Cat Breeds Picture Gallery: Sasha, Manx Cat

Sasha, my adorable Manx kitty, is somewhat handicapped with the syndrome Manxes can get. She used to drag her back legs when she was a kitten but now she can get around really well and hop all over the place like a bunny rabbit. She loves to try to sneak outside and was missing last year for six days to which I was so worried and upset for her. It was terrible! I put up pictures of her everywhere, alerted the vets in town because if somebody stole her or found her, they may bring her in when they realize that she don't walk too good and may think she is injured. don't know where she was but on the sixth day, when my husband opened the front door in the morning to go to work, she ran in the door yowling and meowing. I was so happy and thrilled that I just picked her up and kissed her all over her face and nose!

At night when my husband is in the recliner and I am sitting right besides him on the couch, she loves to get right between us so we can both pet her at the same time and tell her how beautiful and smart and wonderful she is. When I am on my stairstepper exercising, she loves to get up on the seat of the healthrider right next to me or on the other side of the stairstepper, sit on the sit-up bench. She will tilt her head to the side and talk her head off to me and so all kinds of antics that are cute. I took my camera out with me yesterday to exercise so I could catch her and this is the picture I got of her telling me, whatever it is, what she is telling me. I think she is telling me how happy she is and that she loves us but still doesn't understand why I like to make my legs go up and down fast and get nowhere fast!

We also have two Manx sisters of hers living with us. Sasha is our middle child so that may be why she has to have all the extra attention! I have been taking her outside on a leash instead of her trying to escape to enjoy the outdoors. She will sit on the front porch swing with me and we will swing together and talk about the other neighborhood cats and watch the birds together.