Sahara

Sahara is the sister of Cairo and Asia, and currently the shyest of the three.

She had gotten to be a pretty friendly girl, but unfortunately a chronic eye discharge problem meant staff had to subject her to a variety of veterinary ophthalmic ointments to keep it under control. Sahara consequently concluded that going near humans meant a good chance of getting grabbed and having yucky stuff dabbed on her face. And now she doesn’t trust us so much.

Like her siblings, though, Sahara has a passion for poultry  — should a big help to Leslie in her efforts to rebuild this kitty’s trust with chicken.

Even without an a food offering, Sahara does allow herself to be stroked a little bit if approached slowly and touched very gently, but she never quite loses that look of being poised to bolt at any moment.