I was born on a Saturday afternoon, April 22, 2000, one of a litter of five. Together with my siblings, I've spent the first weeks of my life in a wooden box, in the same box where my mom gave birth to me and my litter mates.
On June 5, 2000, when I was six weeks + two days old and most of my siblings have already been adopted, two female humans and a boy came and took me away from my mom. They took me into one of these noisy machines which they call "cars", and after a while they brought me to a place where I've never been before. They told me this was my new home. I was so scared and screamed and cried for my mom, but she was far away. I never saw her again. The humans where very nice and friendly to me, obviously they liked me very much and they told me how cute I was. They took photos of me, offered me some yummy food (which I refused to eat the first days) and a litter box and told me that my name was "Luna" from now on. Well, I kind of like that name, it has a good sound.
After a while, the older woman and the boy left and I stayed with the younger woman. Later I've learned that the older woman was my new meowmie's mom and the boy was her nephew Till.
Me and the younger woman, who was now my meowmie, soon became friends. She spends a lot of time working with a thing the humans call "computer", and I love lying on the desk or sleep on her lap while she's typing there.
Something I don't like is that my meowmie often leaves me alone during the day, she says it has to be because she has to work to make a living for us. But while she's away, the older woman, my meowmie's mother, is often visiting me and she's playing with me and petting me. I like her very much - and I swear, she loves me!
Often meowmie takes me to the place where her mother lives. I always enjoy being there because there are two cats. One of them, Cleo, is my best friend! I love playing with her and wrestling her, we had great matches in the past! I love to be with her! Unfortunately, Paula, the other cat (she's Cleo's mother, I think) can't stand me for some reason. I would like to play with her, too, but she doesn't want to, she's always very nasty and doesn't talk to me. That's just too bad!
Sometimes, meowmie takes me to another place where a friend of her lives. This friend is sharing her place with a strange animal, they call it "rabbit", his name is Fino. Well, don't get me wrong, I like Fino, he's a cool guy, but to be honest, he doesn't know how to play with a cat. He's a bit boring, but he's ok...
In September 2000, something terrible was done to me: I was taken to a place the humans call "vet", and there I was given something that made me sleep and when I woke up, there was a huge pain in my tummy and a scar. I was so upset! The worst thing is that I will never be able to have babies now. This all happened because I started peeing on meowmie's bed, for some reason she doesn't like it at all! Well, I found out very soon that this is a very good form of pressure when she's ignoring my wishes, for example when I was trying to tell her that I need a second litter box! Well, it worked!
New Years Eve has been a horrible time for me. I can't stand noise, but for days there have been all these terrible fire crackers and fire works outside and it scared me to death! I can't help it, but I think sometimes the humans are acting very stupid!
2001
In January 2001, I suddenly became ill. My belly was aching so much and I didn't want to play or being touched. I felt that my meowmie was scared to death but instead of leaving me alone, she took me to the vet all the time and it was horrible what they did to me! They caused me so much pain by giving me something that they call "injections". One of the vets even tried to take some blood from my arm, but he soon gave up when I scratched him very bad! Nobody should ever try to test his strength on Luna-Tuna, as my friend's online-buddies use to call me! BTW, don't you think that "Luna-Tuna" would be a great wrestling name for my next match with Cleo?
Eventually, in February, after my diarhhea didn't get better, my mommy took me to the vet again where I got anaesthesia so they could have me x-rayed and get my blood. Finally they found out what's wrong with me, they found hemolizing e.coli in my colon and now my meowmie gives me antibiotics to help me getting rid of these aggressive kind of bacteria. I'm already feeling much better!
I still love to play with Cleo, but often she isn't there when I come to visit. That's so boring! One day I was lucky and Cleo's mother Paula played with me, but the next time she wasn't interested - as usual! But what I hate most are the dogs - Rottweiler half breeds!
Cleo and Paula are sharing their home with them and obviously they don't mind, but I think they're disgusting! There are two of them, Cora, a female, and Bruno, a young guy. They really know how to ruin my day!
It's especially Bruno who I can't stand! He's noisy, pushy and he smells - he's getting terribly on my nerves! I really can't understand why the humans like dogs, they're low creatures in my eyes, stupid and ugly!
Spring 2001 - my life has changed drastically! It started in February when meowmie's mother suddenly started dating a guy and soon moved out of her house, to live with him. From one day to another she stopped visiting me and - what's even worse - WE stopped visiting HER in her house. Remember, the house where she lived was the place where I used to meet my buddy Cleo, and now these wonderful hours of joy seem to be over forever. Meowmie already told me that I will never see Cleo and Paula again and this hurts so bad! I can't get rid of the feeling that meowmie's also feeling very uncomfortable with this situation, she often seems to be very depressed, and so am I! I'm missing Cleo and our joyful play so much! My life became so boring now and I'm disappointed about the way the humans make selfish decisions and completely ignore feline emotions...
