Precious Cat Went Missing Ten Years Ago Is Finally Reunited With Her Original Human, But It's Not All Sunshine

Her now-divorced and unemployed owner never gave up hope and always believed they would reunite someday

Ayoub

• Published in Animal Stories
• June 4, 2020

It's heart-wrenching when your cat escapes or just goes missing. Every moment spent without our beloved kitties is torture, and when the moments turn into years, the heartache for our cats is a heavy burden.

After going missing for ten years, a beloved Birman cat has finally been reunited with her 54-year-old owner Georgia Tsatsaris. The cat, affectionately named Mishka, had been roaming the streets of Melbourne all this time and was last seen by her owner in 2010 when she put the cat into her outdoor enclosure in Chadstone. The cat completely vanished when she returned home that night.

Ten years later, Tsatsaris received the good news from the Peninsula Vet Referral Hospital in Mornington that her lovely cat Mishka had finally been found. The cat was rescued by a Port Melbourne construction worker that frequently noticed her hanging around his worksite. 

After the construction worker finally gained the cat's trust, she allowed him to pick her up and that's when he noticed that the kitty was in dire need of help, so he called the vet. The vet called Miss Tsatsaris with the good news the moment they checked Mishka for an ID chip.

Her owner immediately rushed to the vet and as soon as she walked in, she broke down with relief when she saw her long-lost cat.

"When I saw her looking so defeated and bony, I just broke down. She doesn't look anything like she used to and I couldn't even pick her up, she was so emaciated," she told the Herald Sun.

"I have no idea what she's been through which breaks my heart but when I went to see her for the first time, I said her name and she let out a soft meow as she curled up to me and rubbed her face against my cheek."

While Mishka was gone, Miss Tsatsaris got divorced and moved out of her Chadstone home and now resides 40 kilometers away in Karingal. In an unfortunate twist, Mishka ended up being in a bad health condition, which creates a substantial risk of death if she isn't given immediate medical attention. 

When Mishka was found, she was emaciated, dehydrated, and suffered from a severe upper respiratory infection. Which prompted Miss Tsatsaris to launch a GoFundMe campaign in an effort to raise enough money to save Mishka's life.

'She has been living on the streets for a very long time and now she requires 24 hour care to fight the infection and to gain weight to finally come back home,' she wrote.

'To live her remaining years in a warm, loving home.

'She's been fighting to stay alive but each day she's getting stronger.'

Miss Tsatsaris's savings were depleted by the pandemic and the money raised by the GoFundMe campaign could help save Mishka's life.

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