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Sherry - 03 Jul 2009 03:45 GMT
We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
wondering....how old
are these kitties now?

I've also realized my cats are double-digit age now, except Boz &
Biskit. Biskit is at least 6 or 7, and
Bosley, the "baby" is 6 now.

Sherry
Marina - 03 Jul 2009 04:35 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Biskit. Biskit is at least 6 or 7, and
> Bosley, the "baby" is 6 now.

My double-digit passed away four years ago. :( Nikki was nearly 17 and
Frank had just turned 18.

The good news is, I now live with two very healthy young cats. Hmm, Mir
will be 5 in November... not a kitten any more, is she?

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Sherry - 03 Jul 2009 05:13 GMT
> > We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> > wondering....how old
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> Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
> In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

See, that's exactly what I mean! I *cannot* believe MirMir is already
5. (Yikes, that
means WE'RE five years older, too!)

Sherry
bastXXXette@sonic.net - 03 Jul 2009 05:48 GMT
>> The good news is, I now live with two very healthy young cats. Hmm, Mir
>> will be 5 in November... not a kitten any more, is she?

> See, that's exactly what I mean! I *cannot* believe MirMir is already
> 5. (Yikes, that means WE'RE five years older, too!)

Yep, that's how it works.

How about this - Licky is *6* years old! Remember when he was a
3-month-old kitten, and I asked everyone here to help me name him?
Now I'm 6 years older, too, and I feel every minute of it. Meanwhile,
Roxy's 11 and Smudge is 12!! It hardly seems that long ago that I
took this:

http://home.sonic.net/~jwermont/cats/original/photos/roxy3.jpg

And this:

http://home.sonic.net/~jwermont/cats/original/photos/smudgerox1.jpg

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Jofirey - 03 Jul 2009 06:56 GMT
> >> The good news is, I now live with two very healthy young cats.
> >> Hmm, Mir
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Yep, that's how it works.

No, doesn't work that way.  My dad and his sisters all got together
and agreed.  Just because their children and grandchildren seemed to
be aging at an alarming rate.  They still thought and felt like
teenagers when they all got together.  So they decided that they
were.

My only surviving Aunt was a part of this conspiracy and is passing
it down to the cousins.

We hit a major life milestone today.  Middle grandson had his
twentieth birthday.  So for the next fourteen months, we are not in
any way shape or form responsible for any teenagers.

Jo
Marina - 03 Jul 2009 14:00 GMT
> How about this - Licky is *6* years old! Remember when he was a
> 3-month-old kitten, and I asked everyone here to help me name him?
> Now I'm 6 years older, too, and I feel every minute of it.

I remember we were suggesting all those old movie stars' names, because
he is such a dashing tuxedo-wearing young man.

Meanwhile,
> Roxy's 11 and Smudge is 12!! It hardly seems that long ago that I
> took this:
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>
> http://home.sonic.net/~jwermont/cats/original/photos/smudgerox1.jpg

Awwww, the widdle bitties! Roxy does look a lot like Caliban, doesn't she?

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bastXXXette@sonic.net - 03 Jul 2009 21:08 GMT
>> How about this - Licky is *6* years old! Remember when he was a
>> 3-month-old kitten, and I asked everyone here to help me name him?

> I remember we were suggesting all those old movie stars' names, because
> he is such a dashing tuxedo-wearing young man.

And somehow, none of them fit. I think part of the problem is that I'm
not really a classic film fan, so even though I know who the stars are,
I don't really care that much.

I never did name him myself. A friend of mine who took pity on the poor
boy made it her personal project to name him, and she was the one who
suggested Licorice. That was a winner, because it's one of my favorite
candies. And it developed into the perfect nickname.

> Awwww, the widdle bitties! Roxy does look a lot like Caliban, doesn't she?

At last!! :)

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Sjouke Burry - 03 Jul 2009 22:48 GMT
>  > bastXXXette@sonic.net wrote:
>
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>
> At last!! :)

I would advise the dutch translation,   Dropje.    :) :)
bastXXXette@sonic.net - 03 Jul 2009 23:17 GMT
Sjouke wrote:

>> I never did name him myself. A friend of mine who took pity on the poor
>> boy made it her personal project to name him, and she was the one who
>> suggested Licorice. That was a winner, because it's one of my favorite
>> candies.

