✦ Meet Misha...
- Name
- Misha ("Misha")
- Died at Age
- 15 years
- Breed
- European Black
- Gender
- Girl
- Personality
- Calm, Dignified, Reserved, Sleepy
- Loves
- Getting Brushed, Sunny spots for naps,
Chicken Breast, Black Sheep Plushie - Hates
- Drinking water, Dry food, Belly rubs
- Type of Meow
- "mmr'eck!"
Lore...
Misha was born one year before Cirilla. Cirilla's mom got her as a tiny kitten for free from a friend. She grew up to be a spunky young girlcat. I don't have a lot of information off the top of my head, since I was a kid for most of her time lol.
When Mishka was an adult, but not yet spayed, she accidentally escaped through a window and went missing. Desperately her cat mom and dad tried to find her. Dad was jumping through fences across the entire neighborhood to look for her. Mom made Lost Pet posters and hung them around.
After exactly one week, Misha suddenly appeared in front of the doorstep. Relatively clean and totally unharmed. She happily returned home. (It's most likely that someone found her and placed her in our yard, but didn't stay around to meet my mom and dad)
However...
There were some more news. Eventually, it was discovered that Misha was pregnant! She was really happy and cuddly throughout her pregnancy. The following summer was very hot and she would spread out and roll around on the floor.
She carried her babies to term, and gave birth to four identical black kittens. Three girls and one boy.
warning: not graphic, but sad
Unfortunately, Misha's kittens appeared at around the same time as Cirilla was born, and mom couldn't deal with both things at once. Misha was a very patient and dedicated mom, but when they were about a month old, her kittens were taken and put up for adoption.
Misha was confused and distressed, of course. She went around searching for them. Shortly thereafter she was taken to the vet to get spayed, and upon awakening from the surgery, back at home, she stopped looking for her kittens, as if she has forgotten about them.
:(
More Facts...
After spaying, the vet also told us that Misha had an early signs of feline mammary gland cancer. We didn't have the means for the next many years to have it treated, so all we could do is massage her and give her lots of love. She continued to live for another 14 years!
Misha also didn't really like drinking water and only ate wet food, so she had a few bad teeth removed. In the last years of her life, a small growth also grew on the side of her nose bridge.
She lived a very long time for a cat with a few health problems, and didn't show any signs of distress up until the final month of her life. When her behavior and personality seemed to change, we had to make the difficult decision to put her down. She drifted off into sleep, comforted by pets from my mom and mom's boyfriend.
Relationships...
PIXIEPixie was cuddly and Misha didn't want to be cuddled. Pixie would just lie down next to her and ignore Misha's growling, but Misha preferred to just walk off rather than fight. Misha was a lone wolf in general. She only really liked the company of Mom and Dad.
POMMESAt one point there was a hamster in our house. His name was Pommes and he lived and died in the calm privacy of his enclosure. The cats didn't have a lot of intimate contact with him, but here's Mishka sniffing him.
Who is he...?