At Easter 2001, my mommy decided to visit her friend Karen who lives near Cologne. Since there was no cat sitter for me (her mother is too busy now with her new bf), she decided to take me with her. First, when she brought me to her car, I thought that we might visit Cleo again and my heart was full of joy, looking forward to another play session with my buddy, but very soon I've learned that this was something different.
When we left town, the car became very fast and loud, and I've cried and screamed. Oh, this trip made me feel so sick and it seemed to be endless! Finally, after more than three hours, she stopped and took me to a place where I've never been before - Karen's and Thomas' house!
Soon I've noticed they are sharing the house with two cats - Mozart and Verdi. They were very old and they didn't want me to be there. Especially Verdi seemed to hate me, she told me some very nasty things. Mozart was a bit friendlier. I think if we'd stayed longer, we could have become friends.
We stayed one night - oh, it was so cold in that room where we slept - and I was glad that my mommy was with me. The next day - I've just started to adjust to the new place - my mommy took me into the car and we drove home. Again is was a horrible trip of three hours before we arrived! Can't tell you how happy I was when we entered our rooms!
April 22 - It's my first birthday! It was cool because I've got a lot of yummy things! I've got e-cards from all over the world and Claudia, my "godmother" from Leipzig, even sent me a funny toy mouse and Whiskas! My mommy spent the whole day with me, she played with me and gave me a lot of extra-hugs! Birthday is cool! Actually I don't know exactly what it means, but I like it!
April 29 - My mommy told me something very sad last night, she came home and said that Cleo was dead. Obviously her body was found in the road after she was hit by a car - ironically on my birthday! :( I still can't believe that she's gone! Even though I haven't seen her for a while, I never gave up hope that we would play together again, and now the knowledge that our joyful playing sessions belong to the past forever breaks my heart! She was my very best friend, and I will feel very lonely without her in this world. My mommy told me about a place called Rainbow Bridge, a place where every pet goes sooner or later, and that I will meet Cleo there one day. But this isn't much comfort for me today - I'm sad...
Spring and summer have been a bit boring. The only exciting thing was that we started meeting Micha again so I could see my old buddy Fino again. That crazy bunny still doesn't know how to play with a cat! And Micha has got another bunny meanwhile, Pete, but for some reason he's living in a cage. This is pretty stupid I think.
In the summer, it often gets very hot here and this makes me and my mommy feel awful. But in the first days of August, something weird happened here. My mommy and her friend Micha started tearing the wallpapers from the wall (something that I was NEVER allowed to do!!!) and my home was in a terrible mess! A horrible time! But after a few days, everything looked like before - at least ALMOST everything. The walls have a different color now, some new plants appeared and the most exciting thing is that there are curtains now! I'd love to play with them but I'm not allowed to. So I'm only doing this when I'm home alone!
A few days later, Anke (Cleo's mommy) visited us and brought her new kitten with her, Tinchen. She was still a kid, a real brat! Started playing with my toys immediately and wanted to eat from my bowls - I was more than sceptical! But after a while, my mommy convinced me that it was okay to play with Tinchen, so we did. Soon I found out that I'm in a very bad shape, I was out of breath very soon! But it was so much fun to play! This is something I've missed so much after Cleo went to the Rainbow Bridge!
Meanwhile it's October 2001, and it's getting dark very early. I became very lazy during the last months and gained weight, so my mommy decided to put me on a diet - yuck! And she tries to play with me all the time, but I think it would be more fun to play with another kitty! My mom says our place is too small for a second kitty and that we can't affort to move into a bigger appartment, that's why she's playing the lottery every week now - so far without any results. Maybe I should keep my paws crossed...
2002
Not the most exciting year so far...
In January, I got sick again. For a week or so, I couldn't keep anything down, especially no dry food. The vet told my mom I had a gastritis, and I got some pills which eventually made me feel better. Life is no fun when you can't eat!
During the first months of the year, my mommy often took me with her to Micha's place, where I was still trying to play with the bunnies. Eventually, I gave up - most of the time Fino was only sitting and staring at me, but NO wrestling matches!
In July, my aunt Lisa from Oregon came to visit me and my mommy. She's a very nice human lady (mommy of my "cousins" Alex and Karma) and I even allowed her to pet me once or twice. Not every human is allowed to do that! Too bad that Lisa stayed only for two days, I'm sure if she had stayed longer, we would have become very good friends!
