Isis becomes Katya

We saw her photo on Facebook and fell in love with this gargoyle, this feline scary looking monster, this angelic wonderful silver-grey “Euro Coon”. She had traveled all the way from the Ukraine to live with somebody that did not love her and she was now looking for a forever home with somebody to love and understand her. Not only were we enchanted by her looks we were lucky enough to be selected by the Maine Coon Rescue personnel to share her life.

On arriving home with Isis – now to be known as Katya – in December 2021, we discovered this large monster of a cat was timid and scared of our three other rescue cats (two Siamese and one Siberian) and was very concerned if you tried to pet her or show any sign of wanting to pick her up or even interact with her……at first!!! Now you need to understand we are no novices in homing rescue cats and after months of caring for her, giving her space, tempting her with GREAT toys and good quality wet food (she had to have all her teeth removed) she has turned into a wonderful cat. Her eyes now look at you with what appears to be a deep intellect and she has started to understand she is safe, she is at home, she is at ease, in short, she has now settled. Katya now plays with our other cats, racing around the house…although with such fluffy feet she has problems corning at speed on our hardwood floors and occasional has a “spill”. We all laugh and she is up and off again at speed…..having fun as a cat should do with her forever home siblings. When things get rough she stands upright and wraps her front legs around whatever cat (usually our flame Siamese) and hugs them…..things suddenly go quiet!!!

Katya requires constant grooming but does not like to be groomed, oh what fun we have!! There are occasions we get “hair knots” and these have to be shaved out, even more fun, but she is learning that we mean no harm, so maybe she will be at ease with this process after a few more …..years LOL.

After living with Katya for nearly a year we have really started to understand her ways and she ours and our other cats. Living with a Euro Coon has been an experience, one that we would not change, and would love a second one like her……maybe soon we hope!!!