Ruffian is doing well in his foster home

Ruffian is making himself at home in a new place again.

He is now comfortably ensconced in a spare room chez Angela Miller until we can find him a purr-manent home! Angela and her partner Mark are actively helping us look for an appropriate home, where Ruffian will be understood and loved. After all he has been through, I don’t think I should send him home with just “anyone”. While he has been very good with the many children he has met in my rescue workshop over the years, and he is great with my boyfriend’s 4 year old daughter Sidney, I do not entirely trust him not to lash out with his claws if a child alarmed or harmed him. So I don’t think he should go to a home with small children. Also I have tried adopting him to someone with physical limitations but they could not reach under the furniture he was hiding under. At first he is shy but if you can reach under the bed/chair/couch/whatever, Ruffian pushes his head against your hand to get rubbed. Soon after he will come out and sit on the furniture and allow you to caress him all over! He is very playful and loves other cats, if properly introduced. He was very social with the multitudes of cat-friends he met in my rescue workshop over the years.


Here is the latest message from Ruffian's foster family, sent Sunday afternoon:

Hi Sonya,
Ruffian doesn't hide anymore. Whenever we go in to visit he is laying on the bed. When one of us lays down with him he snuggles right in :)
Mark's dad popped by yesterday afternoon and met Ruffian. He really liked him. He told Wilma (Mark's mom) about him and she wants to meet him. Would it be okay with you if we took Ruffian up to meet Wilma ?
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She has a soft spot for orange tabbies, and they didn't want a male cat, but they may make an exception for him and put in an application to adopt him.
Apparently Wilma really missed Moxie once we got back from Mexico last month, and they started talking more about getting a cat of their own.
Angela

So together I hope we can find a permanent home for this loveable cat! Truly everyone who meets him loves him.