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I want you to know Kaly was loved (14)

Our sweet Kaly girl passed over the rainbow bridge a week ago. It’s been hard. We were in college when she happened upon us. Some guy came to our door and said “do you want a cat? I got a boy and a girl”.

My thought was to grab the girl so we could spay her and she wouldn’t have a lifetime of kittens. She then became one of our original 4 babies (kittens) we had from our college town. She loved us when we couldn’t afford hardly anything, ate spaghetti every night for 5+ nights in a row, moved across states, travelled, had kids, renovated 2x; she was there for all of it.

She passed away here at home with us both. Her older brother and sister travelled the rainbow bridge in November and now she is with them. Playing. Pain free. Care free. She can see clearly now.

We believe she *may* have had a stroke 2-3 years ago and her left eye began turning more black all over. She always had the worst skin, riddled with cysts. I stopped taking her to get them removed some time ago because they didn’t bother her, they were benign so why put her through the pain?

She was a sweet girl. She NEVER fought her kitty siblings, only missed the litter box when she had a UTI, and had a very positive, chill attitude about her.

Her name was Kaly and we called her “Mrs. Boobs” because she was a big girl, who had all of the moves 🥰

This is her, and her favorite cactus 🌵

u/Radiant_Gas_4642 — 8 hours ago
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Miss you Lucy (14)

I got back from the trip to get my tattoo today. It really hit me hard when I walked into the house. I opened up the bag of her fur and smelled it and broke down. It doesn’t feel right here at all without her. I miss her so fucking much. It feels like my heart is being ripped out of my chest. The tattoo isn’t done yet but I’ll go back and get it finished in a few weeks. I think I’m being overly critical of it because I just lost her. It’s a good tattoo so far but it just doesn’t look enough like her to me. But everyone else says it’s a good representation of her so I think I’ll just give it some time and I’ll grow to love it. I don’t know what to do with myself. It just makes me wish I could go back even just a week so I could hold her for a few more days. I’m sorry I’ve posted so much about her recently, I just feel so.. empty. Talking about her helps a little. But really looking at her pictures and laying in bed without her is really hard right now. My other cats want my attention and I feel bad because I just don’t want them right now. I only want my little Lucy girl. She should be here with me, laying on my chest, cuddling into my neck. I was just numb the day we did the euthanasia, but it’s all becoming very real now. I keep seeing her all sedated and then when she was just.. gone. Her legs moved a little, paddling. After she was gone already. That hurt seeing too, the vet confirmed her heart had stopped so I knew she was gone but.. I don’t know. Seeing her legs move after like that was sort of morbid. The vet struggled to get the final injection in too, because everytime she’d draw back to make sure she was in a vein, the blood would clot and the medicine wouldn’t push because of the blood clotting. So she had to retry like 5 times, everytime I turned away and put my face in my mom’s shoulder and cried, bracing myself for the end. But then it wouldn’t work and the whole process would repeat. After they sedated her, she really wasn’t there anymore. She had this glossy look in her eyes, I’m glad she couldn’t feel anything though. My brain must’ve put some kind of safety net up so I could get through it because I managed, but I feel like a mess now. I wish I could take it back, even though I know it was time and she was only going to get worse. God I miss her. How am I supposed to do this without her for the rest of my life?

u/QuietSuccessful5331 — 6 hours ago
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Tico and Milky (11), reunited in kitty heaven after 68 days

Milky crossed the rainbow bridge this morning and reunited with his brother, who also crossed 68 days ago. I find a lot of solace in knowing that Tico was there waiting for Milky, and that they are together again. It hurts like a b* but I’m happy they are together again. I know that as much as Milky loved me, he couldn’t wait to see his brother again. I lost both of them to cancer. They were still so young💔I’m glad their fights are over and that they can finally rest in peace, together.

