Newest Family Member-Foxy! Our Rescued Barn Cat

Little Foxy was a rescued kitty. She was a barn kitty. On her own as a baby. She was resuced by a friend of ours that has a feral cat rescue in Oakland Country here in Michigan, USA.

We are estimating that she is about 4 months old. When Darlene first rescued her she was full of worms and had such bad ear mites that she had scratched all the hair off the back of her ears. You can see her hair loss in this photo.

But do you see the color of her coat. She is black with a gray undercoat and a beautiful warm rusty color twirled throughout, especially in her tail which looks just like a Fox's tail.

Hey! What a great name!

We believe she was abandoned AFTER she had been owned by someone for awhile. She is far too tame. She is very socialized. She loves being touched, held and played with. A wild feral abandoned cat would not have these great desired qualities.

She plays constantly. Dashing around, climbing, jumping, sprinting and then she screeches to a halt and starts bathing herself. It's dirty work but someone has to do it.

Her favorite place is her daddy's lap. Curled into a ball with her head cupped into his hand. Really amazing.

Yes....I am the one creating this beautiful lens for her...But she prefers her daddy.

Really I don't mind...really...I mean it....stop looking at me.

No seriously, I just love her so much. She couldn't be better.

This was coming home day.

From the very first hour she was our precious little girl.

Couldn't be better.

Whoever had to start her IV, was really insecure. They shaved her entire little arm.

And they shaved her entire abdomen, the whole thing!

Overkill I'd say, wouldn't you?

This is another shot of the day she came home.

You can sort of see her naked little tummy after surgery.

She was even cute naked.

Her rescue Mama, Darlene, had her fully treated. She got rid of the worms and the ear mites and she was spayed and vaccinated. She is as good as new. We are so grateful to Darlene,

The ragged little muffin, is now able to recover fully. She is very busy growing her beautiful new coat and filling in the holes. Behind the ears, her shaved tummy and her shaved front leg from where the IV was. Boy she has a lot of work to do. But I think she is up to it.

Jacob is our parrot. Jacob is a black capped caique. He is only eleven inches long from tail to tip, but he has no idea he is so small. He has a very large personality. So naturally he is king of the roost.

Someone forgot to tell Foxy.

She thinks he is her play toy. She loves him. She spends a lot of time staring at him. I'm sure her thoughts are pure and not "they say parrot tastes like chicken"

Jacob is so NOT intimidated. He gives her all kinds of trouble, not even letting her touch his cage. She is very content to just sit and watch.

Naturally we will never let them meet without bars between them. It's just not...well...natural.

"yum!" She seems to be saying.
I am sure she just wants to be friends

Foxy is very happy in her new home. She is content and settled in completely.

She loves her toys, her surroundings and her laps to sit in.

She eats from morning till night. Occasionally taking a swim in her water bowl. Then just for good measure she lays in her litter while she is wet and then walks about my living room sharing her litter with all.

She is a princess and we love her!

Just a last word about Isabel and Foxy.

Foxy does not dislike Isabel, I don't think she is capable of disliking anyone. She is very special that way.

Isabel is very energetic and she is over exuberant. Foxy doesn't know what to do with her.

What we have done is put Isabel and Foxy together in a controlled setting so Isabel can't frighten Foxy and Foxy must allow Isabel to smell and kiss her.

It has worked well. They are now used to each other smells and some of the newness has worn off.

It is still not best friends...

But it is far off from enemies.

They are making progress, I will keep this lens updated and let you know how it goes.

She has turned into the most beautiful kitty, and yes! I am prejudiced. She has put on weight so her face is filled out and she has the Pillsbury dough boy kind of body that you just want to squeeze.

In the last two months she absolutely lost all her coat. She was naked around her neck, just a few tufts. And she was so thinned out in her body coat that she looked just silly.

Now she has a full, luxurious and thick coat, shinny and healthy.

Her personality is amazing. She is loving and social, frisky and funny. She enjoys being with her people. But most importantly She and Isabel are now best friends.

You may remember my telling you the reason we got her in the first place was to be a companion for our Isabel, once our Abigail was gone. It was a bit of a struggle, but it has come to fruition better than we could ever have dreamed.

It is now one happy household and we are all thrilled, Especially Foxy! No more barn kitty for her.

The following are some current pictures. Enjoy!!