In the fall, my mommy got herself a digital camera. From that moment on, she was annoying me with her new toy. Within only a couple of days, she took at least 100 photos of me, it's pretty exhausting to be a model! You can view the best shots in the photo section btw!
Yesterday, October 5, has been an exciting day for me! My mommy took me with her to see her mother, she's living in a house in the forest together with her fiancé, his cat Dino and the rottweiler Rocky. Rocky was a pain, just like every dog, but Dino was a huge disappointment. I was so happy when I heard a feline voice in the house, but what did that guy do when he saw me? He was growling and said the meanest things, things you should never say to a girl! He was afraid I would invade his territory, but all I wanted was to play! My mommy promised me again that, when we move - what could happen next year - , I would get a little kitty sister as a playmate. And that would be soooo nice!!
October 20: Mommy told me a lot of things are gonna change the next months. She found a new - bigger - place for us to live and we're gonna move in December. She told me I would definitely get a little sister next year, which I think is great 'cause I still haven't found somebody to play with. Visited Dino once or twice again, but he's still very agressive and he even attacked me last week - men!!! I hope that little sister I'm getting will be friendlier than that guy!
Yesterday I was very mad at my mommy btw! For some reason she decided to give me a flea treatment, even though she knows how much I hate them. She placed it in the fur between my shoulders where I couldn't lick it off, and it smelled so disgusting! I ignored mommy for the rest of the day and even hissed at her to let her know how upset I was. I noticed how bad she was feeling about that but I didn't care. She has to learn her lesson!
A lot has happened since I last wrote my diary!
We have finally moved in December 2002!!! That was an exciting day! Meowmie and Grandma started packing all our things into boxes, and the whole place was a mess, and when the van came to pick up our stuff, Grandma took me with her to her place, where I had to stay for the rest of the day. Late at night, they brought me back to meowmie in the new place, and I couldn't believe how BIG is was! Needless to say, I spend all night exploring and didn't sleep at all.
The next morning I had seen enough and complained and asked meowmie to go back, but she said this would be our new home from now on. That new apartment looked messy first, but meowmie and our new neighbors Gabi and Ulli worked VERY hard to make it a nice place where you can feel comfortable.
2003
Took some time to settle in, and in March something sad has happened: Meowmie has lost her job under VERY bad circumstances, and I could sense how upset and worried she was. This made me so sad, although I'm enjoying that she doesn't have to leave me alone every day now. But at the same time, I got problems with my bladder!
It was painful to use the litter box, and 'cause the litter box became such an uncomfortable place for me, I started using the new couch in my room (you have to know, I have got a room of my own, with my litter boxes, the couch and a new big scratching post!). Meowmie got mad when she saw me doing that, she started cleaning my litter boxes several times a day, sprayed pheromones and even got me litter box #3! Eventually, it's been April meanwhile, she had my urine tested at the vet's and they found out there are struvite crystals in my bladder which had caused an infection. I got a shot at the vet's (ouch!!!) and meowmie had to give me pills, and soon the annoying pain in the bladder has disappeared. Now I'm happily using my litter boxes again!
But another problem occured after the struvite crystals have been detected: Vet says I have to eat a diet food to dissolve these crystals, but I just DETEST that new food! Besides, not eating my beloved Hill's Hairball Control anymore has cauded a bad constipation in May, and meowmie brought me back to the vet where I got an enema! Boy, that's been horrible! I cried and screamed, but they did this terrible, humiliating thing with my butt - but at least it helped. Now meowmie is giving pills again instead of the diet food, and I can finally eat again. You have to know, I would rather starve before I eat something I don't like, and it's been funny to see how worried meowmie has been when I wasn't eating!
June 2003 - They did something horrible to me - meowmie brought me to the vet again and I had surgery!!! Meowmie was very worried when she found a lump near my left shoulder blade, especially because it was growing fast... It didn't even hurt, but meowmie was afraid it could be something serious. One day she brought me to that horrible vet's office where they made me very sleepy, and when I woke up, I was feeling terribly dizzy, nauseaus and tired. The worst thing was a horrible pain near my left shoulder, and when I was finally able to turn my head around, I saw this huge wound, and all my fur missing... I felt sooo bad for the next days, while meowmie was more than relieved when she eventually has been told there's nothing to worry about. Okay, but it's ME who has to live with this itching scar now!