I will miss you both forever, my boys. Until we meet again 🤍

u/eunbitzy — 13 hours ago
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Kitsey Baba (16), a magnificent blep, and cream cheese time

My love ❤️ She is doing well enough. We go back to the vet in a few weeks. For now, she's just eating whatever I can get her to eat- I'm still offering meals and treats constantly- and being my velcro baby.

u/SApprentice — 5 hours ago
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19 yr old princess

So our little queen Sophia is prediabetic 😭

We noticed she was bumping into things and a quick visit to her vet confirmed she had cataracts.
We are going to change her diet but SHES SO PICKY 😣 vet recommend a few things like boiled chicken but I know she’ll want something else the next day.
We usually have a variety of wet food for her because she gets bored of the same thing lol
Is anyone in the same boat as us? What brands of kibble or wet food is the best?

u/Hefty-Student5857 — 12 hours ago
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My best friend of 19 will rest forever

It's been two days since I had to let Pablo go, and the pain hasn't gotten any easier.

Every morning I wake up expecting to hear him, see him waiting for me, or feel him beside me. For a brief moment I forget what happened... and then it all comes back. Every single morning, my heart breaks all over again.

After 19 years, he wasn't just part of my life—he was part of who I was. He was there through every chapter of my life, through the good days and the bad, always offering comfort without asking for anything in return.

I like to believe he's with his little brother now, the one I had to say goodbye to last Christmas after he suffered a stroke. I hope they're together again, keeping each other company like they always should have.

After 19 years of always having cats in the house, the silence is unbearable. The house feels so empty now. I'd give anything to hear his purring one more time or see him waiting by the door when I come home.

I knew letting him go was the kindest thing I could do, but knowing that doesn't make the pain any easier.

I miss you so much, Pablo. I love you, and I always will.

(Sorry for the amount of photos, but he deserved nothing less)

u/Appropriate-Army3532 — 20 hours ago
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A ZoeZoe (20) Update.

Howdy folks!

So it's been a bit since ZoeZoe's emergency poo vet visit. She's doing good and has finished her 10 days of antibiotics and her appetite is slowly coming back to normal. She had a perfect poop which is the highlight of my weekend as weird that is but no issues and no needing her butt wiped.

We are looking into some pain meds for her joints and so on because we feel that is what might be causing issues with her poo position.

Overall she does have an increase in sleeping but she is moving around more like her younger self. Hell, she jumped on to the couch today for a treat instead of her ramp.

Pictured is ZoeZoe and her new blanket I bought her after we had to throw her old one away.

u/RetroSwamp — 8 hours ago
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looking for some enrichment ideas for my baby (15)

He does not have much energy for playing, but when he does, he likes to playfight with his catnip toys (like in the pictures) while he’s sitting or laying down. When he has a really good day, he likes to jump around and run after those toys on a string that you wave around. But he is very clumsy and his joints are starting to act out so I don’t want him to get hurt. And he gets tired really fast so we don’t do that one too much. I don’t want him to be bored all day when he does not have much energy to run around or fight.

What are your favorite ways to play with your low energy seniors? Maybe some puzzles?

u/jejivelicenstvoona — 14 hours ago
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My 15 year old Kitty is suffering I am begging at this point

Hello! My cat’s name is Christopher, and I’ve had him since I was like 10 years old. In the past year he has declined kind of fast, but the worst part about it all is no vet can seem to figure out exactly what is happening. So I’m using every resource I can get my hands on to see if by chance someone has experienced the same thing or has any ideas on how to help. It all started last April.

For most of my life, I had no idea how to properly take care of a cat. I was so young when I got him, I was just doing what my parents said. He never even got his first rabies shot until he was like 10 because he was moving in with me while I was in college. That’s just to give you a little perspective into this because what happened was I realized his teeth were really bad around april of last year. I took him to the vet and I honeslty had no idea I was suppose to be getting them cleaned, so they got him scheduled to clean them and pull the bad teeth. Well, it turns out his teeth were so bad that the techs didn’t feel comfortable pulling them because his one fang was so fragile it could shatter. I told them just to do the cleaning and I would find someone who could pull the teeth somewhere else.

Then came the itching and alopecia. It started kind of slow at first. I noticed he was itching the lower area on his tummy a lot and the fur started falling out around that area. I also noticed the nipples were pretty crusty and there were these little black dots forming on his skin in that area. I took him back to the vet on May 13th, 2025 and they thought it could be folliculitis and that the hair follicles were clogged and causing discomfort. So we did a round of steroids and antibiotics to try and help him. It helped while he was on them, and then after the round was over he went right back to chewing. We moved around this time, too.

