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Update: 14 August 2026

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Cassie & Elly 🐾

15 years old (2026) | European Shorthair / Tuxedo sisters

Cassie and Elly are sisters from the same litter and the very first cats I ever adopted. They were born in a friend’s garage to a stray cat they had been feeding. I knew very little about cats at the time—not even their sexes when I brought them home at about 4 weeks of age.

Despite being sisters, they couldn’t be more different.

Elly is friendly, sociable, outgoing, and loves people. She is incredibly vocal and has no problem screaming at me in the morning until I get out of bed. She loves a vigorous bum pat, can be quite the bossy girl with the other cats, and is very jealous when she’s getting attention from me—anyone else trying to join in will promptly be swatted away! Elly is medicated for hypertension and is FIV+.

Cassie is the complete opposite: über-shy, sensitive, and deeply attached to me. Anyone coming into the house—or even knocking on the door—will usually send her straight into hiding inside the sofa. She is very nervous and has sometimes self-harmed during periods of stress. Yet with me, she is incredibly loving and very chatty. She tells me the most earnest little stories, and I only wish I could understand what she is trying to say.

Cassie suffers from severe separation anxiety and her favourite thing in the world is, apparently, *me*. She is always watching where I am and what I’m doing. She enjoys her evening walks around the terrace, and will only come out of hiding for two other people: my mum and my friend Graciela. She especially loves visits from my mum, whom she completely trusts and will happily go to for cuddles. Cassie also loves making biscuits on my chest.

And despite their very different personalities, both girls have one thing in common: *they like to sleep as close to my face as physically possible. ❤️

Fifteen years on, these two tiny garage kittens are still my little girls, and I can’t imagine my life without them.

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