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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2006Hal is 17 yrs. 7 months
A cat picked up as a stray from wherever in July, 1988 is still around. Eats every day, solid stool in the litter box. Purrs like a baby and is a certain place every time of time, including my pillow at night. More dependable than an alarm clock. The vet compares its condition to most cats 8 or 9. It may appear Hal has time to go. My first cat, Princess, lived from 1967 to 1982. My second cat, Mittens, lived from 1982 to 1992. Hal, only my third cat in 39 continuous years as a cat owner (named after Hal Roach, who lived to be 100) continues to amaze me with its peace of mind. Only once in a while it will act like he doesn't know where he's going, but it's only momentarily and still makes the litter box. Every other day or so, she spits of the hairball, and that's how I know everything's fine, because it then washes himself, so cute. >A cat picked up as a stray from wherever in July, 1988 is still around. > Eats every day, solid stool in the litter box. Purrs like a baby and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >1982 to 1992. Hal, only my third cat in 39 continuous years as a cat >owner (named after Hal Roach, who lived to be 100) continues to amaze Congratulations on your senior boy. In human years he is about 80-84! You must be doing something right. LMR don't know there; just know it keeps on ticking like no one's business. My biggest fear is that one day i will simply find it dead; though the vet assures me that cat's deaths are a gradual process..... 99.9% of the time, cats do die gradually, and look for a comfortable/safe place to lie down at the end. (Please provide a soft private place for them to go to). .01% will just drop dead while walking at old age. An old friend of mine had a cat "Elvis" that lived to be 24+ years old (well over 100 years human age). His diet consisted of 9 Lives canned food everyday. At the time, Elvis had actually been part of his family before my friend was born. Elvis moved v e r y slowly at advanced age, but still managed to get around to his favorite spots inside and out. "Elmer Pintar" <pintar@webtv.net> wrote in news:1139963309.082347.54750 @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > A cat picked up as a stray from wherever in July, 1988 is still around. > Eats every day, solid stool in the litter box. Purrs like a baby and [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > hairball, and that's how I know everything's fine, because it then > washes himself, so cute. If you have a picture in digital form you should post it to alt.binaries.pictures.animals and mention it here.
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