My name is Mooie!

Hi, I am about 1 ½ years old and have been named Mooie or Moo Moo (because I am marked like a favorite cow of my foster mom. Yes, a cow! Can you believe it!)  Although I have become quite fond of the name and respond to it now because of the affection associated to it.

No one really knows my background; I'm not sure I even do. My foster mom believes that I must have had a home at one time and may have been dumped. She found me as a stray and I was not at all interested at that time, of a grubby human touching me. I had to be trapped. Although it took me quite some time, 3 to 4 weeks, to realize that she was a good thing and I was going to have a good place to go from now on, I never hissed or scratched when approached.  At first, it was coming close to her for food, then for a pet, until the day I was all over her for affection. I'm still a little skittish at the unknown, but now I love being loved.

I am going to take time to trust a new person and a new environment but, I promise, it will be worth it in the end!  My foster mom really wanted to be a foster failure with me, but as she explained, she couldn’t keep all the fosters or there would be no room in her home for another poor soul in need of help. It’s hard & disappointing for us, but I get it. Here, I’ll find a great FOREVER home.

Foster mom says I am very well mannered.  I don’t scratch the furniture, only my big scratching tree. I don’t jump on the counters; I always use the litter box and I don’t scream to go outside. I must admit, when I am hungry, I will let know!  I am independent, usually quietly lounging somewhere for the day. The evenings seem to bring out the affection in me and I prefer to settle in next to you…. sometimes.  I am not sure yet about the dogs.  I don’t go after them, nor they me, or swipe at them. I just am not yet sure I want to share a couch with them.  However, I’m pretty easy going & in time, I’d be fine.

Foster mom does not think I’d do well in a home with young kids or lots of activity. But if you want a future snuggle bug just to hang with, I’m your girl. Please remember to allow me time to adjust.  I had a pretty rough start of life, and really hope the rest of it to be forever and one that every kitty deserves.