This is Jynxx and he is a Flame Point Balinese. He just turned 8 years old on July 4th.
Of course it counts! She is a dear and lives on forever! I am so sorry for your loss. The only downside of having our dear ones for so long is that we miss them even more!I don't know if this qualifies b/c she has now passed, but this is my beautiful Gypsy taken about four months before she died at the age of 18.5 years, which was last year in August. She was a little feral kitten when I found her in 1993, and she was a dear little thing with slightly stunted legs and a 3 cm long jump. If I hadn't taken her in, she most likely would have starved to death, but instead she grew plump and as heavy as a small pumpkin. I loved her ver much.
Awww, sweet beautiful girl!! Poor baby. I'm glad you got her.This is Sweet Violet Rose, a pure bred Maine Coon, that I rescued. She is 10 years old. Her family, an older couple, had both died, leaving her alone in the house. A neighbor came to feed and water her and clean her litter box, but she was alone the rest of the time. It took me 6 months to win her trust, but when she finally gave her love, she did it whole-heartedly.Violet is very shy and runs into her safe closet whenever anyone even approaches our house. She is very jealous of our latest cat Geli, another rescue.
I have found that rescuing older cats is satisfying. Our beloved 19-year-old black cat Erika, whom we rescued when she was 14 recently passed away. She was such a blessing to me especially because she allowed me to hug her and cry into her soft silky fur when we lost 2 much loved cats in one week 4 years ago. I miss her very much.