Let's see some senior kitties!

[tarasgirl06]

tarasgirl06 - Doesn't matter of you've posted it before or not; Sammi was so gorgeous that there could never be enough photos. The orange colouration seems absolutely luminous - as though it were lit from within by some unseen flame. Good Heavens, what a beautiful kitty.
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Thank you so much! Sammi was a brown patched tabby Maine Coon man, and when I first saw him, I couldn't believe such a cat actually existed! Golden and glowing - you said it.

 

[doomsdave]

I'm just in an emotional state right now thinking about how much Zsa Zsa and I have been through together. I read another post about someone adopting an 18 year old bonded pair that someone surrendered. How does someone abandon a companion of almost 2 decades? Zsa Zsa is my little buddy and we are so bonded, nothing could make me abandon her. I just don't understand. I like to see pictures of everyone else's life long companions, a cat's love is a certain kind of devotion that you can't find anywhere else. Your kitties are so beautiful!

There are many reasons to surrender, sometimes with a heavy heart. I hope you can manage to avoid ever doing that, but, sometimes life intervenes. One example is an elderly lady who had to go into nursing care, and could not take her long-loved pug dog with her. The choice of new home came down to me, with all my cats, or another elderly lady, who, I think needed her more, so that's where the dog went. Sometimes people lose their homes and can't find a cat-friendly new place to live.

Almost all of my cats are shelter kitties, all self-surrendered by their owners, including Great Great Grandma (aka Lauren Bacall), below, who, as her name suggests is in the senior category. Here she sits atop some mini-greenhouses, heated to sprout palm tree seeds.

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• doomsdave
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[doomsdave]

Big Boy is also getting up in years, at about 11. I got him from a friend who rescued him from a semi-feral existence in Rolling Hills Estates, California. He's shy, but lovable, and likes to cuddle before bed.

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• doomsdave
• Feb 28, 2017

 

[mightyboosh]

Oliver's nearly eleven now. He's my best pal.

 

[tarasgirl06]

People in a lot of societies suffer from what I've heard called "ageism" -- they put people (and others) into niches by age, and some are acceptable while others aren't. I'm fortunate to come from a background in which elders are honored, respected, and deferred to as the wisdom keepers. To me, that applies to cats as well as everyone else!

Our beloved Rani Queen, who ascended at 19, taking a good part of my heart with her.

 

[mightyboosh]

This is my brother's cat Tigger. She's 18/20, not sure as she was rescued, and blind but happy.

 

[tarasgirl06]

This is my brother's cat Tigger. She's 18/20, not sure as she was rescued, and blind but happy.

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What a beautiful little lady! *SNORGLES* to her

 

[doomsdave]

What a beautiful little lady! *SNORGLES* to her

SNORGLES?

Sounds like a skin disease.

"Doc, can you prescribe me that vaccine for snorgles?"

 

[Kreatorcat]

Jack is 19 and feisty! Love to play with toy mice to impress his kitty mama. Starting to go blind a bit,but still trying to be the king of his mama's bed.

 

[tarasgirl06]

SNORGLES?

Sounds like a skin disease.

"Doc, can you prescribe me that vaccine for snorgles?"

Common term in the cat-loving community along with "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" and "SPLORRRRRRRRRRRRRT"

 

[tarasgirl06]

View attachment 213569 Jack is 19 and feisty! Love to play with toy mice to impress his kitty mama. Starting to go blind a bit,but still trying to be the king of his mama's bed.

Awww, Jack is so handsome! Please give him a lot of SNORGLES!

 

[Kreatorcat]

Awww, Jack is so handsome! Please give him a lot of SNORGLES!

We don't give Jack snorgles,he takes what he wants. Never known a cat who loves so much.

 

[4Puns&Honor]

Lost him to cancer a few years ago, but my ~18 year old rescue, Wash was ridiculously photogenic (and knew it)

 

[tarasgirl06]

Lost him to cancer a few years ago, but my ~18 year old rescue, Wash was ridiculously photogenic (and knew it)

What a handsome brightstriped little man

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

What a handsome brightstriped little man

tarasgirl06 - That's an inventive description - the word, "brightstriped," would be very useful in describing certain cats! I steal now.
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[4Puns&Honor]

tarasgirl06 - That's an inventive description - the word, "brightstriped," would be very useful in describing certain cats! I steal now.
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Indeed. I now have a new favorite cat color word. Thank you for the vocab and compliments!

 

[tarasgirl06]

Indeed. I now have a new favorite cat color word. Thank you for the vocab and compliments!

I advocate for cats online every day, and in so doing, I try to make the posts for each one interesting and attractive, the better to attract potential excellent adopters. So there is "brightstriped" for orange/red tabbies, "coolstriped" for grey/black tabbies, and "tawnystriped" for brown tabbies, along with "tigret" for all tabbies.

 

[Olympia7]

 

[tarasgirl06]

What a gorgeous girl! Siamese and tortoiseshell!

 

[laurenfosters]

Oliver's nearly eleven now. He's my best pal.

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Oliver is gorgeous. I have such a soft spot for fluffy kitties.