Cat over the Age of Ten

Many of my kitties have lived long lives...the oldest was Snoopy though who lived to be 21 years old!! He started getting thinner as he grew older, like sometimes people will, and I swear he got absent minded at times..He'd rush into a room as if he were all intent on "doing" something,but then just stand in the middle of the room...as if he had forgotten what he came into the room for..LOL--he also got a bit grouchy....he'd sometimes swat at the younger folk as if to keep them in their place and respect him...the oldtimer..

Hi.my moms cat was 15 years old this summer.She meowed alot and slept,haha.She had arthritis in her hind legs and the vet did a routine checkup and found that she had cat cancer,that was why she lost alot of weight over a very short period of time and was half blind.Her name was moustache and looked like sylvestor from bugs bunny.Whats weird is shortly after she passed this summer,there is now a cat that looks just exactly like her coming here at my house.When i try to call it,it runs away.The first time,i though,geez,its moustache!!Same yellow eyes too.I love senior cats so much and appreciate them even if they snore and dream,hehe:) Peanutjar:)

My cat Lancelot - whom my mom stole when I asked her to babysit while I settled in CA years ago - lived to sixteen. He's an indoor cat of course. He was still very lively - at times - racing around the house at 2 in the morning, but much more apt to sleep all day. He had such a kidney problem that he wasn't allowed anything but dry food (mom would give him a spoonful of wet). She was told male cats tend towards urinary and kidney problems as they age. So no more tastes of tuna. Which is actually really bad for cats in general anyway. He also wanted even more loving - if thats possible - then when he was younger. I guess since he wasn't running around 24/7 he had even more time for one of his favourite pasttimes - giving and receiving affection. I still was the only one allowed to pick him up, in fact, he got a bit grumpier to things like that as he got older. Although still a sweetie.

My cat is male, but he lives over 10 years old already. He lost a few of his teeth and he is an old cat. I hope he can arrive his 20th birthday:) We adore him very much. He is a member of our family.

My family has a cat named Blue-blue. Yeah the name's odd, my brother named her when they were both babies. So both my bro and cat are sixteen now. She doesn't snore though, but I did notice how even more graceful her movements became. She was so graceful because she moved so slow. But, she still hunts for mice and still runs around a lot.

My old Manx, Kirby, lived to be 18-19 (she was a pound kitten, so her birth date is a little hazy). I found that the older she got, the more she wanted to just spend time hanging out with me, usually sleeping on me or nearby, rather than go exploring on her own like when she was younger. Obviously she was a lot slower and less agile with age, but she still enjoyed playing 'catch the string' once in a while, and she was always very, very talkative (perhaps she secretly had some Siamese in her). The only real problem I noticed is that her teeth got very worn down in the last few years of her life. It didn't seem to quell her apatite any, but it did mean she had to gnaw on her food and it took longer for her to eat. Oh, and it also meant she drooled. LOL. Oh, and she was a snorer too, but that was a lifelong issue! I love kittens, but there is something very nice about having an older cat that just wants to lay around and be your companion.

My Smokey cat lived for 17years and I didn't see any changes at in her until near the end when I had to have her put to sleep as she had kidney failure when she just wouldn't eat but I had 17 wonderful years with my dear Smokey.

My cat is just a little over 10 years old. He's less prone to those "kitty freak-outs" that he had when he was younger where he would tear around the apartment for no particular reason like the devil was after him. Recently, I've been making more of an effort to get him to play and excercise, since he is less likely to do it on his own. He has a tendency to put on weight, so I want him to keep moving so he doesn't get heavy and arthritic. He's in very good condition right now (okay,maybe a little pudgy), I just want to keep him that way for as long as I can.

I had a cat that was 18 when she passed and the things that changed in her were definately noticable. When brighteyes was just a kitten she would sit under my couch and attack people. This would just thrill her to no end. There was no one she liked but me and she was very teritorial. The older she got the more mellow. She went from always on the move to never wanting to move. She would laze in the window for hours. The biggest thing is she got friendly. Anyone who wanted to could come up and pet her without being scrached or hissed at. It broke my heart when she passed but I know 18 is old for a cat.