Liam

As most of you know we have two black cats, Fiona and Liam that we left back in Boston in the care of our wonderful pet sitter. We talked about bringing them with us but since the journey would be long and the stay in quarantine was expensive we decided it would be better for them to stay behind. Fiona is a great cat and loves other animals (except for Liam).. She is the type of cat that is more like a dog, she's affectionate, playful and loves attention. I adopted Fiona when I was still living in NYC so she has been with us for a long time.

When I first moved to Boston from NYC I thought it would be good to get a companion for Fiona since she was used to tons of attention and Sean and I would be working longer hours than before. I looked on Petfinder.com and found Liam (who was named Tad at the time) and fell in love. He was only a few months old and had already been returned from two adoptive homes. He was found in the woods a week after the rest of his litter and was VERY timid. I thought that he'd eventually come out of his shell and welcomed the challenge of getting him to open up. He was so tiny and cute I just knew that we'd found a new addition and friend for Fiona.

Fiona NEVER warmed up to Liam, she hissed at him, bullied him, ate his food and her own and pretty much made it so that all he could do was hide out under the bed or in his house that we had to put up on a table once Brady came along.

Brady TERRORIZED Liam from day one - even though Liam was twice his size. The poor thing really should have been in a home where he was the only pet, where there were no children and his owners didn't travel. He would have been ideal for a much older couple who didn't have grandchildren. Anyway, because of his personality we knew that he would never survive a trip to Australia, we had to sedate him in order to get him into a kennel to take him for his yearly vet check ups.

So when the day came to give him over to our pet sitter/his foster parent we were very concerned about how he'd do at his foster house. Our pet sitter knew Liam well because she had been watching him for years when we were away, still we were worried because she has two dogs and cats of her own. We told her that he'd likely hide under the couch or bed for the first week or so but then start slowly coming out. We were hopeful that without Brady around he'd be able to do well enough until we got back in two years.

Unfortunately last week we found out that after that first day Janan never saw Liam. She thought he had been hiding this whole time and got concerned. Because she was leaving food downstairs for both cats and the food was being eaten she assumed Liam was coming out when he was alone. She invited her mom, sister and boyfriend over to look high and low to find him but they couldn't. She thinks he could have gotten out as some point when she was outside with the other pets but he's definitely not in the house.

Sean and I are sad but everything happens for a reason and obviously Liam was NOT happy with the new arrangement. We are holding out hope that he will either return or has met a new person who will feed him and take care of him. No matter what we are so happy for the time we have had with Liam and hope for the best.