Hi there! I'm very happy to announce that Tiger is home!!!
We got the name of his vet and went to see her before we went home- he has a clean bill of health! He was very upset until we brought him in the house; he never hissed or growled at us, but he was very vocal as I had expected. He didn't leave his carrier for a couple of hours, but he wasn't crying so we let him have his space.
He's a funny and curious guy already! His safe room is a spare room of our off of the kitchen. My boyfriend had left the door open a crack (I had not told him to do this) and Tiger found himself a new hiding spot in the bottom kitchen cabinet!!!
When we discovered him and said hi, he gave us a very soft meow and I'm pretty sure we melted right there. He really is so adorable. The cabinet is relatively empty as we just moved in a few months ago so it is completely safe for him to be there. He's resting on some extra dish towels that were hanging around.
We left him there overnight and we put some food and water out for him. We just woke up about a half hour ago to check on him, and we were pleased to find that he drank some water and used the litter box! All good signs as far as I can tell. I'm going to spend some time in the kitchen today putting some treats out and talking to him (we've been talking to him constantly though). I know it'll take a while to earn trust from him so I'm very content with this progress on day 2!
Also, just a quick note. Do you think it would be awful of me to change his name? To be quite honest, I don't like it and I don't think it suits him...
I'll update this thread as we continue on this journey
-Nichole