HUGO'S NEW DIGS
Isn't he cute?
Hugo sleeping on his new $37 blanket from Dave's. Don't get me wrong, he's worth it. But since he's so sick I won't throw it in the laundry so when it gets dirty I just have to buy him another one. We live really far away from any public laundrymats
Plus it's not great for the environment, plus Dave's sells reptiles and other animals that should be living in the wild, not in some glass box.
We have very little to complain about - Hugo has been a real gentleman, is using the litterbox, is very gentle, and is very neat and clean. Not bad for an unsocialized stray. Plus I think he's pretty happy.
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He is a sweet cat, certainly not feral. But my guess is that he was raised by someone who kept him as an "outdoor only" cat and as a kitten he probably had such limited contact with humans that he is fearful of them.
Luckily Hugo is being kept indoors only and has managed to fight off his infections - that's a great start! But what's bad is that he has full-blown feline AIDS and he is pretty weak. - he has good days and bad days. We're determined, though, to make him feel better. :)
He was too stubborn and too smart. He had no problem working doors, and once we locked the doors he started figuring out the windows. Still, he lasted another seven years, and most of them were good. A lot of that time *was* spent waking me up by deciding that my face made a comfortable bed.