General Chat

I ended up with a friends cats once - one was 20 odd (he came with friends house!) The other was 8, and I had 2 cats of my own aged 10.
The elder one definitely became senile within a couple of years.
The 8 year old would be in her favourite place - a paper bag - and the eldest one would just lay on top of it!
The younger one would just lay there until I moved the elder one. If he had behaved like that a few years previously - she would have 'had a go' at him!
In fact as time went on he got worse at settling down on other cats, and was getting a bit 'wobbly'.

Took him to the vet - who said at his age he 'probably' had kidney disease and they could give him a course of very expensive pills, or it could be because he was old!!! (Don't you just love the precise diagnosis).
He was a pedigree 'american snowshoe', average lifespan 9 - 15 years, had gone way past this, so I'm afraid he was sent to the great hunting ground in the sky.

my cat was giving me a cat scan a 5-10am this morning

hayley i did have a poor cat who went senile started peeing in the house on the door mat eating his cat litter not treckonising the other cat the he loved to bits so yes they can go senile

She was done at 22 weeks Jac, we just caught her before her first seasonthingy... she has never had a litter , if its sunny warm she sleeps all day and out all night, she hates the rain and cold she refuses to sleep alone ( even though I dont like it but the kids spoilt her ) but sleeps like cats do she knows everyones timetable and doesnt like if it changes,

oh Hayley

sounds like she just fed up of the same taste of the food maybe she has a fur ball.

if she hasnt done a *flounce*then cant be much .but see the Vet.

Shhhhhh she is sat here with me...now....I have just asked Itsmytelly and he said she is due.....

I have been waiting half an hour for the washing machine to finish so I can dry it and put the dish washer on.....and I havn't even turned the washer on...Itsmytelly says she is copying my behaviour and he will book us both in to see the vet...

So sorry Hayley! but you didnt say it was a she cat - you just said "cats" )))))) It can refer to either sex (oh, can I say that word before 9.00 pm??)

Female cats are slightly different to boy cats - well, you'll know that of course.

Has your "queen" had a litter (queen being the proper terms for a female adult cat) or was she spayed at an early age? Cos I think this might make a difference.

See, my last lady cat reached the age of 19 - yes 19 - before she started to show signs of losing it! so in human terms she was a really old girl. She started to wander all over the house, with no particular purpose (or so it seemed to us - it might have seemed different to her of course - who knows?)

She wasnt dirty, didnt make a mess, just seemed in a world of her own. She ate well but didnt go out as much as previously had. One day she walked around the sofa abouot 100 times, oblivious to anything or anyone, and it was then we knew she had reached the end of the road. Vet seemed to think she had probably suffered the equivalent of a stroke in humans.

Get your old girl to the vet for an MOT - if they say she's OK, look after her as well as you can, and she'll reward you with a purr......................


Jac xxx

Growing up with cats in the house as a child, and seeing many out, the worrying signs would be change in behavior, exceptional laziness, not eating, constant calls for attention and rapid weight loss.

If you are seeing the above, seek advice from a vet.

Hayley quite seriously for a minute , if she is asking for food and then doesn't go to it, it could be there is a medical problem. One of our cats did that, and would seem to 'forget' where she was going and vere off ... it was caused by blood poisoning affecting her brain... if she is also drinking a lot get her checked for kidney failure.

Gob end OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....** mutters** thank gowd for that...

Petsmart...I went once is smelt yukkkkk and they had rats ....in cages mind ...I shall tell Itsmytelly to get her sorted....

Hayley the tablet goes in gob end..........................lol

Oh Hayley i dispair.............................have you got pet store near you, ask for Drontal cat, she should be wromed every 3 months especially if cat goes outside.

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Helen , my old Toby was nothing but skin and bone at 18........I can't imagine what a cat of 23 might look like.........bless him.

Amanda, good age for him we put cat to sleep couple of weeks ago at work and that one was 23yrs, felt so sorry for it as it was just skin and bones, don't think i would have kept mine going looking like that,

Helen

One of our dogs did definitely do senile, so I assume it can happen to cats too:(

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Grumps how do you worm them? pmsl....just before I dig myself in a very large hole......

Amanda...awww I will be gutted....if she is that ill..

My old cat was eighteen years old ( he was put to sleep nearly two weeks ago ) , he had certainly lost most of his marbles and had taken to wandering.........although I miss him I'm glad I don't have the worry of where he is anymore.

eh........whats nails got to do with worming??????

ewwwwww no ...whith nails you have got to be joking....no Itsmytelly does

phones RSPCA.............................Just a thought Hayley have you wormed her recently?