Miss Kitty – Our Rescue Cat

Thank you Ruth and Finn for your kind compliments and comments. You're right, Miss Kitty adopted us. She must have thought we were just a cute as we thought she was. (g) My co-worker lived in a condominium complex with desert landscaping. There were a couple families that recently moved away, which gave us two probable thoughts on what happened. We think that they dumped Miss Kitty when they left, or she escaped from all the commotion of the move. When the family had to leave, Miss Kitty was nowhere to be found. We guessed she had been homeless for about a week because she dranked and ate two bowls! From what we can tell, she must have been an indoor cat (had all her clawls), handled frequently, and loved by her owners, because she was so friendly and well behaved to us. She purred constantly and was quite a "talker" too. In fact, we nicknamed her "Miss Meow Purr Kitty." We think she was trained with a squirt bottle to stay off the furnishings and bedrooms. Whenever we cleaned house and brought out the spray bottle cleaner, she would instantly disappear! Another amusing point was she had never seen a grass lawn before. She was afraid to step off the porch, pawing the grass for several minutes, before she felt safe enough to walk on it. Even though we had Miss Kiity for a short while, our lives are full of fun little memories.

Allan

Hi Allan. I enjoyed reading about Miss Kitty, especially the first time you met her. Although you say you were no 'cat lovers' back then, she must have sensed you would be good to her. Cats have a way of knowing and actually it was her that chose you as much as the othe way around.
It is sad that she is no more, but she had a full cat life and some happy years with you. Thank you for all you did for her, I'm sure she will forever live on in the memories of your family.

Whenever opportunity arises I always promote the idea of adopting elderly cats like Miss Kitty. She was clearly no feral, so once she must have known a home, maybe have been love too, but she lost it all somehow, probably from no fault of her own.
Cats like her deserve another chance, so please everybody, when looking for an adoptee, don't just go for the cute kittens. There are plenty of grown cats with character and personality waiting at the shelters. I've already told about my own Snow White in https://pictures-of-cats.org/dont-forget-the-elderly-shelter-cats.html

What lovely photos ! I'm so glad Miss Kitty had such a wonderful home for her last few years.
It's so sad she was homeless at her age and makes you wonder if someone threw her out because of her health problems.
I do hope you take in another rescue cat one day in her honour.
R.I.P Miss Kitty.