Originally posted by rosethecopycat
The old ones, they deserve a good life.
I couldn't agree more, Rose.

I got Cracker Jack in January of this year (2005) and he is 7 years old. There is no way I was going to bring a kitten into the house with 16 year old Peanut, and after seeing what a fire cracker Cracker Jack is, boy am I glad I listened to myself! And Peanut is doubly glad I listened to myself!

Just because a cat is a little older doesn't mean all it's going to do is sleep all day. Older cats have personalities too. Kittens are so easy to fall for, but older cats provide a comfort, warmth and stability that a kitten is too young to have achieved.

I don't know think I will ever, on-purpose, adopt a kitten again. I just love the older, wiser adult cats. So many of them have such sad stories about being abandoned or having their life long caretakers die on them that they really do deserve a good home where they can live out their lives in peace comfort and spoildness.