Meet 16 year old Isabella!!! She is the newest addition to the Serenity family. We picked her up on 6/13 from IACS Rescue. They confiscated her with 20 cats from a neglect/cruelty situation. They have done a nice job giving her fluids and medications trying to get her healthy enough for a rescue to take her.
Isabella ate within the first 10 minutes of being with us in her new home and started grooming herself. She will let us pet her but then pulls away. Isabella seems very sweet so far. We will work hard to earn her trust.
Update 2023-03-30: Isabella loves to eat and sleep and sticks to herself except for at the breakfast buffet. Then, she throws elbows to get the food she wants! Her favorite bed is by a window that gets lots of late morning/afternoon sun. Isabella is friendly and sweet and likes attention but is not a lap cat. Izzy loves her afternoon snack. Spay cheese!!!! And will eat it off a plastic spoon.
Update 2023-04-27: A good day turned sad when we had to rush Isabella (Izzy) to the vet this afternoon. She started coughing and was having a hard time breathing. She started open mouth breathing, in the car on the way to the vet. They got her stabilized, but upon x-ray, her lungs were filled with cancer and her abdomen filled with fluid. Izzy was also FIV+. We had no choice but to say goodbye.
Izzy came to us from IACS Rescue. They had rescued her plus 20 other cats from a terrible hoarding/neglect situation. Their team did a wonderful job getting her healthy enough for us to take her into the sanctuary. Izzy had almost been with us a year. She was happy and truly living her best life!!!
Izzy liked all her sisters and brothers (and them her) but chose to stick to herself most of the time. Except at the breakfast buffet each morning. Then it was “game on” and she threw some elbows to sample each bowl!!! Izzy always welcomed new furry family members. She loved all of her human family, loved pats, hugs and kisses, but was not a lap cat. Her favorite bed was by a window where she got a lot of heat from the afternoon sun.
Izzy was always nice and cooperative with Dr. Watkins and her team during visits. Kara was so sweet to her today, wrapping her in a blanket giving her cuddles and one last treat.
Izzy is with Artemis, Taz, Sirus and Jazzy now, in a much better place. We love you and miss you already sweet girl.