So glad to hear she ( and Dadcat) are feeling somewhat better. I have no personal experience with elderly kitties, just with elderly humans. If you ever need that kind advice, I'll share. I know older kitties seem to get skinnier, and can still hang on and enjoy life for quite a while. My boss' cat is 17 and they have noticed he's lost weight as well. They've never had a cat before, so they are new to this as well.

Oh, give Kohala skritches for me, okay? (And if Dadcat's jealous, give him a hug from me, too - that way you get one yourself, too!) Tell kohala that when I was grwoing up, my whole neighborhood was populated by Tux kitties, most often polydactyl tuxies to boot! So to me, a tux is what kitties were "supposed" to look like, and when the girls across the street "imported" a little calico kitty, it took me a while to appreciate that she was just as normal a cat as the others!