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Well, folks, I guess it's one of those things that happens to cats as they get older. Sassy, who I pulled off the street a few years back, is 14 on the low end - testimony from neighbors suggests that she could be closer to 17 or 18, but the vet's guess based on dental health is 14. At her...

Hi Folks, it pains me to say this, but my beloved Sassy (14) is really starting to get on my nerves. First, the important stuff: she’s got a checkup coming in a few days, she gets them every six months, and at her last one she was “as strong and healthy as any cat her age I’ve ever seen,” per...

Hi folks, I have a friend who is between homes right now staying with me for a month. This is going pretty well - there's barely been any drama between Sassy, my 14 year old domestic longhair, and my friend's 14 year old pomeranian, which was my main concern. The problem, however, is the fact...

Alright folks, got another one for you. Sassy has recently started doing a fun new thing where she gets about halfway into the litter box and starts peeing right off the front edge of it. She finds this upsetting as she then has to wade through pee to get out of the litter box, and I find it...

Howdy folks, Not sure where the right place to put this is. Sassy has recently become absolutely fascinated by the drawers in my kitchen, to the point that I've had to install child locks to prevent her from opening them, hopping inside, and occasionally getting stuck behind them. This is very...

Hi all, Sassy, my 13 year old domestic longhair, currently gets a half can a day of Tiki Cat After Dark in the morning and the evening, and then free feeds on Orijen dry food during the day, maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup at the most. Her weight is normal and she is in very good health for a cat her...

Hello again everyone! Very brief backstory and then into the important stuff. I rescued Sassy a few years ago when I was still living with my mom, previously Sassy had been living on the street in that neighborhood. Sassy is a 13 year old lap cat who absolutely loves people and attention. We...

So, as you may all know, Sassy is very fluffy (I've attached a photo for those of you who don't know) and in the winter her coat somehow gets even thicker. She gets brushed at least 15-20 minutes a day, and thankfully she loves getting brushed, but she's still quite fastidious about bathing...

Howdy all. I'll keep it short and sweet - Sassy had some dental work done earlier this month and she was a trooper! Unfortunately she had a bad reaction to the anesthetic and they had to wake her up before they could finish pulling her two cracked teeth, but they got everything cleaned and got...

Hello! Just being my usual chronic worrier. At her exam in July-ish, we found that Sassy (12 year old rescue, otherwise perfectly healthy) had two, possibly three cavities that would probably require extraction. Both were visible in the exam, one on each of her rearmost top teeth, and a very...

Hello! According to my vet this is common in senior cats so I don't feel too bad - as Sassy, a very long-haired cat, has gotten older, she has developed some mats on her stomach. For the most part, she absolutely loves being brushed, and we get a good brushing session in every day, so...

Let's brainstorm! I have an Ikea kitchen table that folds away when not in use, along with two chairs that I stack on top of it. When in use, it folds out and there are numerous support beams, etc, and you put the chairs on either end. It's this one: NORDEN Gateleg table, birch...

Hello all! Late night thinking about a recent trip to the vet. First off I will say that this vet has always been great to us, even gave me advice off the record before I rescued Sassy and the was still living outdoors. A number of friends also take their cats to the same vet and have nothing...

So, I've alluded to the whole story of how I ended up with my cat, but I've never told it in full here - I did live-tweet the whole thing but I would never subject you nice strangers to the filth I normally put on my twitter feed, so here it is. At the end of 2016, after a series of financial...

Hello again everyone! Sassy and I are settling in well to our new living space. For those of you catching up, she is a happy and healthy 12-year-old domestic longhair that I rescued from neglect about a year and a half ago. We just recently moved into a new apartment after living with...

Hello again! I realize this is a bit specific but there are so many of you here that I figure it’s worth asking. I adopted Sassy about a year and a half ago when I was living with my mother. Sassy had lived in that neighborhood her whole life and was left on the street by her previous owners...

Hello again! Since I adopted her a year or so ago, I've been taking Sassy to the same vet, who was hugely helpful in giving me advice when she was a stray and continued on being helpful after I plucked her off the street. That said, this vet seems to be, uh, incredibly pricey, and I'm curious...

Hi there! At the beginning of the pandemic I plucked an abandoned neighborhood senior cat off the street. She ended up being very healthy and made an easy transition to life inside and loves people - although I was still working full time, she got to hang out with my WFH housemate all day. So...

Hello! Around this time last year I rescued a cat who had been living outdoors in my neighborhood. Vets estimate she is 11, but could be as old as 14 or 15 based on testimony from neighbors. She is generally happy and healthy and has been indoor/outdoor since I got her, though the extent of her...

Hello everyone! About a year ago I adopted a neighborhood stray as my first cat. She is a fabulous black domestic longhair of about 12 years old who at her last annual checkup was perfectly healthy in every way - one of the assistants joked that she was practically still a kitten. Last week...