> I would advise the dutch translation,   Dropje.    :) :)

Just curious, what does the "je" suffix mean? Is it a diminutive?

I went to Google translator (I know, I know) and put in "dropje",
selected Dutch->English, and got "dropje" as the translation. Yeah,
yeah, I know. So then I typed in "licorice" and selected English->
Dutch, which produced "drop". Now we're getting somewhere. I take
it that "dropje" is a like a nickname for "drop"?

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Sjouke Burry - 03 Jul 2009 23:50 GMT
> Sjouke wrote:
>
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> Dutch, which produced "drop". Now we're getting somewhere. I take
> it that "dropje" is a like a nickname for "drop"?

It is a small "drop" and it is also a meant as a friendly name.
bastXXXette@sonic.net - 04 Jul 2009 00:15 GMT
Sjouke wrote:

>> Just curious, what does the "je" suffix mean? Is it a diminutive?

> It is a small "drop" and it is also a meant as a friendly name.

Is it pronounced "drop-ya"?

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Sjouke Burry - 04 Jul 2009 01:05 GMT
> Sjouke wrote:
>
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>
> Is it pronounced "drop-ya"?

with the u from just
Wayne Mitchell - 03 Jul 2009 14:02 GMT
>See, that's exactly what I mean! I *cannot* believe MirMir is already
>5. (Yikes, that
>means WE'RE five years older, too!)

The curious thing is that 6 years does not always equal 6 years.  When I
adopted Will and Heidi in 2003, I knew and accepted that Will, at 9
years, was an "older cat".  Now, six years later, Will is 15, and not
significantly older in my mind than he was then.

But Heidi, who was only two then, is now just a year younger than Will
was in 2003.  She's about to be the same level of "older cat" as Will
was -- and it makes no sense to my mind at all.
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Marina - 03 Jul 2009 14:07 GMT
>>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
>>> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> 5. (Yikes, that
> means WE'RE five years older, too!)

Yes, unfortunately. I just realised I've worked at my present job for
ten years, now. I've never worked at one place for so long before. That
means I graduated from uni ten years ago (I was a 'mature' student).
Yikes! I'm getting set in my ways! I'm getting old! ;)

BTW, Caliban is 4 years old. But he's still the baby.

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---MIKE--- - 03 Jul 2009 14:18 GMT
Amber will be 15 in September.  She seems healthy but a bit lame.  She
can still go up and down the stairs (slowly) and "jump" up on my bed.
Tiger is 10.  I would like to have a younger cat but at my age (79 1/2)
there is the chance that Tiger will outlive me.  When Amber leaves me I
won't "replace" her.

                 ---MIKE---
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>> (44° 15'  N - Elevation 1580')
Judith Latham - 03 Jul 2009 21:27 GMT
> >>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I
> >>> was wondering....how old are these kitties now? I've also realized
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> > 5. (Yikes, that
> > means WE'RE five years older, too!)

> Yes, unfortunately. I just realised I've worked at my present job for
> ten years, now. I've never worked at one place for so long before. That
> means I graduated from uni ten years ago (I was a 'mature' student).
> Yikes! I'm getting set in my ways! I'm getting old! ;)

> BTW, Caliban is 4 years old. But he's still the baby.

Only been in your job for ten years? It's still your new job then. I
started my job in 1973. What is scary is that the youngsters at work will
be thinking about me as I used to think about the older ladies when I
started. At least my niece calls me her head banging Aunt and that I'm not
the same generation as her Mom, my sister who is six years older than me.
I love that girl.

Judith

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MLB - 03 Jul 2009 17:46 GMT
>>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
>>> wondering....how old
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>
> Sherry

Did yoy REALLY have to say that?   MLB
Ginger-lyn - 13 Jul 2009 22:11 GMT
>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
>> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> The good news is, I now live with two very healthy young cats. Hmm, Mir
> will be 5 in November... not a kitten any more, is she?

Piggybacking since I couldn't get the original to open.

My Internet is 21 now.  He's the oldest cat I've ever had.  Don't know
if he holds the record here, but if not, he's close.

Ginger-lyn
Christine BA - 03 Jul 2009 04:45 GMT
Sherry kirjoitti:
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Sherry

Laku is 9, born on 22 May 2000.

