I've found the responses to this thread to be very touching. Thanks all for sharing your 'old' cats!
Louise
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I've found the responses to this thread to be very touching. Thanks all for sharing your 'old' cats!
Louise
Well my Trevor and Andy were kittens when I got them but I must say I prefer the wise old gentlemen that they have become. They are mellow although still have some play left in them, and it's been years since they have broken anything! LOL!
P.S. Trevor is now 12 and Andy is 9.
Odin is a wonderfully handsome cat - I love the "rainbow" toes!
My most recent adoption of two sets of siblings were babies but before that I had never had a kitten and likely never will again. As I prefer and and am drawn to elderly people, so do I prefer older cats. They have a grace and dignity about them and I love bringing them into my home. I try to imagine where they have been and what they could tell me about - and I just really enjoy giving them a good life that maybe they did not have before. I have enjoyed my kittens immensely - but they are so very active and into trouble. I am 50 myself and starting to "settle in" and as always - I prefer the older animals. There is just something about them!
Our last geriatric was Ernie and he was my daughter Missy's cat. He was with her as a toddler and he was with her when she was about to get married. When she left for college, he looked for her and slept on her bed until she came home for visits. He always stayed up with her late into the night and then followed her to bed when she fell asleep. He also loved her hubby-to-be which was important to her - he did NOT like some of her earlier boyfriends. Then, Ernie fell ill with kidney failure. The disease made him slow and thin over the months and he quit eating. He waited until the day before her wedding, when she was home to give him lots of attention - and then he fell asleep in his favorite spot and did not wake up again. I know he waited to see his Missy once again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...4-05/ernie.jpg
An older pet is ideal for an older person because they are not as likely to be left to grieve when their owners are gone.
The older cat already has the established personality and so can be good pets for children.
The older cat tends to be quieter and more lovable - requiring less care.
The older cat is ideal for an older person because they are happy to sit in laps and nap.
I LOVE older cats!!
:) I have adopted older cats & would do again in a heart beat.. I think of this way they are just as human as us & we dont want to be abandened just because we grew up & got older.