Topic: Older cat appreciation thread..... (Read 10977 times)

MrsR · « **Reply #74 on:** September 03, 2008, 13:15:34 PM »

More Sofa

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #73 on:** August 29, 2008, 21:59:40 PM »

Franta says thank you

LitleMermaid · « **Reply #72 on:** August 29, 2008, 21:58:40 PM »

Quote from: Tiggy's Mum - Helen on August 29, 2008, 12:07:48 PM

What a cutie Is that a droplet of dribble about to launch itself off her mouth?

Yeah! That's not long after I got her-about a month after she'd had surgery to remove most of her teeth and she couldn't control herself!!

She still gets it now when she's enjoying a fuss far too much and forgets to control her lips

maryas · « **Reply #71 on:** August 29, 2008, 20:06:06 PM »

Quote from: Gill (sneakiefeline) on August 05, 2008, 18:23:19 PM

camera and here is Franta 15 years old next week

Oh Gill, Bonnie is furious that she didn't know it was Franta's birthday - she wants me to send him a very very big belated kiss and cuddle.

:hug 2:

Also here are my past cats Tibby was 26 and Smudge was 14 and Bonnie is 11 in December.

Mary

maryas · « **Reply #70 on:** August 29, 2008, 13:36:30 PM »

Quote from: Kittybabe (Ruth) on August 06, 2008, 12:45:02 PM

Gill, I can never get over how absolutely STUNNING Franta is.. those blue peepers are to die for

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Ruth, it was Franta's gorgeous blue eyes that my Bonnie fell for on the Valentine's thread that I had going in February.

Our elderley little dears really are gorgeous - I'll have to post some pics when I finish work.

Mary

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #69 on:** August 29, 2008, 12:26:30 PM »

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #68 on:** August 29, 2008, 12:07:48 PM »

What a cutie

Is that a droplet of dribble about to launch itself off her mouth?

LitleMermaid · « **Reply #67 on:** August 29, 2008, 09:09:23 AM »

Da daaaah! And yes that really is Deidre taking over the picture in the background

LitleMermaid · « **Reply #66 on:** August 29, 2008, 08:59:26 AM »

I would if I knew how-it's ages since I joined a new forum, I feel ratehr dense and clumsy!!!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #65 on:** August 28, 2008, 15:30:06 PM »

But but but ,,,,,,,,,,,,,we need her picture

LitleMermaid · « **Reply #64 on:** August 28, 2008, 14:18:48 PM »

Ooooh oldies! I do have a soft spot for O.A.Ps! I adopted Ginger from Thornberry Animal Santurary near Sheffield last year when she was 16

She's just lovely-so loving, and fussy, and so bloody demanding! But I woudn't swop her for the world, there's no limit to the amount of time she'll sit and have her chin tickled for. Bless!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #63 on:** August 27, 2008, 18:37:21 PM »

Been away and thanks for the Franta compliments

Some more gorgeous cats have appeared while I have been off and Marvin is just

Love Swamp and LJ and all of them

Maddiesmum · « **Reply #62 on:** August 11, 2008, 07:14:17 AM »

All of them special and beautiful and such gorgeous black cats. Sigh

Philip · « **Reply #61 on:** August 10, 2008, 22:12:33 PM »

Tiffy is 19 now so I guess he qualifies.

Still my handsome boy.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #60 on:** August 10, 2008, 22:04:25 PM »

Awww, Marvin was a looker.

Actually, if we're putting on oldies who we've loved and lost....the ginger guy is my Tobester who we lost just over two months ago to CRF and the tabby torti is Parsley who had a stroke last year. She was 15, Tobes was 11. I have to admit, although they're all special my ginger guy was an utter sweetheart.

bearess2002 · « **Reply #59 on:** August 10, 2008, 20:35:40 PM »

Its taken me a while but i have finally shrunk these pics down to get them on here
But this is Marven he is sadley no longer with us but still very much in our hearts so i thought he should get a little mention he was 14yrs when he passed on
Miss him heaps!! handsome litte devil

caledonia · « **Reply #58 on:** August 09, 2008, 01:07:23 AM »

Thank you - that is their favourite sleeping position - as long as Oscar is in the mood!!

JackSpratt · « **Reply #57 on:** August 08, 2008, 19:35:55 PM »

Caledonia, I've just looked at your pictures again - I LOVE the picture of your two cuddling.

caledonia · « **Reply #56 on:** August 06, 2008, 14:01:36 PM »

Quote from: JackSpratt on August 05, 2008, 22:07:58 PM

Vicky Halls is a trained VN as well as a feline behaviouralist. I would imagine that sort of thing would be based on observation so fairly accurate.

Interesting (and a bit scary), I'd missed that bit in the book - I've got all three by that author.

It was in one of the case studies in the first half of the book (as I am onlyhalf way through lol)

But yes much better the conversation has turned back to celebrating our oldies and welcome Milly!!

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #55 on:** August 06, 2008, 12:45:02 PM »

Gill, I can never get over how absolutely STUNNING Franta is.. those blue peepers are to die for

JackSpratt · « **Reply #54 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:13:04 AM »

Ahhh, welcome to the oldies thread Milly.

Millys Mum · « **Reply #53 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:07:50 AM »

Michelle, maxwell is a dude

how old is he?

