Teen/senior kitties please check in

[Anikaca77]

Puff is still so beautiful. She looks like my Sebastian (he's 5)

I've attached a photo of him.

I'm not sure how old Puff is. Her shelter papers say 10, my vet says older, but not sure how much. He says Puff has "some serious life experience."

She's doing alright. She's not exactly healthy, but we can't quite figure out what's wrong with her! She has some bowel issues and doesn't groom herself anymore.

She has an attitude problem too! Can't you feel the love from her?

She's actually only nasty to other cats near her food and dogs. She despises the dogs. She is quite sweet and snuggly with me and fortunately lets me brush her. She lost most of her mane a couple days ago when I cut the mats out.

[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

[Pawla]

Ellie would have been seventeen in May, but passed on to the bridge in March due to contaminated pet food. I guess Squeak is a senior at age ten, although she thinks she's a princess. She has a REAL cattitude, as she likes me MOST of the time, but as for anyone or anything else she's not so nice! She's my girl though, and I LOVE HER!

[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.

[jazzcat]

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Oh my gosh Pawla, are you sure you didn't catnap my Dad's cat? This is Miss Kitty. She's around 11-12 years old and is a stray that showed up at his house about 10-11 years ago.




Those pictures are probably four years old and she's a bit thinner these days. Also, she was almost named Squeaky because she doesn't have a loud meow, just a little squeak that is adorable.

[Pawla]

Oh my gosh Pawla, are you sure you didn't catnap my Dad's cat? This is Miss Kitty. She's around 11-12 years old and is a stray that showed up at his house about 10-11 years ago.




Those pictures are probably four years old and she's a bit thinner these days. Also, she was almost named Squeaky because she doesn't have a loud meow, just a little squeak that is adorable.

They do look A LOT alike! I think Miss Kitty has a little darker area on her nose, but that's about the only difference.

Squeak was a stray also. She was found around the age of four weeks in an abandoned car, in the pouring rain, soaking wet, and screaming her head off. I do have to give the ex credit for that, since he did bring her home.

Her original name was Lucy, but her whiny, high pitched meow quickly got her name changed.