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Moet
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Two and a half years old
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Female
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Persian
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Muscat, Oman
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I was brought into a country called Oman from my birthplace, but I'm not sure where that was. I was taken to this place called the ‘pet shop' and all the other fluffy kittens there said it was horrible but I'd soon be out of there. One by one my companions left, but one of them had given me cat flu and I wasn't well so nobody really wanted me. The mean people at the pet shop didn't care; I was left often without food and water, a dirty cage, no bed to lie on, no toys. Nothing.
I was so miserable and then I just got sicker and sicker. Eventually the bright colours and things I saw started to go fuzzy and one day I woke up and there were only shadows and light. It wasn't too much after that I could see only darkness. My world was miserable and I just lay down to find eternal sleep.
It was suddenly and abruptly that the cage was opened and a lady's hand reached in for me. Loud voices, insistence and a lot of scuffling and I was put into a carry-box. I was so tired and low by this time I didn't move a muscle. I just lay there thinking that perhaps I was going to the rainbow bridge that everybody had spoken of.
I felt the cold of a metal table, kind voices, the sting of an injection and then a soft bed. I ate some food offered to me and then I slept ... waiting and waiting for the kindness to take me to the bridge. But it didn't come and after a while I drifted off, waking every now and then for more food, water and a stroke from the kind voice-hands.
After a day or two, I was taken again to the cold metal table and given another sting that made me drift off quickly.
When I woke up I knew something was different about my eyes, they were sore on the outside, but inside they didn't hurt so much and oddly, they felt better. The nice voices said I had "stitches" and so I had to wear this horrible plastic collar. But I didn't mind because oddly, I felt like I was more energetic and stronger now and just felt a lot better. The kind voices came and went, I was given the most delicious food I had ever eaten and I always had a soft bed to lie on. Maybe I was over the rainbow bridge?? No, this was real! I didn't much like the daily stings, but the nice voices said they would make me feel better and that one day maybe I would have a home of my own. A home?! Really?? But I also heard the whispers and something about it being difficult to find a ‘good' home for a blind cat. I wasn't too sure what that meant, but I was happy and purred loudly at the kind voices and strokes that came my way. In fact, they said I was one of the happiest kitties they'd ever met. I didn't know why, but that made me even happier.
Six days after my 'surgery' a new lady appeared from nowhere. She also spoke to me in a very kind voice and stroked my cheek. I rolled over for the next stage – the belly rub. She cooed and ahhh-ed and said "yes, I'll take her".
It was two days later after they removed my "stitches" and finally free of the annoying collar that I was again put into a carrier and taken to a new place. I knew there was another cat there because I could smell her, but the lady didn't let her get me and we had our own separate areas for about five days. I loved my new place. I had strokes and cuddles every day, great food, lots of different beds and so many toys I kept forgetting which one was my favourite. I also learned that if I lost a toy, my human would go and retrieve it if I let out the merest squeak (which is all I do by the way, I'm not into shouting loudly).
It's now been more than a year since I was in my "forever home." My mum is just the best and loves me lots (I think maybe I'm her favourite, which annoys sisfurs and brofur – two of whom arrived after me – mum rescued Lily from a tiny birdcage in a horrible local market and Cosmo came from another country where he was abandoned!). We are a happy family, but sometimes I have to tease Luna to play with me. I like to play a lot. Sometimes mum says I never sit still. But I do, I like sleeping too, because there are so many nice places to curl up – my mum's bed, three cat trees (one of which is like a real tree) and two comfy sofas. My mum also has a nice balcony, which she says she made ‘safe' by enclosing it. We are allowed to go out whenever we like!
I'm so happy... I'm home!
I have my own video channel - (watch the video called 'ping pong')! And my own Twitter feed, too. I am wishing all the cat-mums out there a Happy Mother's Day!
(Editor's note: Moet's bottom image may be frightening to some people, especially children, so please be warned before scrolling all the way down, and remember, she is now the beauty you see in the rest of the pictures!)
(Moet after surgery)
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