Czar is approximately 9 years old.  He was taken in by a traveling road show that kept him living in a dog crate in a fifth wheel trailer for the first 9 months of his life.  He was only taken out briefly to clean his crate or to feed him.  Even though he was continuing to grow his crate was not getting any bigger.  Czar now has very distinct rub marks on his nose and forehead from his face being pushed into the grate of the crate.  He has a phobia of being in large areas of space.  It took him months to get used to being in a large enclosure where he can roam freely and lounge at his leisure. 

Czar has grown into a very handsome, mature and judgmental tiger.  He actually picks and chooses who he likes and dislikes.  When he likes you he gives you rubs and chuffs all day long but if he doesn't like you he will let you know with his powerful roar and mighty charge with spit flying that he disapproves.  He also has a talent of getting everyone wet with his spraying.  If you aren't paying attention he will mark you up down and sideways before you even knew he had his tail up.  At times we think he sits back and just laughs at all of us silly humans, thinking we just aren't as smart as he is. 

After having a botched up declaw before we got him safely to the sanctuary we have been able to get all 4 of his paws reconstructed through our wonderful vet Jenny Conrad who runs the Paw Project.  These surgeries are donated to our animals to help give them better more comfortable lives.  Before the surgery Czar's paws were severely infected and had horrible nail re-growth that busted through his skin in deformed abnormal places.  With his paws now fixed he can be assured of having a long happy life here at Forever Wild.  He has been unpredictable but fun and loving and a joy to be a part of our exotic animal family.