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Kyla  =^..^= - 03 Jul 2009 04:57 GMT
"Christine BA"
> Sherry kirjoitti:
>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
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>
> Laku is 9, born on 22 May 2000.

Ya got me beat, Mosey is 7, but Mutt lived to be 19 when he went to RB in
Dec  2007, do RB kitties count or  ones still owning us?.
Hmmmmm, aren't you the one with the moose?  LOL
Mosey speaks Finnish)

Kyla
Jofirey - 03 Jul 2009 06:58 GMT
> "Christine BA"
>> Sherry kirjoitti:
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>
> Kyla

If we count RB kitties, KFC will have oldest won by a mile for the
foreseeable future.

Jo
Kyla  =^..^= - 04 Jul 2009 01:29 GMT
"Jofirey"

> "Kyla =^..^="
>>
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>
> Jo

That exactly what I was thinking.  She  such a sweet was a kitty.
She must be telling lots of tails at RB.
Long live our beloved owners:)

Kyla
Christina Websell - 07 Jul 2009 19:49 GMT
> Sherry kirjoitti:
>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Laku is 9, born on 22 May 2000.

Boyfie is approaching 7.  I can be fairly sure as he was not here in Jan 03
when N first visited to help me over my mother's sudden death, but had
appeared as a secret sleepover kitty when she came back in April the same
year.  He was a leggy teenager, I guessed his age at about 8-9 months which
would put him as a summer born kitten in 02.

I can't believe he will soon qualify to eat senior food.  Surely he is still
a babycat!

Tweed
Stormmee - 08 Jul 2009 10:51 GMT
DH just had a bit of an emotional moment when he realized that not only will
stormmee be five in november, Violette will have been gone that long, Lee

>> Sherry kirjoitti:
>>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
>
> Tweed
Yowie - 03 Jul 2009 05:37 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Biskit. Biskit is at least 6 or 7, and
> Bosley, the "baby" is 6 now.

With all the Rainbow Bridge announcements in the last year or two, I think
perhaps many of us are onto our second generation of cat enslavement.

Shmogg was about 17 when he went to RB. The current crew are all about 3.

Yowie
Kreisleriana - 03 Jul 2009 05:59 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Sherry

Well, Stinky went to RB at 17 years and 9 months.  I can hardly believe that
Dante is going on 4 years old.

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Adrian - 03 Jul 2009 10:11 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Sherry

Snoopy was 19 in March. At 25 KFC was the oldest cat by far, on the group,
until she was murdered recently. :-(
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Mishi - 03 Jul 2009 11:58 GMT
>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
>> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Snoopy was 19 in March. At 25 KFC was the oldest cat by far, on the group,
> until she was murdered recently. :-(

My Biddy was 23 when she went to the Bridge. She was the oldest, with
Squeek at 19, Maus 18, Dweazel 16.

Mishi
Christina Websell - 04 Jul 2009 17:51 GMT
>> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
>> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Snoopy was 19 in March.

She is probably the oldest regular RSPCA cat now.  Long may she reign.

> At 25 KFC was the oldest cat by far, on the group, until she was murdered
> recently. :-(

I do believe you are taking the loss of KFC almost as badly as I am, Adrian.
Somehow that gives me emotional support, thank you.
It was not so much that it happened, as my common sense told me I wouldn't
have her for very much longer, but the *way* it happened.  I am still bitter
about it.  She would have been basking in the sun with the good weather
we're having atm.

Tweed
LMadigan@hhnt.nhs.uk - 05 Jul 2009 19:10 GMT
On Jul 4, 9:51 am, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I do believe you are taking the loss of KFC almost as badly as I am, Adrian.
> Somehow that gives me emotional support, thank you.

I think we all are

.  She would have been basking in the sun with the good weather
> we're having atm.

That breaks my heart still...after that time when she would only eat
roast chicken etc then she went back to cat food I really thought she
was going to rally for at least one last summer

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs
Christina Websell - 06 Jul 2009 23:58 GMT
On Jul 4, 9:51 am, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I do believe you are taking the loss of KFC almost as badly as I am,
> Adrian.
> Somehow that gives me emotional support, thank you.

I think we all are

. She would have been basking in the sun with the good weather
> we're having atm.

