Aha, here is the original name message. Great conversation and cute name. More German heritage here too in my family. My mothers family is from Mainz.

I think Mikesch it's going to be! It'll be one of the most unique cat names in the US, and it'll have a story behind it to boot! And the fact that when I Google it for images, many cats come up that look like Storm, means it's his perfect name! Thank you for your help doerscheln! My father's intrigued by the name -- he's at home Googling everything he can about it!

Aalen is not so far away from where I live now, maybe 100 km north. I am in Bad Groenenbach. Yes, sometimes I've seen a Mikesch too that was more grey than black but the Mikesch from my childhood was a tuxedo :-)

My mother was from Aalen. Still alot of family there and around.

You are welcome . I thought that there maybe is some german blood in your veins because of your name :)

Wow! When I Google Mikesch and look at the pics, there's lots of tuxedo cats that come up. Strangely though, there's lots that have Storm's coloring as well! Odd......

Thanks for the great ideas. Mikesch is interesting because my ancestry is German.

Hmm, well, in Germany black and white cats are often called Felix .What about Ghost ? Right now baby 2 is a bit like a ghost for you but when that changes the name would not match so well anymore........ Shy ? The same problem but I would like both names somehow. Chess ? Undercover ? ;) Filou ? Figaro ( Pinocchio) and Sylvester, a cat we all know :) These were the names that just crossed my mind. If I should ever have a tuxedo cat his name would be Mikesch. Mikesch , a black and white cat that could talk is the main character in a story for children by Josef Lada ( a chech writer) I loved this book when I was a child.

No name yet. Any ideas?

Great news, even if the progress is slow, but at least there is a progress! He is lovely!!

Yes a progress is a progress no matter how little it is ! Thanks for letting us know the news ! Any idea for a name already ? I am sure he would feel better with a name ;)

Good news on the slight progress. Thanks for the update. I hope he keeps getting better and his nose does look better too.

Still feral as all heck. Still hisses at me, still hides under the couch until the house is empty. But at least when he's in his tent, I can pet him now without his ears flattening and him shaking, and -- big breakthrough - he will start eating in my presence while I'm petting him. Security camera shows him acting like a normal house cat when there's only cats in the house. And his nose is almost healed.