Hi, I joined here over 11 years ago, Ozzy had come to us a few months previously, a rescue cat age guessed at 3 years when we took him. But he was a hard to home cat, due to him not being over friendly. Anyway, we still have him, so he's at least 15 years old, I'm not sure how accurate ageing of a cat is in their younger years.
Our cat before him lived to 16, a healthy life, until one day he suddenly went into a seizure and didn't come out of it and had to be put to sleep.
So, as Ozzy approaches the same age I'm starting to worry, and watch Ozzy's every move. He is starting to look his age, but otherwise healthy and he had his teeth cleaned and a couple removed last year. When I went to collect him the vey told me they'd clipped his claws while he was asleep. I said "that's good, as I can't even groom him, he won't let me" and she smiled and said they'd combed him through too.
Anyway, do you find yourself preparing for losing your cat? Or, is it just me, at 60 I've loved and lost, and shed too many tears over the years.
Our cat before him lived to 16, a healthy life, until one day he suddenly went into a seizure and didn't come out of it and had to be put to sleep.
So, as Ozzy approaches the same age I'm starting to worry, and watch Ozzy's every move. He is starting to look his age, but otherwise healthy and he had his teeth cleaned and a couple removed last year. When I went to collect him the vey told me they'd clipped his claws while he was asleep. I said "that's good, as I can't even groom him, he won't let me" and she smiled and said they'd combed him through too.
Anyway, do you find yourself preparing for losing your cat? Or, is it just me, at 60 I've loved and lost, and shed too many tears over the years.