PT Matriarch Update

[catmandu]

The Princess has turned 16,and despite being sight challenged is doing well.

Shes my Very Own Little Princess!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Thanks for the uppydates!

Meg, how in the world could I have forgotten Tucker!?

I'm so sorry to hear her health is in decline, but by the pics, it looks like she's still getting around and enjoying life. Tubby also started sleeping very very deeply in his last year or two, and Peanut has started it too....and I know Slick experienced the same thing with Speckles. When Peanut is in one of her deep sleeps, I can actually pick her head up and bob it up and down at will without her waking up! The first time I noticed it, I thought she was dead! Fortunately I panicked enough and moved her around enough that she woke up - whew! Scared the daylights out of me!

Thanks again everyone for the uppydates on your seniors. Appears everyone is getting older, but is still in relative good health - yippeee!!!

[Catty1]

Meg - there was someone on here whose cat had a URI - and they also tried a bit of an antihistamine, which worked really well to dry up sniffles and sneezes.

Just wondering your vet might try one to make dear Tucker a little more comfy.

Hugs to you - what a lovely girl she is, with a thick coat!

catty1

[slick]

Yes folks, I can attest that sending a furbaby to the Bridge is not fun but definitely much, much better to do at home. For me, it was very expensive, but well worth it as I held Speckles close to me and we sat on her favourite side of the couch. I will do it again with Max although he is only 13 and I hope to have him for at least 3 or 4 more years.

Deep Sleep Syndrome? Ha! There were times that I would poke Speckles really hard several times and she still didn't wake up. When she finally did lift her head and open one eye, it was like "Whhaaattt????"

What a beautiful girl Tucker is and I pray that you have a few more wonderful years with her.

[Logan]

Aren't our Matriarchs wonderful?? I need to post a new picture of Mimi and I have some on my other computer, but this is the one I had on Imagestation from the Super Bowl.........



Mimi is doing fine. She is slowing down, but overall, I am very pleased with the 5 pound girl. She is still feisty, lets Butter know who is boss, and loves us completely.

Mimi will turn 17 next month.

Logan

[Glacier]

Kasha is still doing very well. She was 16 in January. No health problems at all(knock on wood). She still hates the dogs, but is learning to tolerate the other cats. She even sleeps near them sometimes now, especially if there is a sunbeam in the area!

She's my snugglebug girl and happiest when she is being held.

[Sonia59]

They are all lovely .

This thread is a good idea! I don't know exacty why, but these kitties have something special.

[Lizzie]

Ginger turns 20 this month and I need to stop working in the garden long enough to take photos and post a happy birthday thread on her this week. She's been deaf for a few years but her sight is good. She sometimes shows slight head tremors, had intermittent small nose bleeds this winter due to dry air, tends to make sloppy poops, pees over the side of the box, and has mild renal failure. But all in all, she's in good health and she's certainly capable of smacking around the other cats. It's amazing to see cats twice her size walk a wide circle around her. She's coped with the addition of 6 new cats within the past three weeks extremely well, and I even saw her ease her way into the middle of two of them yesterday (when the weather turned a little cool). Apart from putting Metamucil in her wet food, I've also decided to not treat her to any medication or fluids. She's had a very good life and is still enjoying it.

Last year I lost her 19 year old sister (Little One), her 18 year old sister (Simka), and my Artful Dodger who was 17. I've just adopted a 15 year old and a 13 year old from the shelter, and my Macduff is 14 or 15 or could be more.

It's good to hear about the other older cats, their problems and lack of them, and how their caregivers are deciding to care for them.