My elderly kitty was out all night last night

[Roon]

She will dart outside sometimes and I won't even know she is gone. She likes to sleep in nook and crannies so it's not unusual to not see her for hours at a time in the house.

6AM and she was crying into the dryer vent above my bed. (smart kitty) I went outside to one side of the house and called her, but she is deaf and didn't hear me. So I walked all the way around to the other side of the house and she moved to where I was orginally calling her. Finally I just waved my arms until she caught a glimpse and came trotting up the path and back into the house.

Wish she wouldn't do that, it still gets very cold around here at night!

[Mollis]

1. Poor kitty

:(
I try to keep my kitty in as much as possible. If he's not inside, he is in the garage on a pile of blankets.

[enigmatic]

2. I love seeing that picture of kitty

So regal looking; give her a scratch behind the ears for me:D

[Roon]

4. Done!

[wickerwoman]

3. That's a gorgeous cat.

Glad there's a happy ending. :hi:

[Roon]

5. I am glad there is a happy ending too

Barney, my other cat will sneak out and spend the night outdoors. Not only is it cold, but we have foxes around here.

[ceile]

6. I would have been worried sick!

She's very elderly, right? In her 20s?
I would have been up all night waiting for her.

[Roon]

8. I didn't even know she was out until she started crying the next morning

otherwise I would have been worried sick.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Silly old kitteh! :^D How old is she?

[Roon]

9. She's 24

She is on her last legs. She is very frail..but she sleeps all day,eats and drinks and uses the litterbox all without a problem.So I just let her be!Even catnip doesn't get her excited anymore.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Wow! And here I was all happy that mine have stuck it out for 15 years come May. You guys

give me hope, though, that I can keep mine for a while longer yet. :D

[Roon]

11. The world record for longest living house cat is 42-years-old

eom

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. Sweet! Of course one of mine is a wee bit sick, having a thryroid condition but

so far so good. As long as he is on his meds he is as healthy as his sister.

[Roon]

15. Great!

eom

[texanwitch]

12. One of my cats is about 20, give or take a year.

He is the last of the line of my first black cat.

I can trace him back to his Great, Great, Great whatever mother.

He gets around ok, but is missing his upper teeth.

He likes to lay outside in the sun and sleep by heater in the winter.

He is a sweet old cat.

He raised two groups of kittens for me, everything but feeding them.

He is a special cat.

Glad your kitty is all right.

[Roon]

13. Thanks

I am cooking her a chicken breast tonight. :-)My other cat,Barney, does not like human food so it wont be so bad.