Freja, a twelve-year-old Maine Coon, went missing on 25 July. No one hoped she would return, even though her owner kept posting notices and offering rewards for finding her. Freja’s companion, a white cat named Alwin, stopped eating and drinking out of longing. After six weeks, the owners found Freja; the cat is now fighting for her life.
On Sunday, 25 July, at around 4:00 p.m., Freja was seen in Park Bonina. The shaggy, 7-kilogram, twelve-year-old Maine Coon vanished without a trace. A few days later, Mrs Maria, Freja’s owner, wrote on her fan page:
There is probably no longer any chance that Freja will return; she was simply stolen from Park Bonina just 15 minutes after leaving the house, because absolutely no one saw her afterward. I have just cancelled the cat groomer, because my little cat’s fur needs to be trimmed quickly, and her medicines, hairball paste and food for a sterilised elderly cat? She will get diarrhoea from any other kind…
Freja had been gone for a week, and her companion, Alwin the cat, missed her terribly. He stopped eating and drinking, became very weak and only called for the little cat. The cats had always been together. Mrs Maria did not give up.
It has been a week today since the little cat went without her medication. She vanished without a trace. Her friend, 13-year-old Alwin, misses her terribly. He has not wanted to eat or drink since she disappeared; he only searches for her and calls out. The vet says that this condition could lead to the worst, because the cat is depressed. Freja, come back, because Alwin is waiting, and so are all of us.
On 20 August, Mrs Maria announced that Freja had not returned, and that their beloved Alwin had passed away the day before. She added: longing kills.
It seemed that after this sad event, everyone had lost hope that Freja would return, although the owners tirelessly searched allotments, basements and every corner, refusing to give up. Their strength and faith, as well as the small act of heroism built on love, paid off.
We recovered Freja after six weeks. She was in a private, rarely visited basement without food or water. Her condition is terrible, but we are doing what we can. The important thing is that she is alive and fighting.
Mrs Maria added: “We are heading for blood tests now; we need to check the extent of the body’s deterioration, because she is severely dehydrated and has muscle loss. It is a shame that Alwin did not live to see this.”
We wish Freja a speedy recovery. The most important thing is that she is once again among those who love her and are caring for her attentively.
