I believe I had seven cats as a child...honestly don't remember most as I was very young. They where all indoor/outdoor and they just "disappeared". I know my dad backed over a neighbor's cat that thankfully I didn't see but he went over and apologized. The longest cat we had was Gigi that we got when I was nine. When we moved to CA my dad gave her to a friend about 40 miles away. I decided not to drive across the country to move and stayed with my best friend for the summer about 20 miles away from my home. My dad dropped me off and then took Gigi to her new home. About three weeks later, she appeared on my best friends lawn!!!! We had a hard time believing it was her but it was!! I called my dad and told him we were getting her a first class ticket to California with me!!!!!!!She died of old age when I was twenty plus. I think she died of sadness from missing me when I left home but she was a ripe old age.

My next two died young of heart failure and the other of diabetes and subsequent kidney problems I'd guess. Thank the good God my two now are healthy as horses (knock wood) and I hope they will be with me for a very long time.
Claudia