Egon was a kitten surrender. We guess he was about five months old when we received him, so he should be about 6.5 months now. He was tiny, and in okay physical shape. There was a puppy and a grown dog also surrendered with him that were in terrible condition- they needed lots of medication for skin conditions and were very malnourished.
Egon was just terrified. Of everything! Noises, his food bowl, us, you name it. He would just meow really loudly. For the first two weeks, he spent most of his time like this:
That's a padded box that Ryan made him to make him feel safe. The good news was that even at the beginning, there was hope! He didn't LIKE the human interaction, but we would have him sit in our laps, and he would end up purring. Eventually, he started hanging out with both us and the older cats. He began to look more like this:
That's him, sitting on my lap in the living room. He was hyper aware of everything. At this point he still didn't know how to play, but was better about receiving the human interaction and began to seek out the other cats on his on.
Move to about a month after (meaning, Egon today), and he's amazing!!
He's a beautiful cat with lots of personality. He loves to be picked up and cuddled, and LOVES to antagonize the older cats. He plays with whatever he can get his paws on, like all young cats should. He sleeps with us every night. He still has the cutest small paws!
We recently added a dog to our family, and Egon is the bravest cat out of the bunch so far.
We will be really sad when he ends up being adopted because he has really turned in to the sweetest, affectionate cat. We rarely hear his loud meow anymore, mostly because he's content with whatever he's doing. He can stay as long as he likes, but we know he will make some very happy cat owners one day.
