congrats on your new cat.

[blue]

Congrats on your new cat.

I was thinking the same thing.

Good for you on taking him in as a foster.

[Taz_Zoee]

Congrats on your new cat.

Ha ha, I don't think so. Right now he's confined to one room and that's not good. He is diabetic and needs more exercise. I'm trying to integrate him to the rest of the house but he won't come out of the room with the dogs around. And I'm afraid of what could happen if he and Paizly meet up unsupervised. G is three times Paizly's size. He could stomp on her in a second. And when Paizly was in "his" room once I really thought he was going to attack her. I picked her up and he ran at her as I was picking her up. So all I could do was toss her toward the door so she could escape (without any of my skin). Also, Bruce is not thrilled with the idea of him being here. Not that he's mean to G. Not at all. But he was against the whole thing. So if my friend decides she can't come back to get him then I'll have to find him a home where he'll have more room to roam and someone that can monitor his diabetes. I'm concerned his diabetes is going to require insulin again since he's confined.
He's welcome to visit for another month or so. And I'll take good care of him while he's here. I guess I should say "never say never". But as it stand right now, he's a visitor. Unless he can get along with the crew. I already had to deal with Taz not liking Paizly for a year. It's stressful.

[krazyaboutkatz]

He sure is one big cat. I'm glad that you're able to foster him for a while. Hopefully things will work out and everyone will calm down. Good luck.

[cassiesmom]

Gee, G! You are a big, handsome fellow! I hope everything works out for you!

[Taz_Zoee]

Well, last night while the dogs were outside I took the gate down from G's door. He ventured out and back to the bedroom, which is usually where he goes. Then he came into the office where I was on the computer. Paizly was in there with me and immediately sat up and began hissing, growling and doing this weird chortle snort thing that I've never heard out of a cat before.
G was not phased by Paizly's attitude. He left the office and went to explore the living room. All the while Paizly stayed perched on the corner of the desk in the office watching the hallway for his return. G is still very skittish when he's out of the room. Every little sound or if we walk toward him he dashes back to the room. It will take time, but eventually he'll get used to the house. And that's probably when his mommy will come get him. LOL
Later when he went back to his room I put the gate back up. I was in the bathroom getting ready to shower and Paizly was in the hall outside the bathroom door looking into G's room. There she went with the hissing, growling and snorting! Surprisingly, G was right at the gate meowing back in his deep "leave me alone" meow. The good thing is neither of them seem to be traumatized by each others presence. So maybe they'll learn to exist together, like Taz did with Paizly.

[Kirsten]

Glad he found you!

Kirsten