That breaks my heart still...after that time when she would only eat
roast chicken etc then she went back to cat food I really thought she
was going to rally for at least one last summer
--------
But she *had* rallied, Lesley.  She would have had one last summer.   She
was murdered (one or two have said that word) because she had a snotty nose
and her fur was tatty.
She was eating cat food like there was no tomorrow.  She had a nasal
infection that was challenging my vets, they threw every medication
imaginable at her and it was just starting to improve.  The evidence was
that she was eating as she never could if her nose was blocked and she could
not smell her food.
Her coat did not look good. She stopped grooming several years ago as very
old cats usually do. Even though she had a short coat it got matted.
She would only let me pass a brush over her occasionally when she was in the
mood and it's not enough.
So I used to try and pluck the matts out when she was asleep.  If she woke
up suddenly sometimes I'd have to jump away so a little more fur came out
that I meant otherwise.

If a vet is reading this, please do not put an old "stray" to sleep if she
has a cold and a few bare patches in her coat.
One of the things I found out from Barrajo was that "she was losing her
fur."  KFC was not losing her fur at all.  It was me.  I was plucking her
mats out not very expertly because I worried that the mats might be pulling
on her skin.

Sometimes I wish that people were not so cynical as to imagine that most
people will mistreat and neglect their animals.  Most people will not. I'd
like to find the person who found KFC. In her own front garden!!!  and
snatched her up and took her to a vet that could not see past her runny
nose, obvious great age and patchy coat.  The vet did not see past the RSPCA
had funded her for 10 quid or so either.  It was just enough money for pay
for the injection to put her to sleep.

If I had not had to go into hospital this would never have happened.  She
would not have been out on the front looking for me and no-one would have
picked her up..  It's my fault

Tweed

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Jofirey - 07 Jul 2009 00:36 GMT
"Christina Websell" <spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in
message

> If I had not had to go into hospital this would never have
> happened.  She would not have been out on the front looking for me
> and no-one would have picked her up..  It's my fault
>
> Tweed

I'm with you right up to the last three words.  Would you assign
blame to someone else who found themselves in the same
circumstances?  Even in your less charitable moments, I don't think
so.

Be at the very least as kind to yourself and you would be to a
stranger.  You didn't do anything or neglect to do anything.  You
cannot be at fault.

Jo
Christina Websell - 07 Jul 2009 01:16 GMT
> "Christina Websell" <spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in
> message
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> stranger.  You didn't do anything or neglect to do anything.  You
> cannot be at fault.

I hope you are right.

Tweed
Granby - 07 Jul 2009 22:09 GMT
THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT!
>> "Christina Websell" <spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in
>> message
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>
> Tweed
Christina Websell - 07 Jul 2009 22:57 GMT
I still feel that I let her down.  My mind tells me that I was so ill I had
to be admitted to hospital, true.  I would have died otherwise.  However my
heart misses her so much and wonders if I could have done better to make
sure she was safe
I thought I'd done enough by making sure June came to look after everything.
We were not expecting some weirdo to snatch her in front of her own house as
she followed the sunshine.

Tweed

> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT!
>>> "Christina Websell" <spamfree@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote in
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>>
>> Tweed
Stormmee - 08 Jul 2009 10:55 GMT
and it is my opinion, that you did nothing wrong, in fact did everything
right, but as un happy a thought as this is, it seems to me that her end has
been a catalyst for many of us to think about these things, and will i hope
cause some positive plans from some of us... what a grand exit if you think
about it, she went out in a rather dramatic fashion that befitted her coming
your friend and housemate, and her feisty life in general, Lee

> I still feel that I let her down.  My mind tells me that I was so ill I
> had to be admitted to hospital, true.  I would have died otherwise.
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>>>
>>> Tweed
LMadigan@hhnt.nhs.uk - 12 Jul 2009 18:41 GMT
On Jul 6, 3:58 pm, "Christina Websell"
<spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote:

> If I had not had to go into hospital this would never have happened.  She
> would not have been out on the front looking for me and no-one would have
> picked her up..  It's my fault

Tweed! It is not your fault..you had to go to hospital as you've said
in another post if you didn't go you could have died and where would
that have left KFC and Boyfie? You'd made arrangements with June...
You could no way have anticipated this so called "cat rescuer" picking
her up and if you had been able to anticipate it- you would have taken
action to prevent it
I understand what you're saying- I think most of us do it....Why
didn't I act when I thought Fugazi looked a bit off colour?  Because
the next day she appeared to be fine again then two weeks later she
took a major turn for the worse and had to be sent over the Bridge
just 24 hours after she did take the turn because of cancer.....if I
had rushed her to the vet two weeks before would it have made a
difference?

