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| Angel_Bob (profile) wrote, on 6-8-2004 at 1:47pm | |
| My cat, McHenry (we call him Mickey, he's named after where we lived in Illinois), is eight years old. He's the "mean one". He's all black, like a Halloween kitty. You can't pick him up and even I can only sometimes. If you pet him for too long or in some way he doesn't like, he'll bite you. I've never had this happen to me but it happens to my little brother's friends and then I laugh. He used to grab your leg as you walked by in the hallway or on the stairs and bite you but he grew out of that as he grew older. My mother always raised me under the belief that cats lived for right around 15 years. That's how long her cats always lived and that's what she knew. I woke up this morning and McHenry was in my room making those Maine Coon noises he picked up from our other cats. He walked over onto my bed and did that cute cat thing where they rub their face against your hand. I started petting him and he's losing all this hair, his hair is all greasy, he's got kitty dandruff it looks like and he's got a few gray hairs here and there. Can cats turn gray? His coat is usually pretty and sleek. He never looks anything but elegant. So I got worried, like I always do, that Mickey's getting old. I go to google, I look up cat lifespans and here's what they give me: - At about age seven a cat can be considered "middle-aged", and at age 10 and beyond - old. - The average lifespan of indoor cats is 12.5 years. So yeah. I can't even remember where I was going with this. Andy got talking to me and I lost my train of thought. Oh. Mickey's old and I always planned on moving out and taking him with me. And now it doesn't look like that's going to happen really. And that makes me sad. That was my point, really. It lost its splendor when I got distracted. I'm still distraught and I'll probably go pet him a lot now. Thank you. Have a nice day. I love you all. |
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Shinigami | 06-08-04 3:19pm That's so sad. I'm sorry. :( I'll be sure to keep an eye on my cats when they get older. |
| Anonymous | old, 06-08-04 3:25pm MY cats 17 and my uncles cat is 20 and both are fine, and dogs turn grey why not fo rcats |
KTHPKC | 06-08-04 4:29pm Awws...I heart Mickey, he's saved me from Mia many a time.
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Tabletop | 06-08-04 4:42pm I know how you feel, I had a cat that was 19 when it died, my mom got it just after my sister was born. I was 9 when it died, and I guess I don't appreciate the history that my sister and it had, but I had never in my life not had that cat, and I was deeply saddened when it died. |
pamela | 06-08-04 5:43pm yeah my cat kally died a couple of years ago at the age of 17 almost 18 and that was sad cuz she had been my kitty forever, well my sisters kitty cuz she got her when she was 3 and stuff, it was real sad, but then another cat came into my life...lilly, my love. she's so me and bitchy, i love her! |
Aerii | 06-08-04 7:25pm My cat is six. Her fur is exactly the same way.
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Tabletop | Re:, 06-09-04 12:40am yeah, the last few days they just want to be left alone, which is sad becuase thats the time you most want to pet them. You never really appreciate something until it's gone. Or at least leaving. |