4 feline house, you are so caring of your cats...so they must be loving and good house cats as a result. There are people who want to adopt older cats like that. This is just a thought...so feel free to not like it. What if you started to make friends now with a no-kill cat refuge or rescue group? There might be some support you could give that's reasonable for you in your circumstances. Then, when you are no longer able to take care of your lovely cats, these people might find other good homes for them. There's a wonderful animal refuge in Texas where no animal is turned away or put down (unless for medical reasons). Cats are specially loved there, too.
Go to http://www.utopiarescue.com
Especially go visit the page where Kinky Friedman, who founded Utopia Rescue, has written an epilogue on the loss of his cat, Cuddles. Kinky is also the author of a series of detective novels where the main characters are himself & this very cat, Cuddles.
Go to http://www.utopiarescue.com/epilogue.htm


[This message has been edited by Angels3 (edited February 22, 2001).]