Nothing Helped This Sick Lioness until She Got a New Neighbor

Published on January 11, 2021
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Coming Home

The couple were surprised as to how easily they agreed to letting go of Messi. Their first priority was getting Messi back to good health. They knew that taking a large wildcat into their home would be a challenge, but they didn’t care. He was so weak the first few months they had him at home, and he was only able to grow to 2/3 the size he was meant to grow.

Coming Home

Coming Home

The Challenges

After the couple nursed Messi back to health, they had to turn their attention to raising a wild animal at home as if he were a house cat. They tried to find a trainer, but none agreed to work with them. They converted the hallway of their one bedroom apartment to be his den, along stairs to climb and they even brought a tree for him to scratch on.

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The Challenges

The Challenges