Mitzi, home at last

We wrote about a sad story of cat hoarding this winter on the blog.

Mitzi was the first of the cats that PFA was able to rescue from that situation, and one of the most traumatized. She was fostered by Carol and Bob for almost a year, and finally found her forever home last month.

The photos above are of our beloved Mitzi in her new home, with her new best friend Buddy.

Her new family writes:

"Just a little update. Mitzi seems to realize that she's a big part of our family. She's playing with Buddy (they chase each other and play fight), she sleeps with him and us every night now. She was pretty skittish for a while, always running away when we came into the house or a room unexpectedly, but she is much better now. We can walk around her, even while she's eating, and she doesn't get scared. She has two favorite places to watch the world go by outside (on the back of the chair by the window in the livingroom and on the bookcase by the big window in the dining room), she has a couple of toys she likes and she knows ALL about treats! Mitzi loves falling asleep in our laps or snuggled up beside us. All in all, she's become one of us! And it all happened in her own time and on her own terms. We love this little girl to pieces and are so happy to have her with us. Buddy is in love with her, too. So you can be assured that she's happy and healthy and getting along fine now. Just thought you'd like to know how well everything has turned out. "

I also wanted to share a little bit of Mitzi's former foster home's response when they heard how well she was doing in her new home:

"We certainly know how psychologically damaged Mitzi was when she came here, and she is a testament to an animal's ability to heal. I won't go into how traumatized she was again, but from the cat she was when she first came here, one year ago this month, to the cat you describe, is absolute night and day. I've fostered lots of cats in my time, but I can tell you honestly no other cat, and no other cat's adoption has touched me like Mitzi, and you, and Buddy. "

Thanks so much to Carol, Bob and Zoe, Mitzi's loving foster family, and to her new family for loving her so much. Thanks also to our tireless pet rescue volunteers who helped save so many cats from that unsafe environment.

-Sarah