09/06/2025
We truly could not have dreamed of a better home for Mr. Higgins, who was adopted from us one year ago. This update is sure to melt your heart into a puddle. 🥹
"I wanted to share that Mr. Higgins and I are doing really well! He's really come out of his shell, although it took a while! He spent the first few weeks either under my sofa or my bed, depending on which room I wasn't in. We had a shift system for a while, and he got very good at requesting I leave the living room for the night so he could have it! For the first few months he was mostly a little cryptid whom I only saw via my pet camera at night.
He let me pet him for the first time in September, only for a few seconds before he had to run away and hide again. But slowly he became more comfortable coming out while I was around, as long as I was still and not scary—mostly to eat his nightly treats, but also sometimes to voice his opinions on something or other (a lot of the pictures I have in color from this period are of him with his mouth open, yelling about various matters).
And then, on November 15, he came out from his hiding place, jumped into my lap, and has been the cuddliest, sweetest little lovebug ever since. He's now confidently explored every part of our apartment (the kitchen was the last holdout, but I've seen him going in to sniff around!), and now, instead of meowing at me to go to bed so he can have the living room to himself, he meows at me to go to bed so he can come snuggle down with me. His favorite toys are brightly-colored crinkly balls, which he loves to bat around and carry around in his mouth (I often wake up with one or more in bed with me).
He's still a nervous little fellow, he still gets spooked and has to go hide under the couch for a minute, and the few times I've had to travel he's only rarely let the pet sitter see him, but he's become so much more confident and trusting, and it's been an honor to be his Lap-Haver. Thank you very much for bringing us together!"
When we say that we have the best adopters, we really mean it! 🥰