Milly is 9 but feels more mature than her years so would like to join the older thread

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #52 on:** August 06, 2008, 10:50:24 AM »

yes, my 2 boys ...ooh did you edit the redeye? it's gone. I saved the non red eye one to pbucket but when I posted Max's eyes were all red. thanks if you did

Swampa's about 4 shades lighter these days than that non flash photo and you can see he's hard to photograph. But his eyes are right. Whatever i do buy must have an external flash gun!

I love all the oldie photos on here. Cuddles to them all

JackSpratt · « **Reply #51 on:** August 06, 2008, 10:38:23 AM »

Gorgeous - are they both lads?

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #50 on:** August 06, 2008, 10:10:48 AM »

took a few photos of my oldies last night. the ones with flash all have ET eyes (shiny). This weekend I aim for a new camera! If I can work out how to do it, will post a sweet one of Swampy that I had to take without flash to get normal eyes - but it shows him as several shades too dark (never mind, I love his facial expression as he watched OH going up the mezz stairs). Swampy is 16 and 9 months and Max will be 15 next month. Hope I get this right, am still mucking about in da photobucket :-)

oh blimey I EDITED the red eye (sigh):

and Swampa

JackSpratt · « **Reply #49 on:** August 06, 2008, 09:27:18 AM »

Anyway....moving on from the sombre note. This is meant to be a celebration of oldies!!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #48 on:** August 06, 2008, 08:53:20 AM »

i dont know, i think it varies from cat to cat and also what their background is. 14 seems to be the average age for my cats, but all come to me in their teens.

JackSpratt · « **Reply #47 on:** August 05, 2008, 22:07:58 PM »

Vicky Halls is a trained VN as well as a feline behaviouralist. I would imagine that sort of thing would be based on observation so fairly accurate.

Interesting (and a bit scary), I'd missed that bit in the book - I've got all three by that author.

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #46 on:** August 05, 2008, 21:33:43 PM »

Quote from: caledonia on August 05, 2008, 21:11:57 PM

I am currently reading the Cat Detective book about cat behaviour and the author has a theory that cats have a bit of a watershed age of 12 and that if they can get past 12 then they are likely to see it into their late teens - 12 is a common age for developing ailments.

Not a great amount of experience to hang it on but, if anything, I'd say age 15 more of a watershed. I do wonder though whether the Cat Detective book is thinking of peds and I'm thinking mogs?

....and OMG I love Oscar

MrsR · « **Reply #45 on:** August 05, 2008, 21:14:05 PM »

OMG I

Edgar

caledonia · « **Reply #44 on:** August 05, 2008, 21:11:57 PM »

Oh the cats are all adroable - Franta is very handsome!

Here are my two - usually do nothing but sleep ..sometimes together

Oscar

Edgar in his fav spot int he sun - looking rather bedragles after a grooming session from Oscar!!

On a slightly somber note I am currently reading the Cat Detective book about cat behaviour and the author has a theory that cats have a bit of a watershed age of 12 and that if they can get past 12 then they are likely to see it into their late teens - 12 is a common age for developing ailments. Has anyone else thought this - just curious as mine are both 12 this year and thought it was a rather random view to express if it wasn't based on a lot of research.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #43 on:** August 05, 2008, 19:44:00 PM »

No I didnt Rosella , I only took these a couple of weeks ago, think I mentioned it on A team thread that I had pics of him on his box in the greenhouse and the one in the tub is quite new and have had to plant some more catnip seedlings where he is lying cos him and the others hade eaten or crushed them to death

Rosella moggy · « **Reply #42 on:** August 05, 2008, 19:40:46 PM »

OMG Gill. I do hope you didn't have these photos of Franta lurking on your camera without sharing in the Cat Show as that would have been criminal. What a stunner!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #41 on:** August 05, 2008, 18:23:19 PM »

This thread has prompted me to download the pics off my camera and here is Franta 15 years old next week

he is either in the catniop tub or on his box in the greenhouse and thats catnip dust all over him

caledonia · « **Reply #40 on:** August 05, 2008, 16:54:18 PM »

I love oldies - will need to get photos of my two up. They are coming up for 12 and whilst oscar is starting to show his age Edgar still has the mischief of a kitten - I had to put the leftovers of last nights dinner in the OVEN after he twice tried to nab it by climing up the bunker, tipping off the lid and dragging the dish chloth off with his teeth!!!

Oh and oldies are so much more affectionate!

Maddiesmum · « **Reply #39 on:** August 05, 2008, 16:31:51 PM »

Beautiful every one of them, gorgeous

bearess2002 · « **Reply #38 on:** August 05, 2008, 16:28:54 PM »

OMG!!

IM like the biggest fan of the little oldies

and all of these piccies are sending me week at the knees especially the young man at foal farm!!!

MrsR · « **Reply #37 on:** August 05, 2008, 07:49:10 AM »

Sofa, my very special princess (roughly 14 years young)

Michelle (furbabystar) · « **Reply #36 on:** August 04, 2008, 23:19:07 PM »

This old guy is at FoalFarm -

I keep looking at his picture

But i think joining a house of 11 cats would be too much for him

Baggy · « **Reply #35 on:** August 04, 2008, 22:46:13 PM »

Yep, photobucket is great - give it a go, let's see those piccies!!

So much for mellow older cats, Dinah has just had to be rescued from our neighbour's siamese

It was wee o'clock, but as he's been out more than 5 minutes went to see where she'd got to - I could hear her growling as soon as I set foot in the garden! He'd blocked her route back up the path

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