Elderly kitties - Did you have one?

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Connor & Princess are 10 years old this year. We never had cats make it pass 6 before
let alone 10.
 

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My dear, sweet, best friend Ming (grey tabby/Siamese mix, was a stray) lived to be a little past 17. I lost her 4 years ago July 15th, and miss her every day. She was the smartest cat I ever knew, and the most affectionate. She once, at age 16, left home for 6 weeks; we thought she was dead, but showed up one night! She was an amazing kitty.

The oldest cat we have now is Hobbes; a neighbor's neglected cat. The other neighbors estimated his age to be about 11 or 12 over 2 years ago, so Hobbes must be about 14. And to think, up until we got him, he had already spent half his life outdoors, thrown out by the abusive jackass of a husband of that neighbor. And, despite that, and also being de-clawed, he survived somehow. It's amazing that Hobbes loves and trusts people as much as he does; he's such a sweetheart.


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I don't have a older kitty, because I only have my 2 and Miagi is around 4-5 years now and Tiger is like 5 but this girl Hailee is like 15 at the shelter where I volunteer she is so sweet.

I would adopt her if I could but no more cats for me, I am happy with my two.


she's been at the shelter for a year tomorrow.


 

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My childhood kitty Flash lived to be fourteen, and she was indoor/outdoor.
 

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Tiger was just over 20 when she passed. I had had her since I was 4. She was all I knew. She was an indoor/outdoor cat who had lived everywhere from Texas, to the hills in TN, to the city. She ran away once after we moved and was gone for 6 weeks. We think she was trying to find her way back home, but she came back to us unexpectedly. She was the oldest that our vet had seen, and the vet called regularly to check on her. I had moved out of state when she passed, and my mom didn't tell me for 2 months. She knew I would be upset. The last time I was in town and saw her, I said my goodbyes. I figured it would be the last time then.

OH!! About 2 months after she passed, I had a dream that she was at the back door. I ran to her, and she told me somehow, that she was OK, and she was back, but she could not be my kitty anymore, she had to go to someone else. I woke up crying. Makes me cry now just to think about that dream. At least that makes me believe she is OK.
 

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Right now my oldest cat is Shane. He'll be 10 in October. However, my precious Snoopy lived to be 20. He passed on the Rainbow Bridge in February of 2005. I wish he was still here with me, because he was my soul kitty. I loved him more than anything in life.
 

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Gemini is 15 and is still jumping to the top of refrigerators and acting like a young girl. We think she is going to live forever
 

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The oldest cat we had was our sweet girl Maggie.
She was just 2 days shy of her 19th Birthday when she died.
She was 5 weeks old when we got her.
 

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Growing up, we had 2 cats that lived until 12 and 13.

But my kitty right now has them beat. Mistoflees is 15 years old this month.
He gets a clean bill of health from the vet every year

When Sneaky Pie bugs him, he lets her know he's annoyed


We got him when we moved into the house. He's lived through a med deployment when it was just the 2 of us, and then 2 kids. And he's put up with Sneaky Pie for the last 6 years, and she is a pest. She'll "hide" and then jump on him (annoying the heck out of him too).

And he was always so good around them, never bit or scratched them when the girls were little. I always remember him jumping over the baby gates when he'd had enough of the kids
I don't think he'd be able to do it now.

It's going to be so hard when we have to say good-bye to this cat. Hopefully it's not going to be for a couple of years.
 

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My first kitty just passed away about a month ago now. One of her kidneys failed in December and she kept on keepin on till May at age 17.5! She was my x-mas gift from Santa when I was 4, and slept with me every night!
 

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The oldest cat I've ever known is my ex-teacher's Bonnie, who is 25 this summer.

Tom is about ten--he could be older, though. His physical abilities aren't what they were 2 years ago when we brought him home, but he's still got at least two good years in him, I would bet more.
I sure hope so.
 

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My Blackie lived to be 14 1/2. Sash is now 14, he looks and acts just like a kid though.
 

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My oldest cat was Fluffy. She lived to be 21. When she was 12 he had her fangs removed due to disease, and that's when they discovered she had cardiomyopathy. I figured that was what she would "pass on" from but it never progressed it anything fatal. It did get worse as she got older, but it was a fast growing tumor in her mouth that lead us to put her to sleep.


I'm very thankful for the many years we had her. I got her when she was 2 and had her ever since. When she was put to sleep, it eased my mind that she had so many wonderful years and a happy life!
 
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Originally Posted by Yorda

The oldest cat I have had was 20, but I adopted her when she already 18 years old so I don't know if that counts.
Anything counts as long as they were yours. It doesnt matter if they are cats you used to have, or ones you have now as well
 

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My RB girl Shasta was 21 when she went to the Bridge. She came into my life when she was 7 weeks old and really was the cat who taught me about cats. Nibs was 15+, Gryphon was 13+.
 

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Our oldest cat was Friskie. My grandparents found her on the side of the road when she was about 8 weeks old. They stopped and asked the farmer about her and brought her home...so we're sure of her age. She was 23 1/2 when she finally passed! We also had a Siamese male named Toby that lived to be 20! People always asked us what we fed them!
 
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