Misty was first reported missing in 2004 when she escaped from a house her owner had only moved into the day before. A search was made for her by her owner and others, including Tony the local postman, but she was not found. She next turned up in a local garden in the summer of 2007 terribly thin and eating bread off the lawn which was meant for the birds, she also had large knots all round her neck and down her sides. Misty was fed by the owner of the house for six months but the resident cat did not make Misty welcome so she could not live there permanently.
Misty was microchipped but the previous owner had not updated the contact details after moving so enquiries were then made locally to see if she was living with anybody. A collar was put on her on her with a message requesting information without any luck so it was decided she was living rough and so was taken into the care of the Croydon Branch of Cats Protection (CPL) on the 13th December 2007. She was de-knotted and groomed and then taken to the vets for a checkup and vaccination. She was found to be healthy but very timid.
We fostered Misty for a short while then adopted her as she had settled in with our other cats very well. The only problem we have found with her was that she was terribly timid with men and always ran and hid when any man approaches her, this may have been caused by what happened to her when she was living rough!
Misty was taken to the vets on 26th January 2012 and was found to be in need of a dental and had 8 teeth extracted, some very loose and fell out.
On 8th March 2013 she visited the vets again as her eyes were watering rather badly, no infection found but she had her tear ducts flushed. This solved the problem for some time but the problem did returned.
During 2016 we noticed she was having trouble walking, this was found to be arthritis in her front legs so she was put on Onsior Tablets which are a form of pain killer.
The arthritis slowly got worse and started effecting her back so acupuncture was tried which seemed to give her some relief.
From April 2021 she started circling and getting rather disorientated and she seemed to be in more pain with her front legs so she was put on Transdermal Tramadol to ease any pain. As the year went on she was getting more disorientated so on the 25th October 2021 the sad decision was taken to put the little girl to sleep.
We are so happy that Misty found us back in 2007!!

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