In the space of 17 days towards the end of 2013 I lost two cats, firstly Lone Ranger to liver failure, then two weeks later Thomas to cancer, and took in Misty three days after that.It was a strange time, after losing the two boys I was searching the Cat Protection League websites looking for a suitable companion(s) for Chico who hadn’t been on her own all her life and was going spare. I then got a phone call from a neighbour telling me there was a young female cat that needed a new home ASAP…….
Misty is a Birman/Maine Coon cross who was approximately four years old at the time. I went to collect her knowing she was black and white, boy did I get a shock. I was expecting something like a Tumble or Southwold look-a-like, but I was floored when I first saw her, I thought I was seeing a ghost. She’s the spitting image of Lone Ranger, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I put together a mash-up of four photos so that I could show people why I thought there was something very very weird going on.
Misty is top left/bottom right, Lone Ranger is top right/bottom left
What can I say? If this happened in a movie, you’d never believe it.
Anyway, Misty is a real sweetie, she has a few quirks, but I’m used to dealing with quirky cats :-) I realised quite quickly that she was making no attempt to get out, she seemed quite happy just to look out of the window and not hang about the doors or cat flap trying to escape. I supervised her outings into the garden a few times after nearly a month of her being here, but something wasn’t quite right. I thought I was being over protective as I’d just lost two cats, but her behaviour was because she’d spent the first four years of her life in a protected environment, she was an Indoor Cat with no ‘street-smarts’.I built her an outside run so she can sit outside when I’m at work, and I supervise her outings in the garden when I’m at home. She likes to hunt for frogs and grasshoppers in the long grass.Misty only looks like Lone Ranger, she’s her own cat, and I’m thankful for that. She’s totally different to him, and because she’s so different I don’t expect her to act and behave like he did. She’s totally bonded with me, and because she’s a ‘single occupancy’ cat, she’s coped well with the loss of Chico. She’s the cat I need at the moment.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my Furry-Purrers, I look forward to seeing yours :-)
In the space of 17 days towards the end of 2013 I lost two cats, firstly Lone Ranger to liver failure, then two weeks later Thomas to cancer, and took in Misty three days after that.It was a strange time, after losing the two boys I was searching the Cat Protection League websites looking for a suitable companion(s) for Chico who hadn’t been on her own all her life and was going spare. I then got a phone call from a neighbour telling me there was a young female cat that needed a new home ASAP…….
Misty is a Birman/Maine Coon cross who was approximately four years old at the time. I went to collect her knowing she was black and white, boy did I get a shock. I was expecting something like a Tumble or Southwold look-a-like, but I was floored when I first saw her, I thought I was seeing a ghost. She’s the spitting image of Lone Ranger, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I put together a mash-up of four photos so that I could show people why I thought there was something very very weird going on.
Misty is top left/bottom right, Lone Ranger is top right/bottom left
What can I say? If this happened in a movie, you’d never believe it.
Anyway, Misty is a real sweetie, she has a few quirks, but I’m used to dealing with quirky cats :-) I realised quite quickly that she was making no attempt to get out, she seemed quite happy just to look out of the window and not hang about the doors or cat flap trying to escape. I supervised her outings into the garden a few times after nearly a month of her being here, but something wasn’t quite right. I thought I was being over protective as I’d just lost two cats, but her behaviour was because she’d spent the first four years of her life in a protected environment, she was an Indoor Cat with no ‘street-smarts’.I built her an outside run so she can sit outside when I’m at work, and I supervise her outings in the garden when I’m at home. She likes to hunt for frogs and grasshoppers in the long grass.Misty only looks like Lone Ranger, she’s her own cat, and I’m thankful for that. She’s totally different to him, and because she’s so different I don’t expect her to act and behave like he did. She’s totally bonded with me, and because she’s a ‘single occupancy’ cat, she’s coped well with the loss of Chico. She’s the cat I need at the moment.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my Furry-Purrers, I look forward to seeing yours :-)