Meowmie told me friends of her have a little kitten girl, Lily. She said Lily is still a baby but she plans to bring her home to us when she's old enough. So it looks like this Lily is going to be the sister I've been told to get one day - I'm so excited! Well, hopefully she's not too naughty and enjoys a good wrestling match! :)
A lot has happened since Meowmie has last uploaded my diary entries to my website:
I have to tell you about something that happened in August 2003: On one hot evening, Meowmie brought my new sister home. She cried loudly when they entered our apartment, and walked straight over to me as soon as Meowmie put her down on the floor. Had a real bad behavior, that little thing, so I hissed and growled. This is what I was doing for the next days. It's not that I couldn't stand her, but that baby had an annoying attitude and did not respect my privacy. From the first day on, she tried to take over all my favourite places which almost broke my heart. Okay, I'm older and wiser, so I decided to let her have her fun with my things and claim them back later when Lily has lost her interest. Worked perfectly.
On Lily's third day with us, Meowmie left us alone to go to work (at that time she has gotten her old job back, but when the company got into some trouble, she was released again). Anyway, being alone with Lily, I came to the result that it's not so bad to have some company, so I allowed her to sleep next to me. Within a couple of days, we became good friends! Also, the Lily girl adores me! Obviously she thinks I'm her new mommy, because she started suckling. It's kind of sweet when she's doing that, so I let her - at least until she starts hurting me with her teeth which she is doing sometimes.
Lily wants to be where I am, which is a bit annoying sometimes. For example I cannot cuddle with Meowmie without the baby interfering! This is frustrating, but Meowmie is telling me all the time that I'm still her #1 kitty and that she loves me a lot. All in all, I think it's a good thing to have a little sister now. We cuddle and wrestle every day, and I really like her a lot now. BTW, you can see us together on Lily's Page, photo page 3.
2004
There isn't much I can tell you about this year. I had bladder infections coming and going, and everytime I'm getting ill, meowmie takes me to the vet where I'm getting injections and pills. When the spring came, I noticed meowmie was obviously ill. She seemed to have a real bad pain in her back, and it was getting worse with each passing week. It's been my Gotcha-Day on June 5, when they brought her away, to a place called hospital. I know what it means to have surgery, so I did not envy meowmie at all! The next 10 days have been really bad. I was alone with Lily, and twice a day, our neighbor Gabi or her twin daughters showed up to give us some food and clean our litter boxes. Sometimes they also played with Lily. I had no intention to do so. I was missing meowmie.
10 days later, when I was terribly sick with diarrhea, meowmie came back. I was soooo happy, and immediately started feeling better! For many weeks, meowmie wasn't allowed to do anything, and she had her neighbor or mother coming to our place to help her cleaning. But I enjoyed these months. There was plenty of time to spend with meowmie, and I would have enjoyed it a lot, if only Lily wasn't so jealous!
2005
Things changed again with the beginning of the new year! Meowmie, who is feeling better now, finally got a new job! It's great for her, but now she's really working a lot, so there are many many hours for Lily and me to be alone. I'm glad to have the Lily girl around, that way I have some company. Of course she can be annoying at times, but most of the time she's nice, and sometimes she's still suckling, as if she's still my little baby.
Even though meowmie is so busy lately, she finally took the time to update my website - something she hasn't done for a long long time. She even created a new design, since she felt that Lily's website looked more professional than mine, and that's just not fair! And so far, I'm very happy with the new look!
In the fall, meowmie decided to remodel our room! The old, dark corner seat disappeared, and suddenly there were two new basket-chairs and a table; they were phantastic to scratch on them! And the old cabinet was removed and replaced by a new one. First, we were upset because we loved to sleep on the top of the cabinet, but soon we found out it worked perfectly with the new one, too!
Apart from this, not much happened, but one week before Christmas, I became ill - again, I had terrible bladder problems. Of course Meowmie took me to the white coats again, where I got injections, and I got nasty pills, too, but they didn't really help. So when the year ended, I wasn't feeling well at all.
2006
At the beginning of this year, I was feeling terrible. My constantly irritated and inflamed bladder bugged me a lot, and I think no week passed without going to the vet's. One time, it was especially bad. They tried to draw blood from me, but I didn't want to and fought, so they gave me a slight anaesthesia. Instead of feeling relaxed and sleeping, I got so terrible nauseaus that I got sick in my carrier. Even though it was very obvious that I was miserable, they still insisted to draw the blood. Even when I was back home, I felt very ill from the effects of the anaesthesia. I trembled, and I was so terribly hungry that I just had to eat and eat - but of course I couldn't keep it down. It was a horrible night.
A couple of days later, the bladder infection because so bad that I tried to pee all the time. I was taken back to the vet where I got something to "relax" my irritated bladder, and it helped, but the drug made me feel very weird. That was the moment Meowmie decided it can't go on like this, and she asked her vet for an ultrasound.
