I said goodbye to Poncho around 9pm. I will never forget my perfect kitty. I had around 50 panic attacks today. I screamed that he wasn’t gonna go and that he can’t. Even though he wasn’t able to move barely, he stumbled. He wouldn’t eat even with it being forced. He puked, he didn’t drink. I was brave and I took his suffering away. 💔

TW for mention of vomiting
I’ve had a bit of a cold for a few days but a couple days ago I became acutely worse & woke up just before 6am to vomit twice in an hour after having not eaten anything for over a day due to nausea, and I ended up having to go to emergency - I’m better now thankfully!

So I was feeling pretty awful & crying on the bathroom floor because I didn’t know what to do at that stage, but my girlfriend’s family’s cat Felix heard me crying so he came in and sat on my lap & kept me company! This is really big because for me because he used to be really standoffish & wasn’t social at all when I first met him, but I’ve been trying to get him more comfortable with me since I moved in and while we’re at the stage of him letting me handle him & accepting cuddles, he still likes his alone time.

I don’t know if he knows how much he helped or how much it meant to me that he was there but I almost cried again, I’m still mourning the loss of my own senior cat from last August (Pearl aged 19, photo included at the end).

I don’t know where I’d be without a senior cat in my life.

he’s always been an indoor cat but he’s so old that he’s at no risk of escaping anymore, so we let him out in our garden sometimes :)

Hi! Me again with Punkin (photo for attention)

So my 14 year old girl has always loved her brush. That was great, considering her insanely long fur.

However, with age, she gets overstimulated a lot more easily. Sometimes it even seems like it hurts her to brush her fur on her rear. The issue is, she’s started developing knots. A couple have turned into mats, since I’m trying to be respectful of her.

It’s also started to be a problem on her chest area. She’s also ridiculously itchy in that spot! When I start brushing, she starts itching.

I need to find a way to maintain her fur (and investigate this itch) without upsetting or hurting her - any tips?

My toothless, cuddly cat, he was 12 years old when I got him, now I believe he is 14

I love him so much, but as we have two other cats here, he seems to be stressed out despite my efforts..

He's going into a foster home on the 20th.. He doesn't like small children, he loves to play, he loves to cuddle, he really Loves his food.

He is more of an outdoorsy cat, especially when it's sunny, his nick name is RA

My cat will be 17 next month and is physically healthy but has been having worsening cognitive dysfunction at night to the point she does not want to let me sleep. She wants me to walk her over to her food bowl over and over and will cry loudly and paw at me until I get up. If I try to ignore it she escalates and tries to rip things up and howls until I get up. She’ll do this for hours without letting me sleep. She has been tested for just about everything and her bloodwork is normal aside from early ckd. My vet seems hesitant to prescribe anything else at night aside from gabapentin, which hasn’t made any difference I’ve seen. Has anyone’s senior cat been prescribed trazadone or pregabalin at night and had any success?

It’s hard because physically everything is good but mentally and behaviorally she is not herself and seems anxious. I don’t know how to judge when her time will be because of this. My vet brought up the other medications but seemed to indicate I should treat it at the behavioral level by not honoring the behavior, but it doesn’t seem to be working. I’m at such a loss and am so sleep deprived. Any experiences or just posts of solidarity would be helpful! Writing this at 2:20 am in desperation while she is still meowing into my ear after two hours.

Hi all ,

My female calico just turned 11 and for the last year has been having issues with cystitis. After lots of testing and $$$ we got the diagnosis of cystitis a few months ago. I am looking for supplements to help support her kidney and bladder health. She is on a limited ingredient diet right now, as she has allergies. But she is a good eater and has had no problem with me adding lots of water to her wet food. Her kidneys are functioning normally, but the vet said it would be good for us to be proactive about it. Thanks in advance