So we went to the dermatologist. The first vet said they couldn’t really do much else for me so they recommended I went to an actual pet dermatologist. That was around June 16th 2025. It did not go well. I told her about the little black dots (which I had observed the night before) and all she said was ‘I don’t see them right now) She told me to give him gabapentin every day to keep him from itching and basically sent me on my way. Needless to say, nothing really came out of that. But we also weren’t 100% certain that he wasn’t overgrooming because of mouth pain because those bad teeth were still in his mouth.

So I got his teeth pulled. I Scheduled an appointment at a low cost clinic that specializes in teeth (because I’m fairly low income) and he got 8 teeth pulled on September 5th, 2025. He was on another antibiotic for that, and was in a cone for two weeks. Recovery went well, he’s just a little monster and hated the cone. But we got it done with no complications in that aspect.

But the itching didn’t stop. So at this point, I knew it wasn’t his teeth. So because I had moved, I got an appointment with a new vet that was right across the street from me. His first check up with them was on October 22nd 2025. They asked for a urine sample because if this tummy was hurting internally, that could cause overgrooming in that area too. And we did find Struvite Crystals in his urine. Idk how long he’s had them or if the first teeth cleaning was so stressful for him it triggered them. I honestly have no idea, but we got him onna urinary diet and he’s been on it every since. They did x-ray him to look for stones in his bladder just in case and they didn’t find any.

If that helped at all, it didn’t show. Because he was still licking at his skin and at this point. It was like he was wearing a crop top. He entire lower half if his belly is bare and he irritates it so much it was dry and bumpy and scabby. It makes me feel bad just looking at it. And then, in a completely separate spot, he got a bunch of zit like bumpies on his leg. Like, he would get bumpies on his tummy from irritating it so much. But these bumpies were red and bright and in a place he wasn’t itching before so it couldn’t have been related to the overgrooming. So he went back to that same vet on November 12th, 2025. More antibiotics. More steroids. Same reaction. It helps while he’s on it, but when the round is over, he goes right back.

Then came the butt scooting. On January 15th, 2026, he went to the vet for butt scooting. I brought a stool sample and they realized his hips were so sore from chronic arthritis that he couldn’t express his own glands properly and they expressed his glands for him and gave him his first shot of solensia for the pain. He also got some glandex powder and cosequin cat capsules to help with joint pain.

The next day, they told me he has Clostridium. A bacterial overgrowth in his bowels. Again, I have no idea when it started or why. I always suspected it was because he had been on so many antibiotics in that year, but I’m also just a paranoid overthinker, it really could be anything. He went on Metronidazole for that. We have him the 50mL (1cc twice a day by mouth until gone) and that was that.

A few months go by. Solensia shot every month. Gland expressions when he needs some extra help. But still digging into his skin, and it’s spreading. Up his leg, up and down his tummy, just all over that area. His skin is dry and impacted, his nipples are crusty and covered in those little dark dots and all around his skin in that area too. So I need to do something. In all honesty, I wanted to find a different dermatologist, but after searching I realized there was only one pet dermatologist in my city so I had to go back to her.

So on March 19, 2025, We went back to the dermatologist. She wants to rule out a food allergy so he goes on a food trial. A fancy hydrolized food that’s also the urinary food he needed for his struvite crystals. It seemed to be working for like two weeks and then we went right back. She also gave me a recommendation for an oatmeal spray to add some moisture back in that area. And that helps with the dryness.

At this point Im putting the E-collar on him when he seems to not be able to stop itching or when I’m at work. Anything to prevent more damage to the skin. Nothing seems to help. I took him to get his solensia shot and they did a wellness check on him. They said ‘other than his skin he looks good.’

He goes back to the dermatologist on June 2nd, 2026. They say that because it wasn’t a food allergy, it’s probably an environmental allergy. And that because he’s so old it’s not a good idea to go through all the time and effort to desensitize him to it and that the best thing we can do is reduce the itching to make him comfortable. They gave me a few options, he’s gets Atopica prescribed to him.

