Teen/senior kitties please check in

[Glacier]

LOL! I guess she figures she lived long enough and been through enough in her time, that she deserves to have a bit of catitude!!!

I love her ears! WOW!

I figure that if I'd been dumped in my senior years at a scary shelter, then had to adjust to a whole new home full of other critters, I'd be a little cranky too! It was not Puff's owners' fault that she got dumped, but she doesn't know that! She just knows her whole world vanished! Fortunately, I find her attitude kind of amusing! I mean really, she weighs all of 6 pounds! She's not exactly terrifying no matter what she thinks!

The edge of her ear feels a little different than the rest. I suspect she was an outdoor cat at some point and maybe had a bit of frostbite.

[kimlovescats]

Please give her some love from me! I can see beneath that tough exterior and know she is a real pussycat at heart!!!

[rosethecopycat]

Samantha, you look mahvelous, as usual.
Miss Tucker, you keep on hanging in there.





Our Malfi is very old. Considering he's lived another 3 years since we got him (by fostering) and he was close to death, we think it's a miracle that he's added 3 years onto his advanced age.


He's so broken down, but completely happy just to lay on our bed. Bless him.

I have SUCH a soft spot for the Oldsters.

[koxka]

Love seeing all the Senior PT kitties.

WoW, Tucker 24!
Lori, didn't know Ripley was "so" senior. What OCD stand for?
Puff, you look like an Elf.
Rosethecopycat, those eyes on the second picture!


Since Koxka passed at the age of 14 y.o. from cancer, Iuri, is my senior kitty.He was 12 y.o. on May. He is the most soulful kitty I have ever met.He is doing well, except for some skin issues that doesn't look to bother him and that I can easily fix with some ointment .So no stressful visits to the vet since the blood work doesn't show nothing abnormal.

A bad picture (the flash didn't come off) of him from yesterday.

[jazzcat]

Lori, didn't know Ripley was "so" senior. What OCD stand for?

Iuri is gorgeous - what beautiful blue eyes!

OCD stands for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Here's a link I found quickly that describes it. I haven't done a lot of research online so I'm not sure how great this website is but at least it covers the basis of the problem.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

[koxka]

Thank you for the link, interesting. Do you think Ripley is stressed or bored?

[Sonia59]

Great thread! I love seeing all your senior kitties

[jazzcat]

Thank you for the link, interesting. Do you think Ripley is stressed or bored?

Definitely now it's stress. As he's aged he's become so easily stressed and sweaty paws is a sign he is stressing. It's amazing to see how bad his paws sweat at the vet. He leaves big wet paw prints all over the exam table. When he gets stressed here you can see his sweaty paw prints on the hardwood floor. Usually I find paw prints and wads of his hair where he starts pulling it out. He also tries to eat the broom when he stresses.

He did strange and quirky things when he was young and back then I believe most of it was boredom. He was an only kitty for the first 10 years of his life.