We all wonder if it was our fault in some way..it's understandable but
Tweed...it wasn't your fault

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs .
bastXXXette@sonic.net - 13 Jul 2009 06:15 GMT
> On Jul 6, 3:58?pm, "Christina Websell"

>> If I had not had to go into hospital this would never have happened. She
>> would not have been out on the front looking for me and no-one would have
>> picked her up.. It's my fault

> Tweed! It is not your fault..you had to go to hospital as you've said
> in another post if you didn't go you could have died and where would
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> had rushed her to the vet two weeks before would it have made a
> difference?

> We all wonder if it was our fault in some way..it's understandable but
> Tweed...it wasn't your fault

Well said. I wonder if self-blame is just a natural part of grieving,
though. You know those "stages" of grief that Kubler-Ross came up with?
One of them is "bargaining" - if I do this, maybe it won't be true, if
I had done that, maybe it would have turned out OK. I think that's about
trying, somehow, to get back in control of the situation. Self-blame is
part of that.

To think that you could have prevented an unanticipated and somewhat
random tragic event gives you the illusion of being in control. Maybe
it's easier to think that you slipped and made a mistake, so it's your
fault it happened, but at least usually, you're in control of fate. That's
what I think the self-blame thing is all about when incomprehensible and
horribly painful losses occur. Maybe that's better, even with all the
self-recriminations, than accepting that sometimes things just come out
of nowhere and blindside us. I think the first thing people do when they
encounter a random tragedy is to attempt to restore a sense of order, a
world where things make sense.

Anyway, this isn't directed specifically at Tweed, because lots of
people do this, including myself. I hate to see people blaming themselves
for things that couldn't possibly be their fault, but on the other hand,
maybe that's preferable to dealing with the unpredictability of tragedy.
It's a lot to take in all at once.

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Winnie - 03 Jul 2009 13:27 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Sherry

Rusty just turned 15.  But it does seem a long time ago when he
adopted me.
All these years were a constant struggle with one health problem after
another.
At one point, I didn't think he will make it to 10 years olf. He
proved me wrong.

Winnie
Sherry - 03 Jul 2009 14:23 GMT
> > We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> > wondering....how old
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>
> Winnie

I thought of Rusty & Snoopy -- I knew they must be among the elder
ones. They're
*all* like little celebrities in their own right; I read their
stories, their victories over
serious health issues over the years -- and just like celebrities, one
day you read how old they
are, and you can't believe it!
Scarlett & Rhett must be at least  5 by now; Scouty and Silver have
been on the group
a long time; they must be near middle-aged by now; Tanada, Qui Gun,
Karen C's Pearl,

I actually had to check the newsgroup to figure how old Biskit is --
of  course it's still
just a guess, becuase that's just the "found" date.

Sherry
Cheryl - 03 Jul 2009 21:30 GMT
I thought of Rusty & Snoopy -- I knew they must be among the elder
ones. They're
*all* like little celebrities in their own right; I read their
stories, their victories over
serious health issues over the years -- and just like celebrities, one
day you read how old they
are, and you can't believe it!
Scarlett & Rhett must be at least  5 by now; Scouty and Silver have
been on the group
a long time; they must be near middle-aged by now; Tanada, Qui Gun,
Karen C's Pearl,

********************************

You're close! Scarett and Rhett will be 5 in September (born 2004), Patches
is 3 (born Apr 2006) Shamrock the old man is about 8 (they think he was born
in spring 2001) and Bonnie. who knows.  She found me in the winter of 2003
and I thought she was a baby because she was so small, but her body frame
hasn't grown since then so I think she's just a runt.  I think Karen C's
Sugar might be older than Pearl, but I don't remember how old Pearl was when
her brother moved and had to give her up.

Patches might go live with my mom.  She's still thinking.  I think they'd be
a purrfect match.  As much as I love Patches, she just won't get along with
everyone.
Sherry - 04 Jul 2009 06:33 GMT
> I thought of Rusty & Snoopy -- I knew they must be among the elder
> ones. They're
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> a purrfect match.  As much as I love Patches, she just won't get along with
> everyone.