For the ultrasound, we had to see another vet. I was already very suspicious when we went there. The new vet did a horrible thing, he shaved my belly with an eerie looking machine. I let him do that, but when he came with another machine, I had enough and fought terribly. I really thought they were going to kill me. They started talking about anaesthesia again, something Meowmie didn't want, because I felt so bad the last time. Eventually, I had the claws of my front paws in Meowmie's sweatshirt while the vet did whatever he wanted to do with me. Apparently, they saw my bladder on a monitor, and the vet said it looked fine, something that made Meowmie very very happy.
The vet suggested to treat me with a homeopathic remedy, which means nothing else that I have to take nasty pills again! Meowmie gives them to me every night - she still does that -, and as much as I destest it, I have to admit that I'm feeling better ever since. No more bladder problems at the moment, and life is much more fun without that constant, terrible urge to pee.
2007
Not much going on this year, except that Meowmie was very sick. I, too, had my ups and downs. As every year in January, I was ill with another bladder infection. Meowmie thinks it's from the stress caused by the fireworks on New Year's. I really hate them, I fear them so much!
Anyway, Meowmie was at home for 4 weeks in the Spring because she was too sick to work, she said she was suffering from a burn out syndrom, and her thyroid disease. Later that year, she even had to go to hospital for an abdominal surgery. She was away for 5 days! Her mommy and a neighbor were looking after us, and when Meowmie came back, she was very much in pain and I wasn't allowed to rest on her belly for a while. But after a couple of weeks, everything was back to normal.
2008
Again, Meowmie's in poor health this year. Stress, worries, thyroid and back problems made her so ill that she had to go to a clinic for a long time! Lily and I were alone half of the summer, and we started to believe that Meowmie wasn't coming back. She even missed my 8th Gotcha Day! Twice a day, her mommy came to see us, she gave us our food, cleaned our boxes and petted us. After a while, I was looking foward to "grandma" and spend some time in her lap every day. She seemed to like that, even though I think she likes Lily better than me! Hah, that annoying Lily who can be such a nuisance! She's always stalking me and jumping at me from behind! I'm often grumpy when she's approaching, but who could blame me!? Of course Meowmie wouldn't, she totally understands!
Meowmie, however, came finally back after 6 longs weeks. I was really confused when she was suddenly there, because I started believing she had abandoned us. But she told us she never would, and she said she missed us so very much while she was at the clinic. I'm really happy she came back to us!
2009
By the end of 2008, Meowmie started working fulltime again, but when the new year started, there was a cold winter and since there wasn't much to do in the office where Meowmie was working, she was home and spent a lot of time with us. But it didn't take long that she decided that our home was in need for a new look, and she started painting the walls. We hated the smell, but the mess was kind of interesting for us! One room after another got new colors, and the entire project wore on till May. By the time Meowmie finished her redecorating job, she dealt with various illnesses again, and felt completely worn out.
Not to forget, I became very ill, too! By the end of March, I suddenly felt so sick, and I threw up the entire day. When Meowmie came home from work and saw how sick I was, she took me to the vet. She even brought me there a second time the same night when I didn't feel any better. I was ill for several days, and had to spend an entire day at the vet's office for lots of tests, x-ray, and an enema. I finally felt better after that; our vet said that my bowels were completely constipated. I hated being at the vet's, but in the end, I was grateful when I finally felt better. And so was Meowmie, who was extremely worried about me.
As the year went on, Meowmie felt more and more ill herself. Eventually she wasn't able to work, and now she's here at home with us. Of course Lily and I enjoy this a lot, but we know that Meowmie's not happy with her situation, and that's making us sad.
And I found a new addiction!! I have always loved being around the computer, but recently I found out that it's so much fun! Meowmie's playing all these little games on Facebook, and I'm always trying to catch the animated figures. I love this!! Now I'm always waiting for Meowmie to play!
2010
My New year's resolution: I won't allow Lily to tease me all the time!! She went clearly over the edge on Christmas Eve 2009 when she didn't let me sleep in Meowmie's bed! Meowmie and I decided that it cannot go on like this. Meowmie got me Bachflower remedies and pheromones to support me, and meanwhile, I started to believe in myself and my abilities, and I'm defying Lily. Needless to say, Lily's not happy about it - Hah!! But the girl is going through some rough times anyway. Recently, the vet found out that her urea levels are slightly increased, and Meowmie's giving her injections. I hate to see her screaming in pain, but at the same time, I'm happy that it's not me who's getting these shots!