We started at a lower dose and worked up, but he’s on a 16lbs dose of Atopica daily right now. But I genuinely hate giving it to him. Because like, he was having some twitching issues before the medicine. His muscles would twitch every so often. His feet would flick at weird times. It was something I noticed but I hadn’t gotten the chance to get him to his regular vet to talk to them about it. But now, on Atopica, the twitching has ramped up like 100%. It went from something that would happen every so often, to something I see him doing constantly. I feel it when we are cuddling and I see it out of the corner of my eye constantly. I told the dermatologist and they told me to continue giving the Atopica to him until his next checkup on the 22nd of July. But like, I hate seeing him like this. He will be laying on my chest and i can feel both of his back paws twitching over and over. He will twitch all over his body one after another. And it seems to get worse right after I give it to him. I give it to him at 7pm (right before his dinner time) and after that, the twitching gets even worse. And last night he was laying against my ear and I could hear his heart POUNDING. Now granted, it was 4th of July and there were lots of loud fireworks so that could have been the reason for that because this is the first time I’ve noticed his heart racing. But with everything else going on I am so hyper vigilant of everything he does. I am so worried about everything I messaged his normal vet and got him a checkup appointment for the 8th of july (Wednessday).

Idk if anyone is going to read this all the way through, but maybe I just needed to put this out into the void because after over a year of vet visit after vet visit with seemingly no answers about his skin, it’s wearing on my heart and my mind. He is the love of my life and It hurts me so much to see him in any sort of discomfort. And his bare belly is a constant reminder that I’m failing him in someway, but I can’t fix it. If anyone has any insight or advice I would love to hear any suggestion. I have pictures and videos I’ve taken over the course of the year. But really, if you made it this far, thank you for reading and just send some love to my baby. I really just want there to be some magical cure and we can go back to how everything was when he had no health issues whatsoever but I know we can’t. At this point all I can hope for is for him to be happy and comfortable. ❤️❤️❤️

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u/SpicySocko — 15 hours ago
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Sylvia is 20! 🎉Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday my sweet baby, I can’t believe you made it to 20! I’d like to thank everyone who gave me suggesting for her birthday, I got her a nice blanket that she used immediately. A bunch of Churu treats, a new party hat, and she had her favorite food of all time, ham.

It’s unfortunate to say, but this will likely be our last birthday together. Shes had some health issues lately and unfortunately the vet felt a mass in her abdomen. Hopefully it’s nothing and she’ll be alright, but she’s old and not as energetic as she used to be. I can’t complain, 20 years is a long time for any cat, and I got to spend 2 of those beautiful years with her.

Thank you all again, Sylvia does expect happy birthdays from all of you. And as a little gift I included her much younger brother Milo wearing her party hat.

u/Dixie_Kat — 1 day ago
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We've loved this old man since he was a kitten. Now all we want is for him to have a comfortable retirement. ❤️🐱

💛 "I've been with my family since I was just a tiny kitten... now I'm a grumpy old grandpa." 🐱👴

This is Lolo Brutos.

He's been part of our family since he was a kitten, and watching him grow into the sweet, grumpy senior he is today has been one of the greatest joys of our rescue journey.

These days, though, age is catching up with him. His teeth have been giving him a hard time, making every meal uncomfortable. We're hoping his medications will help, but if they don't, he'll need dental prophylaxis so he can eat without pain again.

It's difficult watching someone you've loved for so many years grow old, knowing you can't stop time. All we can do is make sure his golden years are filled with comfort, good food, warm naps, and the love he's always known.

Please keep Lolo Brutos in your thoughts. We hope he still has many peaceful, happy days ahead.

If his story touched your heart, we'd love to hear about your own senior pets or rescues in the comments. Your kindness always reminds us why we keep going. And for those who've asked how to help our rescue cats over the years, your support—whether through kind words, sharing our posts, or anything more—means more than we can ever express.

Thank you for loving our grumpy grandpa as much as we do. 💛🐾

u/MiggySibsAndPWENDS — 1 day ago
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Happy Sweet 16 Willow!

My sweet girl has bone cancer, and this is the last summer I will get to spend with her.

My 32nd birthday is next Saturday, and it’s been the most special thing in the world to share half my life with my sweet girl.

Of course I had to go all out and celebrate her in a big way today on her 16th birthday!!

Edit: Thank you everyone! She had a day full of love, naps, and extra kitty treats!

u/Halloqween — 1 day ago
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Oscar turned 11

That tiny little kitten who was so small he fitted on one hand has grown up to be a big 9.5 kg (21 lbs) furry cuddle bug.

Happy birthday Oscar

u/Few-Explanation-4699 — 21 hours ago