Erato

Update 28.2.2026:

Now they are at the shelter. Erato is about 4 years and healthy.

They are safe and in our care.

What beautiful animals.

They are happy to be together.

Although their lives were turned upside down, we are doing our best to turn it right side up again.

So far, so good.

Erato is the momma (left), Lyra is the little girl (although she is as big as her momma, right).

After some time to decompress, we will put them up for adoption. For the meanwhile we are pampering them with loads of attention and allowing them time to get used to our space.

Her story:

If you’ve been down at the Old Harbor in Chania, you’ve seen Erato and her baby girl.

They live on a boat.

Well, they lived on a boat with their owner.

Their owner has become ill, has been hospitalized and can no longer care for them. The harbor police asked from the municipality to have them removed from the boat.

The harbor police had tried to contact me a few days ago but I had not had the time to get back to them.

Today at the vet, although not accustomed to doing so, my vet asked me for help because she could not see this animal “released” on to the street.

That was when she took me to where Erato was in her cage and I immediately recognized her!

She was to be released on to the street?This animal had always had an owner!

So I agreed to take her and her baby girl (who is on the boat as I write) tomorrow.

Welcome Erato, I hope the shelter will be temporary. With your beauty, it probably will.

Erato is estimated at four years old.

Today she was neutered and clinically checked by the vet. She is leishmania negative and healthy.