I lost Mya this morning - found her lying beneath the driver side door of my Jeep parked on the street - she was alive when I found her, but apparently died on the way to the vet - hopefully she was aware that I was with her when she passed - it's almost as if she held on long enough for me to find her before she let go. She was street smart enough to not get run over - I'm guessing something spooked her - maybe under the Jeep & darted out for some reason (loud vehicle etc.?).

She was a tailless Tuxedo I got from a kill shelter - had her slightly less than 5 years as she was 8 months old when I got her, but based on her size, I'm betting she was younger than that. The kennel card had her listed as "Not Friendly" & she was at the very back of the cage, trying to find a way out in the upper rear corner. The gal at the shelter said she was friendly before they sent her to be spayed, & when she came back she had changed.

I've read online that a lot of folks think if the vet doesn't put them under far enough when spaying, they're aware of what's going on & really get freaked out - I'm wondering if this is what may have happened to her?

She took my Calico under her wing & raised her as if her own - somewhere down the road she got aggressive towards other cats - my other 3 gave her a wide berth.

She was my guard dog - I often saw her "walking the perimeter" around the back yard fence & she made sure no strange animals tread on her turf.
She was also a real talker, but I rarely knew what she was saying or wanted!

Mya: DOB 4-22-17 DOD 7-23-22


Mia & Mya - she raised the Calico as if it were her own

 

Think I may have figured out what happened to Mya - since she was street smart (I brought her along slowly & observed her behavior in the front yard / near the street) my leading guess was that she was chasing something.

Today the neighbor across the street asked me if the black cat sleeping on his back porch was mine (Tabasco was inside) - I have Mia (Calico) on camera (I happened to be watching TV when the camera tripped) @ 4am a few days ago chasing what looks like a black cat across the front yard, across the street, and into the neighbor's back yard. Went to check out the cat on his porch, but he had moved - caught him climbing the chain link fence in his back yard.

I'd be willing to bet Mya was chasing the same cat when she was killed - she was street smart enough to not get hit, but when a cat gets fixated on a target (especially Mya) she probably wasn't aware of a vehicle while she was in pursuit.

Anywho...it took Mia a few days to realize Mya wasn't around any longer, and darn if I don't think she was showing signs of depression.
She spent the next few days sleeping next to me and didn't go out of the house for 3 days - she also spent an unusual amount of time looking out the bedroom window (waiting on Mya to appear?).

Mia catching some ZZZ's

 

Bumping the thread with a photo from Facebook Marketplace.

 

Trying to help me work? Or just telling me to step away from the computer?

Some play time.

 

Our sweet little baby boy Jack. I just stumbled across thus thread today. Up until now all I knew existed on here where the forums covering each generation of Corvette. It's like Christmas now every time I log into the forum lol.

 

 

Lana investigating carefully this summer. Shelter rescue, 10yrs old.




7lb fully grown Fran. Rescued off the street near home at about 3wks old. Poor mom must have died. She thinks I'm her mother.

 

shelter rescue brothers

 

when my current cat goes to kitty heaven ... hopefully not soon (15.5 years old now). i want to get 2 sphinx cats. have the perfect names for them

- gonad the barbarian
- testiclees

 

ours got nipped because our shelters require it before releasing. When our real estate agent come in to take pictures of our home she called him a HER.. poor guy, one small cut and the world thinks he's a she. Lol, all he wants for Christmas is his sack back!

 

Almost could've used this " Road " capture of Maisy dash riding on burled walnut dash of the Escalade down I 94 at 80ish MPH in the October Photo Contest . . .



Kitty Fall Color Tour into Pure Michigan from the Indiana Industrial Rivera Rust Belt . . . Hello Kittys

 

These are our two Devon Rexes, Gizmo and Willie, Gizmo likes jig saw puzzles.