Oh my goodness, what a sweet girl!
We picked 8 year old Gigi up from IACS on 12/17/21. She is from the same household as Lulu. Their owner had become too ill to take care of them and surrendered them both.
Gigi is very shy but loves attention and is slowly coming out of her shell. We took her to the vet on Wednesday. She has been sneezy, but the vet feels she will get over her URI (upper respiratory infection) on her own and will not need medications. Gigi was very cooperative for her exam, ear cleaning and vaccination. She is very overweight and will need a good diet plan in place once she’s 100%.
Gigi is very interested in getting well so she can climb on a cat tree and look outside.
Update 2022/01/12: Gigi is now available for adoption! She is now healthy and not having any more URI symptoms.
Update 2022/02/12: Gigi is a doll! We are getting to see her true personality now that she has adapted to her foster home. She loves to climb to the top of the cat trees and jump from one to the other. Gigi loves to explore and roam back and forth between our cat rooms and play with catnip toys. Gigi loves human attention! She will reach out and try to touch us as we walk by her while she’s on the top of the cat trees. She accepts hugs, pats and kisses.
Update 2022-06-09: What a sweet girl she is! Gigi seems to be shy by nature at first, but does love attention from her humans. We have a calming collar on her to help build her confidence and to be less shy. She will reach out and touch us for attention when we are near her. She will sit on our laps but that is rare. We think it might be because there are other “lap cats” that get to us first. Gigi does accept kisses on her head, chin scratches and belly rubs! She is very active and curious. Her favorite toy is a multi colored mouse. Gigi fetches when she wants to. Gigi eats hard food and treats and does like spray cheese. Gigi doesn’t have any health concerns that we are aware of. Her one bad habit is to “pick on” Lulu. They were from the same household so this confuses us. She gets along with the other cats but is afraid of Reyna and Isis.
UPDATE 2023-04-02: Can Gigi please have everyone’s attention? She is VERY excited to announce she has found her forever home!!!! She has officially been adopted!!
Gigi has been in her second foster home for several months (Stephanie, our Executive Director). She went in and started acclimating right away. She already knew Taylor from our main foster home and she was familiar with Oliver from there too. Gigi loves her new feline brother, Gandalf The White and tolerates/is curious about her doggie friends, Remi and Winston. She’s friendly, lovable, funny and a perfect fit.
We couldn’t be happier for her! Way to go girl!!! You deserve it!!!