Wow, I didn't realize you have 5 cats now. You've caught up with me.
I think it might be wise to give Patches a try at your moms. I have
often said that
if I could find a single-cat home for Biskit, with an older person in
a quiet household,
I wouldprobably let her go. She is such a sweet cat, but so timid, and
the rest still
pick on her from time to time.
Has Sham slowed down in his middle-age? He was such a hoot. I still
remember the Shamcam.

Sherry

Sherry
BfloPolska - 03 Jul 2009 15:07 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
> are these kitties now?

When I think about it I can't believe I've been here as long as I
have. I got Stosh maybe three weeks after Fritzie went to RB, and got
Roxie almost a month after Stosh;   my first post here was only three
or four months after that, when we were fostering Brian and Roxie
stole her first piece of ham. Stosh, the scrawny 7-month old Lillte
Guy, is now a 6-year old hunk of 18-pound brawn, and Madame Roxie is
8; my Little Baby Brandy (whose arrival I documented on RPCA worse
than an expectant mother) is 5, China is 7, Philip the Fella 7, and
the old Babcia, Sabrina, will be 11 in November. I've been here 5
years. I can't believe it. I was recommended here by someone named OJ,
who I never see post anymore.

Blessed be,
Baha
Irulan - 03 Jul 2009 16:51 GMT
I don't think anybody here can top KFC, wasn't she over 20?
My Lily is a sweet 4 years old. :)

Lily & her mama

> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
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>
> Sherry

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from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time.

tanadashoes - 03 Jul 2009 18:11 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
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> Biskit. Biskit is at least 6 or 7, and
> Bosley, the "baby" is 6 now.

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I remember when you got Biskit and Bosley.  It's hard to believe they aren't
still baby cats.

In my clowder.

Tanada:  17 in September
QC: 12 or 13 now
Merlin:  10 or so
Pine Cone: 8
Huey: 6
Sonya:  5 or 6
Qui Gun Kit: 4
Miss Calico Girl:  3
Hermione: about 7 months

My babies are all grown up.  Qui Gun Kit and Hermione have flown the coop
and have adopted Mike's new family in Seattle.

Pam S.
Kajikit - 03 Jul 2009 19:08 GMT
>We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
>wondering....how old
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>Biskit. Biskit is at least 6 or 7, and
>Bosley, the "baby" is 6 now.

Ours are still babies... Silver and Scouty are nearly six  because
they were about six months old when we adopted them right before we
got married... and Tessie is about four because she came along a year
later and much younger. Half the time she still acts like she thinks
she's six months old!
nik Simpson - 04 Jul 2009 03:13 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
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>
> Sherry

Muddy, 14 1/2
Emily, 14
Custer about 14 weeks

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Tiger (a.k.a. HRFL) - 07 Jul 2009 17:42 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
> are these kitties now?

> Sherry

It shocks me to realise that His Royal Feline Lordship Tiger is 11
years old this month. It seems only yesterday that he was a scrap of a
3 week old itty bitty kitty.
Pandora is 9 years old, which is a shock.
Robbie is 14 (where does time go?)

The things the 3 of them have done with their lives... they started
their lives in London, they've lived in Belize, lived in the USA,
travelled to Scotland and now live in Wales. They've flown between
them 50,000 miles on a plane, seen animals they can only dream of and
Tiger has faced off a Scorpion and a wild ocelot!

Miss Lily Whiskers is 4 this year. She's the face of Cats Protection
Feline Friends National Leaflet campaign for the second year in a row
(under the alias "Alice") and her face & kitten pictures are plastered
all over Cats Protection leaflets which have been sent out in Your Cat
magazine.

Cleo is 7 and just learning that it's safe to go in the garden after 5
years.

And Tara and her brother Riley-Sissorpaws are coming up for their 1st
year birthday and are different cats to the ones rescued from a dog-
fighting house this time last year. Riley has a particular taste for
Coy Carp and the neighbours pet chickens...

I joined RPCA in/around 1998 I think. 11 years. WOW!

Helen M
MaryL - 10 Jul 2009 09:32 GMT
> We've all been posting about the same cats for many years now -- I was
> wondering....how old
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>
> Sherry

Holly was 14 years old on June 1.  Duffy is "guesstimated" to be about 11
years old now.

MaryL
 
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