Happy Tails
Sugar is now living a sweet life
By Kim J, cat foster
Before coming to Pet Haven, Sugar was living at a town dump. She is a beautiful all white cat and came to us a bit chubby, but happy to have attention on a regular basis. She has rounded little ears as she apparently had been the victim of frostbite in the past. During her stay with us she was on a weight loss program that included limited portions and our best efforts at increasing her activity level. Sugar would patiently watch as we fluttered feather toys in front of her, and as we dragged string toys across the floor to entice her, then she would amble over to us for petting and brushing. We finally discovered that the only way to get her to move around was to carry her brush around and she would trail after us.
While in our foster care, we discovered that Sugar had her own ideas about litter boxes and despite retraining efforts, she could not be trusted around beds and linens. She preferred them to litter boxes. So we began a mission to get the word out and try and find a loving and safe outdoor home for Sugar. Another foster volunteer was having her house remodeled, which led to a contact with one of the remodelers. In the end, he and his wife have taken Sugar to live on their small acreage to enjoy deer and turkeys. Sugar has private quarters in their garage at night and is using the litter box in there.
Her new guardians recently shared with us: “Sugar has two night lights in the garage and every night we have a routine where we hold her, play with her, brush her and then tuck her into her bed - she gets covered up with her blankets. She knows it's bedtime. Today when we came home from work she was covered up and we can't figure out how she did it. She is great!!!! and we love her.”
