Question. Elder statescats. Poll as well

On Aug 20, 3:48*am, "tanadashoes" wrote:
When, in your opinion do our owners achieve elder statescat status. *Tanada
will be 16 in two weeks. *TED has been calling her an old girl for about
four years now. *If you go by TED, QC will soon be an elder as she is about
ten now, as is Merlin. *Both were adopted in 1999/2000 at about two years of
age or so. *Some elders are obvious, like Snoopy, Yoda, Stinky, and their
fearless leader Kitty Farm Cat.

So I ask you when do they join the elder status quo and do you have any in
that age range?

Pam S.

HRFL Tiger has been an Elder statescat since was about 6 years old
(he's 10 now). He's got the gravitas that the position needs. Robbie
is an Elder statescat because he's 12 and takes blood pressure
tablets.

Helen M

"tanadashoes" wrote:

So I ask you when do they join the elder status quo and do you have any in
that age range?

Will, who will be (probably) 15 next month, says that 16 is the absolute
youngest that any cat can qualify. I expect him to increase this limit
slightly within the next year.
--

Wayne M.

"tanadashoes" wrote in message
m...
When, in your opinion do our owners achieve elder statescat status.
Tanada will be 16 in two weeks. TED has been calling her an old girl for
about four years now. If you go by TED, QC will soon be an elder as she
is about ten now, as is Merlin. Both were adopted in 1999/2000 at about
two years of age or so. Some elders are obvious, like Snoopy, Yoda,
Stinky, and their fearless leader Kitty Farm Cat.

So I ask you when do they join the elder status quo and do you have any in
that age range?

Pam S.


Although I'm owned by one, I really don't know! Stinky stubbornly
maintained cheeky youngster demeanor until around 15 or 16. He also was a
really late bloomer as a mouser, becoming a master of the art around the
same time.

--
Theresa, Stinky and Dante
drtmuirATearthlink.net

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On Aug 19, 10:48*pm, "tanadashoes" wrote:
When, in your opinion do our owners achieve elder statescat status. *Tanada
will be 16 in two weeks. *TED has been calling her an old girl for about
four years now. *If you go by TED, QC will soon be an elder as she is about
ten now, as is Merlin. *Both were adopted in 1999/2000 at about two years of
age or so. *Some elders are obvious, like Snoopy, Yoda, Stinky, and their
fearless leader Kitty Farm Cat.

So I ask you when do they join the elder status quo and do you have any in
that age range?

I think the oldest cat in a multi-cat household probably acheives that
status earlier than younger cats and single-cat household cats. Other
than that, I think it depends on the personality and behavior of the
cat.

Maggy May is our senior at sixteen. A retired mommy-cat, she is
certainly sedate, most of the time. She also enforcers her seniority
with paw or purr, whichever is appropriate.

Sunrise is ten and seems to think she's still a leading lady, in fact
a diva.

Missy is nine and still lives with her mother, Maggy May. I think it
is hard to be a senior when you live with mom.

WooToo is eleven or twelve and came into our household rather late,
having been my mom's last cat. She is a senior also, I think.

Winnie RB, was eight, also Maggy May's child and a gallant young lad
all of his life. We all miss him.

--
Will in New Haven

When, in your opinion do our owners achieve elder statescat status. Tanada
will be 16 in two weeks. TED has been calling her an old girl for about
four years now.

In our household it seems to be when they stake their claim to the Throne,
i.e. the pillow in the bedroom from where you can see everything that's
going on without moving a paw. Ishmael was the first to install himself
on it, spending most of the day there and not letting any of the others
near it. But when he was dying he let Muriel share it. After him, Muriel
took it over and snarled at anyone else who thought of using it; and when
she was dying she let Ishtar on it with her. Now Ishtar has got it all to
herself, but I can't see her living more than a few months. Chloe (about
10) is younger than Ishmael was when he first Ascended the Pillow, so
there might not be an immediate successor.

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tanadashoes wrote:

Marina wrote:
I just realised I never even thought of Nikki as elderly, even though
she was nearly 17 when she passed. She just kept her kittenish looks and
feisty, healthy, playful behaviour right to the end (which made her
death even more of a shock).

That's what Louie did. One day he was his usual feisty, Maine-Coon-ey,
loving playful boy; two days later we discover he's full of inoperable
cancer and so we let him go. It was a HUGE shock. And it hit J really
really hard. Louie was HIS cat, in much the same way that Belle was MY
cat. Or rather, that we were each quite ineluctably the proper slave for
each of them.

Deborah
slave to the Magnificent Seven

"tanadashoes" wrote in message
m...
When, in your opinion do our owners achieve elder statescat status.
Tanada will be 16 in two weeks. TED has been calling her an old girl for
about four years now. If you go by TED, QC will soon be an elder as she
is about ten now, as is Merlin. Both were adopted in 1999/2000 at about
two years of age or so. Some elders are obvious, like Snoopy, Yoda,
Stinky, and their fearless leader Kitty Farm Cat.

So I ask you when do they join the elder status quo and do you have any in
that age range?

Pam S.

My eldest, since Bandit went to the RB at 17, is Demi at 10. Then Jessie at
9.

Nose Kisses,

CatNipped

On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:48:13 -0400, tanadashoes wrote:

When, in your opinion do our owners achieve elder statescat status.
Tanada will be 16 in two weeks. TED has been calling her an old girl for
about four years now. If you go by TED, QC will soon be an elder as she
is about ten now, as is Merlin. Both were adopted in 1999/2000 at about
two years of age or so. Some elders are obvious, like Snoopy, Yoda,
Stinky, and their fearless leader Kitty Farm Cat.

So I ask you when do they join the elder status quo and do you have any in
that age range?

Spooky is clearly elder, and treated as such by the other cats - he's
about 21. Fluffy is 16, considers herself young, and is treated as such.
Tigger is about 12 and is in the 'elder' class.

I think it has more to do with the cat's overall health and condition than
with age per se.


--
T.E.D. )

On Aug 19, 10:48*pm, "tanadashoes" wrote:
When, in your opinion do our owners achieve elder statescat status. *Tanada
will be 16 in two weeks. *TED has been calling her an old girl for about
four years now. *If you go by TED, QC will soon be an elder as she is about
ten now, as is Merlin. *Both were adopted in 1999/2000 at about two years of
age or so. *Some elders are obvious, like Snoopy, Yoda, Stinky, and their
fearless leader Kitty Farm Cat.

So I ask you when do they join the elder status quo and do you have any in
that age range?

Pam S.

Rusty is 14 and has been eating Mature Cat food for some time now. The
vet
delayed putting him on Mature Cat food because of his history of
urinary blockages.
He definitely has slowed down quite a bit.

Winnie