Cat Molly and her sibling Morse made it through the preliminary Cyclone Gabrielle flood after their owners needed to leave their Twyford home on the early morning of February 14, however a week later on when Hastings got another heavy rainstorm of rain, they both disappeared.
More than 16 years earlier, Kirsty and Phil Greer discovered the 2 cats disposed as kittens on the orchard that backs onto their property, and they have actually belonged of the family given that.
Due to the truth the cats were old and hadn’t remained in automobiles and around great deals of individuals, the couple made the hard choice to leave them at home when they were informed to leave on the early morning of the flood.
Before leaving, Kirsty and Phil put the cats’ preferred baskets up high and left food out, so fortunately Molly and Morse left the flooding that swept through the lower half of Greer’s two-storey house in Twyford Rd.
However, a week after Cyclone Gabrielle hit, due to a mix of great deals of individuals and cars being around to assist with cyclone clean-up and an unexpected rainstorm of heavy rain, both Molly and Morse vanished.
Fifteen-year-old Morse was put down after going missing out on from his Twyford home after Cycylone Gabrielle. Photo / Supplied
“It was very busy and I think the cats may have gotten a bit spooked with lots of other people around,” said Kirsty.
A week later on Morse made his method home after traipsing through silt and mud. Sadly, the family needed to put him down after he ended up being extremely ill, with what Kirsty thinks was a form of leptospirosis, which can be discovered in soil and water.
As for Molly, she was still missing out on. The Greers kept leaving food out and kept looking and walking around the orchards and homes in Twyford, yet after 2 weeks the family started to lose hope and quit searching.
Then, more than 4 weeks after at first going missing out on, Kirsty and Phil’s niece saw an online post including a cat that looked precisely like Molly.
The family who had actually discovered Molly hiding in their shed lived 15km away down Omarunui Rd.
16-year-old Molly is delighting in cuddles at home in the sun with her owner Phil Greer. Photo / Supplied
“We took one look at the photo and said that’s our Molly, we don’t know how she got there though,” said Kirsty.
They can just think, however the Greers believe she might have delved into a vehicle of somebody who was assisting with the clean-up.
“We still just don’t quite understand how she got over there,” said Phil.
The family who discovered Molly had actually been feeding her for a couple of days prior to she might be gotten. The Greers brought flowers and chocolates due to the fact that they were so grateful that somebody had actually discovered her.
It’s the very first time Kirsty and Phil had actually been over that side of the river given that Cyclone Gabrielle hit and they were blown away by how bad the damage was.
“For Molly to have made it all the way over there and get into a shed, to then be found was incredible,” Kristy said.
Molly enjoys to be home after winding up 15km throughout the river and far from home. Photo / Supplied
Her owners said when they selected her up she was incredibly light and slim however looked good in the eyes.
Kirsty said there have actually been no indications of lepto, which was terrific news for the couple.
Now being home for a couple of days, Molly is livening up and enjoying her preferred area upstairs, was unblemished by the Cyclone Gabrielle floods.
“She’s purring, eating and drinking so we are very very happy,” Kirsty said.
Kirsty and Phil desire others to understand not to quit hope and said, “This shows that your pet really could show up anywhere, and don’t stop looking.”
