So sorry to hear about her grief for her brother. Yes, it has been proven beyond doubt that animals grieve, too. After Jester died, I gave myself a couple of weeks to grieve before I started to look for a new little kitten to love. I was blessed to find a near-clone of her, both in looks and brains. My very religious friend Chani told me that "G-d helped you to find all of your cats, and He will help you to find your new kitten. He will show you with signs and wonders which kitten is meant to be yours." The next night, for some odd reason, I went into my first-ever chat room, a cat chat room. I chatted mostly with someone whose screen name was "X10" (not her real screen name). I then logged off for the night. In the morning, I tuned into a webpage where people post pictures of their pets. When I saw Kefira's kitten picture on the internet, I thought someone had stolen one of Jester's baby pictures and posted it. I actually started to convulse right there in my computer chair. The picture was posted by "Y2G" (not her real screen name). For some reason, I still don't know why, I Googled "Y2G" and found a post from another forum. In that post, it said that "...and X10 is my
other screen name." OMG. Turn on the "Twilight Zone music! Turned out that Kefira was an orphan saved from certain death on the street at 1 week of age, with her sibs, and X10 was a foster mom for a Rochester, NY no-kill animal shelter. X10 and her 5 teenage kids nursed the 5 kittens every 2 hours and pulled 3 of them through. The Jester twin would be up for adoption in a few weeks. I flew up to Rochester, NY to go and get her. And she is my precious girl 7 years later.
Jester, of blessed memory
Kefira, her little clone
You’re probably one of the few people who wouldn’t think I was stark staring mad when I tell the stories of how I got my pets.
[it’s never in “the normal way”]
About 25 years ago my wife’s brother and his wife found “kitty”. They went back and forth for about 2 months about a name. The cat did answer to kitty and the name stuck. Kitty could have been a twin/triplet for your two. I never saw a Calico with a black mask before or since. Good luck with your little one.