Rexcue success stories

Texas - Mars, a Cornish Rex male.
California - Ziggy, a Cornish Rex male.
Wisconsin - Poppyseed, a Cornish Rex female.
New York - Elvis, a Cornish Rex male.
Arizona - Sage, a Devon Rex female
Washington - Rudy, a Cornish Rex male
Illinois - Roxi, a Cornish Rex female
Arizona - Sinata, a Cornish Rex male
Ohio - Curly, a Cornish Rex male.
Kansas - Khufu Seti, a Cornish Rex male.
Arizona - Oakley & Bolle, two Cornish Rex males.
Arizona - Bluebelle, a Cornish Rex female.
Georgia - Boxer, a Cornish Rex male.
Pennsylvania - Tar-jay, a Cornish Rex female.
North Carolina - Sadie, a Cornish Rex female.
California - Evita and Carson, two Cornish Rex cats.
New York City - Sonny, a Cornish Rex male.
Arizona - Typhoon and Cyclone, two Cornish Rex males.
New York - Martino, a male Cornish Rex with special needs.
Washington - Buffy, a 5-year-old Sphynx male.
Arizona - Curley, a Cornish Rex male.*
Virginia - Turkish, a Cornish Rex male.
Arizona - Minime, a Devon Rex/Sphynx hybrid male.*
Arizona - Poindexter PurrNibbles, a red-&-white male.*
Arizona - Thal and Xeno, two Devon Rex/Sphynx hybrids.*
Arizona - Jor-El, a cream-&-white Sphynx male.*
Arizona - Kitt Katt, a blue-&-white van male.*
Arizona - Tommy & Kyuss, two cream-&-white males.*
Arizona - Squeekie, a black-&-white female.*
Arizona - Kurley, a black-&-white male.*
Arizona - Jalapeno, a black-&-white male, and Fajita, a calico female.*
Arizona - Ernie, a red-&-white male.*
Arizona - Cynthia, a red-&-white female.*

Plus more than 521 others since September 1999!

*My foster cats

Fostering is an important part of rescue. Fostering can mean the difference between life and death for many cats. Not only does it give them a time to recover their physical and mental health but it gives you an opportunity to observe and evaluate their needs. You also get the joy of spending time with additional cats, their colors and their personalities.

Curley, now known as Mezcal, was found cold and wet in Tucson. Several rounds of antibiotics later (as well as neutering!) he went to Fountain Hills to live with Squeekie, now known as Habanero. He was found dead on the morning of July 27, 2011 after 16 months in the lap of luxury.

Minime, a 6-year-old black-&-white neutered Devon Rex/Sphynx hybrid male, was turned in to the Apache Junction shelter saying he was not good with kids or other cats - neither of which was true. Minime spent more than a year with me before finding the a forever home in Prescott. He died a couple of years later and was deeply mourned.

Poindexter Purrnibbles was found wandering in east Mesa although declawed. He was clean and well-fed but he didn't have a collar or microchip. I only fostered him a day or two before a friend took him in. No one ever claimed him so he moved to Texas.

Thal, a red-&-white Devon Rex/Sphynx hybrid male, Xenomorph, a torti Devon Rex/Sphynx hybrid female, and Jor-El, a cream-&-white Sphynx male. Their owner was moving and could no longer keep them. Jor-El found a home in Scottsdale with my parents, while Thal and Xeno now make their home in Glendale. It took me nearly six months to find them the perfect home so they could stay together.

Kitt Katt was taken to a local vet for euthanasia due to inappropriate urination. The vet asked to contact rescue instead and the owner surrendered him. After two rounds of antibiotics Kitt Katt stopped his inappropriate urination. I fostered him for one year with very few inquiries before I told him he had a forever home with me. Sadly, he got out the door in June 2009 and was never found.

Tommy & Kyuss stayed with me for about seven weeks before finding the perfect home in Gilbert. Here they are happily sleeping less than two days after arriving at their new home.

Squeekie was surrendered by her family due to a pregnancy. She lived with me for five weeks before going to join my former fosters Jalapeno and Fajita (below) in Fountain Hills. In two weeks she was already strutting around her new home.

Halapeno & Fajita lived in Fountain Hills and were with me for more than one month. Their previous owner retired and couldn't keep them. They have since died of old age.

Marley was abandoned in Apache Junction in 2001 where a co-worker found him and brought him to me. I had him less than three years before I had him euthanized due to illness.

Rex Q (right) was intercepted by a R.E.S.C.U.E. volunteer as he was carried into the Maricopa County Animal Care & Control in 1997. He lived with me until his death on Jan. 19, 2011 and is the mascot for my rescue efforts. He was the third rescue I did, and the first that I kept, and started me down the rescue path.

Ernie was discovered in 1995 at the Arizona Humane Society. He had been declawed on all four paws. A friend rescued him and I helped find him a home. Ernie lived with my brother and sister-in-law and their two daughters for nine years until he was euthanized in February 2004.

Cynthia was abandoned at a local apartment complex when her people moved. She was rescued in 1994 and lived happily with my brother and sister-in-law for 4 1/2 years before her death in 1999.

She was the first rexcue I ever did.