Thread: My sweet girl Hootie - what a doll!

She is beautiful! Bless your heart for taking her in. I have two rescue Coonies, Mandy and Merlin. Mandy came from a possible hoarder house that was abandoned and was found by a Good Samaritan. She came to the shelter with her siblings, one of whom was so terrified and feral that she remains at the shelter and will live out her life there. Mandy showed signs of abuse when we got her home, and it's taken three years for her to accept my husband and the kids, and now she even comes out when we have company. Your Hootie is so much like her, loves to cuddle and knead. Mandy is also a mackerel tabby pattern like Hootie-my personal favorite LOL! She no longer strikes at me or the kids and is the sweetest cat you'll ever meet. Merlin was also abused, left by the dumpster starved, flea infested and teeth so rotten all but six had to be extracted. It's a sickening sight to see what is now a 13lb male Coon with bushy fur weighing 6lbs and so filthy it was hard to tell he was even a cat. He has lingering health issues due to his neglect, mainly gastrointestinal and urinary problems. We also think he has limited eyesight and hearing capacity (doesn't always hear you, doesn't notice birds or other things when outside, squints in bright light and avoids it) The shelter workers that found him were shocked that Merlin greeted them with a chirp and a head butt, having zero reason to ever trust humans. Merlin has also become a Momma's boy, and in my long experience with Maine Coons they seem to be "one person" cats, clinging closely to one but being amicable with others. This seems especially true of rescued Coonies. Our two others are also shelter cats but they are a tabby and tabby/Bengal mix, who think they are the bees knees and humans exist to serve them LOL!