While I’m working or watching TV, I can hear this soft snorfling from my Norwegian Forest Cat or Wegie as they are also known. In Norway, they are referred to as Skogkatt (forest cat). And my favorite name for the breed is Fairy Cats!
My Fairy Cat’s name is Buffy. We adopted her from a rescue shelter in 2003. She was about four months old and sold herself with her friendly nature and lying on her back in our arms.
This breed is a large, semi-longhaired cat. They have a double coat. The outer hair is long and waterproof while the under coat is downy and insulating. This coat is designed to withstand the cold Scandinavian winters. Buffy has hair exploding all over her body, out of her ears and paws. She is very fluffy.
The females range from 8-16 pounds and the males from 12-20 pounds, some grow to gigantic sizes of 30 pounds or more. They are intelligent cats. They can come in a wide variety of colors and patterns.
The Norwegian Forest Cat is an old breed with several mentions of large, longhaired cats in Norse mythology and is likely the cats that Viking explorers took on their ships to control rodents.
Wegies are generally a friendly cat. Once around Christmas, carolers came to our door. Buffy jumped on the half-wall by the door and peeked her head around the corner and greeted them with a questioning meow that seemed to say, “Did you come just to see me?” The poor carolers tried to hold it together but couldn’t and cracked up. They had a hard time getting it back together to finish their song. She much prefers men, and when people come to visit she likes to visit with them.
Norse legend refers to the skogkatt as a “mountain-dwelling fairy cat with an ability to climb sheer rock faces that other cats could not manage.” My fairy cat hasn’t climbed any rock faces, but she does love to go up high. When other cats would run and run and run from a dog or children who are after them, Buffy goes high. Rather then run, she will jump up on the nearest thing and climb out of reach, then look down upon her would-be pursuer, knowing they can’t reach her.
From day one, she was madly, deeply, head-over-heels in love with my husband. I grew up with cats from as long as I can remember. We’ve had scads of cats over the years, so I was experienced in petting and favorite places they like to be scratched. Whereas my husband had only ever encountered mean cats when he was young. I would be scratching Buffy and petting her and getting her to purr. Then my husband would walk in the room, and she would purr louder. He would look at her and her purring increased. Then he would talk to her, and she would purr even louder. Then when he’d finally touch her, that’s when the double purr rattle would kick in. All while I’m holding her as I was doing to get her to purr in the first place.
When my husband would go outside to do yard work or something, Buffy would sit at the door crying loudly for him. I would call her name to let her know she wasn’t alone. She would glance back at me and give a soft meow, then turn back to the door and cry.
Don’t get me wrong, Buffy loves me, but she is naturally drawn to men.
And I love my Buffy, princess fairy cat!
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MARY DAVIS s a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. Her 2018 titles include; "Holly and Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection (January), Courting Her Amish Heart (March), The Widow’s Plight (July), Courting Her Secret Heart (September), “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in The MISSAdventure Brides Collection (December), and Courting Her Prodigal Heart (January 2019). She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-four years and two cats. She has three adult children and two incredibly adorable grandchildren. Find her online at:
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