Micho: The World’s Kewlest Cat

The pet-free house rules changed one day when the kewlest, fluffiest, feistiest cat rolled in off the road, had a quick look around the pad, hopped up on her newly favourite chair and fell asleep. This all happened in about 5 minutes. When I left the house I put her outside and when I got home she was asleep again on her chair. Crazy.

After searching all over for lost signs and speaking to all the pet shops, pet supply shops and vets in the area for a couple of weeks it was evident that this cat was not going anywhere. Not altogether a bad deal except there was always our intention to leave. Puccino was staying with me at the time and she named the cat Micho. It’s actually an Italian name, Mico without the “h” but that’s too confusing so Micho it is. We knew that Micho would have to go some day but it was in the future so no big deal. “We will worry about it when the time comes”.

The time came. By this stage Puccino was already back home so I had to deal with it. Some mates said they would take her and then changed their minds which pissed me off slightly. Anyhow, I eventually asked LNELL if there was anything he could do and he came to the party. He called his mother and made all the arrangements. Micho is now living in Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth for the time being. Hopefully when our lives settle down a bit we can send for her and ship her to wherever we are in the world. Another drag is the cost. We had no idea this fateful day when Micho walked into our house and hearts that she would end up costing so much. To ship her it has so far cost about $200 in shots and vet bills for export regulations and will cost a further $900 to fly her around the world on Lufthansa. My return ticket was cheaper! Worth it? Of course! She is The World’s Kewlest Cat after all!