Nefer died last night. She was born June 1, 1996, so she was 14 years old which is fairly old for a cat. She was blind for the last couple of years and wasn't interested in doing much of anything other than sleeping, so she lived in our master bathroom. (It's a very large bathroom with two big windows, so it was a nice place for her.)
Bentley, Jake and Viva did not interact with Nefer very much. She was too old to be playful and too fragile to be picked up by the children.
Nefer was a fun cat in her prime. We had a bird feeder at our old home that was mounted to the window and she loved stalking the birds. Of course, she never got one because of the window was between her and the birds, but she enjoyed trying and she did a great job chirping at them. (I'd never heard a cat chirp before Nefer.)
She was an indoor kitty, but once in a while we'd take her outside. She did not like the outdoors. She had a typical Siamese meow, which is not a pleasant sound.
When we brought Nefer home, we had another cat, Pharaoh. He was four when Nefer joined our home. Nefer loved to curl up next to Pharaoh. Pharaoh had a gorgeous, thick coat of fur and was always a good source of heat. Nefer's coat of fur was quite sparse for a Siamese. She had beautiful blue eyes--true blue Siamese!
We're grateful for the years we had with Nefer.
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