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Mochi
British Shorthair, fifteen years old. Retired lap warmer and full time window supervisor.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Fifteen Years of Quiet Authority
Mochi does not run to the door. She does not chase the laser with any real conviction. What she does, and has done with total consistency since 2011, is find the warmest square metre in any room and hold it. She has watched three sofas come and go and outlasted them all. This page is her record, kept the way she would want it: unhurried.
Age
15 years
Weight
5.4 kg (a respectable heft)
Naps per day
6, minimum
Preferred perch
the radiator shelf, second from the window
Tolerance for other cats
historically low, currently zero
🐾 A long and comfortable life01.05.2011 – 01.06.2026
01.05.2011Born in a breeder's kitchen in the Borders, the grumpiest of the litter.
01.05.2011
01.02.2012Chose this family, specifically the one person allergic to cats, out of spite.
01.02.2012
01.09.2016Claimed the good armchair by the window. Never relinquished it.
01.09.2016
01.11.2021Officially went senior. Naps extended. Standards, if anything, rose.
01.11.2021
01.06.2026Still supervising. Still smug. Still the warmest thing in the house.
01.06.2026
LOADING COORDINATES...
Holding court from the couch
The look you get for being three minutes late with dinner
Fully asleep, technically still supervising
Contemplating whether to acknowledge you
Younger years, same expression
"She has never once come when called, and somehow the whole house still runs on her schedule.
"Mochi's family