Are Old Cats Like

[DrFilth]

old people , some people don't want to know and look the other way

what a lovely looking cat

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/casey-unwanted-cat-still-looking-7115418

[B00]

He's lovely looking isnt he?

I'm fortunate that I have a hubby who puts his foot down with a firm hand otherwise id fill my house till it's bursting with 'cast off' dogs and cats.

[treetops68]

No, I would have thought his age (no insurance available) and health problems are making people think twice when there are inumerable cats to choose from.

[Peter Pedant]

// are old cats like old people , some people don't want to know and look the other way //

Oh Dr F ! GoodLife must be choking on his weeties.

The people who looked the other way were the predecessors to the Good Samaritan - Levites. At the risk of educating you - the two sets were chosen because Samaritans were looked down on and Levites were looked up to.

andyes just ic case you are itching to ask GL - olds can be God Samaritans as well. [ and Jesus they can be Levites as well ]

[B00]

errr eh?

[treetops68]

Hmm, lost me too. I thought we were talking about the cat.

[DrFilth]

could depend on what meds it needs due to cost of vet bills

i miss mine , this was my youngest one, blind but happy sat in the garden

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2eqgoxs&s=8#.U3R2eihQNTs

[B00]

Main Coon or part MC DrF?

[DrFilth]

think it was just a stray but after years of tuna,steak and ham slices any other food they fancied they were all big and lived long lives

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ymypm9&s=8#.U3R4BChQNTs

[Peter Pedant]

oh come you two boo and treetop
the quote "look the other way" is Biblical
[ yeah - big book , see them in churches ? ]

and so its use in lost unwanted kitties is incongruous

[treetops68]

Sorry to disagree PP but in the context of the post it was not a quote as such and entirely appropriate.

[bibblebub]

domestic cats are not mentioned in your bible so they do not exist

[ummmm]

I wouldn't take on an old pet. I think their personality develops round the family.

[treetops68]

It's probably not so much the age as the health problems that would worry most people.

[Peter Pedant]

Bibbz - cats full stop, ( domesticated and such things as the snow leopard and cross-eyed lynx ). ( NT only, )

The nearest I can get to - " Be nice to kitties and I dont like factory farming either " in the NT, is

" be nice to kiddies " - suffer little children.
and also children- love one another

I am not sure about if it isnt in the Bible it doesnt exist
what about Nuclear reactors, or VAT ? I am pretty sure VAT exists....

[tranmerekid]

The Dr sends his apologies he can't post run out of credit.

[roopower]

We are full at the moment too, with five feline members of the family, and all because we took pity on a stray who turned out to be pregnant. Now we have her and her three kittens who we couldn't rehome - it appears no-one wants black and white kittens, either!

[mccfluff]

looks like murph and the same age, if she was nicer, i'd take him

[Peter Pedant]

tranny - it is a pity Dr Filth - I covet his monicker by the way - ran out of ackers just when the cat fur started flying...

I hope he has stuffed a shilling in the meter or whatever it is one has to do nowadays

[BuzzNitemare]

In the last few months we've said goodbye to both our 16 year old cats, and my mums 19 year old. If we decide to get a new cat ( or two ) when we feel ready it will probably be a younger one. I'm not bothered by health problems or paying for medication - I've done all that in the past and would do it again but I know we'd all be really upset when the cat died, even if we'd only had him/ her for a short time.

On the other hand, I suppose you could lose a pet at any age so it would be nice to think their last few years were spent somewhere they were safe and loved. I can see both sides.

At the moment we've put up our invisible ' cat vacancy ' sign in the hope that if there's a stray out there who needs a home will find there way to us.

[BuzzNitemare]

* their way to us