Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

[JB]

Twenty years ago this week I moved into my daughter's house to "sit" it while she was serving in Desert Storm.

There was a very small kitten there whom I called microcat.

After the war she was adopted by grandson Sean and lived with him until he left for college. She then adopted my Son, John, and lived with him until he married. Along the way she changed her name to "Miss Kitty".

New DIL is not a cat fancier, the infamous Catzilla had gone to meet her maker, so Miss Kitty then came full circle and came to The Hideout.

She doesn't jump on counters and furniture anymore, but otherwise appears to be a typical adult (but small) cat. Sight and hearing may have diminished a bit. Her voice is quite gravelly.

She is currently rubbing my ankles in a request for affection.

Happy Birthday, Miss Kitty. You are the best preserved 20 year old cat I ever knew.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

Cute cat. My aunt and uncle had one also live to over 20. Happy Birthday to her!

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

Wow 20 years!! Happy Birthday

 

[avenger79]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

very nice of you to take kitty in. good looking cat.

oh and thanks for reminding me that it was 20 years ago that I got recalled for desert storm. man I'm getting old.

 

[eastont]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

Twenty years ago this week I moved into my daughter's house to "sit" it while she was serving in Desert Storm.

There was a very small kitten there whom I called microcat.

After the war she was adopted by grandson Sean and lived with him until he left for college. She then adopted my Son, John, and lived with him until he married. Along the way she changed her name to "Miss Kitty".

New DIL is not a cat fancier, the infamous Catzilla had gone to meet her maker, so Miss Kitty then came full circle and came to The Hideout.

She doesn't jump on counters and furniture anymore, but otherwise appears to be a typical adult (but small) cat. Sight and hearing may have diminished a bit. Her voice is quite gravelly.

She is currently rubbing my ankles in a request for affection

Happy Birthday, Miss Kitty. You are the best preserved 20 year old cat I ever knew.

Are you still "house sitting?"

 

[JB]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

Are you still "house sitting?"

Nope. That ended when Desert Storm troops came home. That is when I moved to The Hideout.

 

[bassman284]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

Reminds me of my old calico, Rocky aka The Big Fancy Cat, who passed in 1995 at the age of approximately 19. I say approximately because my cousin dropped her off at my house on his way to Arizona in 1978. He'd had her for about 2 years.

Her favorite treats were chocolate and peanut butter. A little dab of either would set off a highly comprehensive bath from ears to toes.

 

[texasabil]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

We have 3 cats here 1 inside and the other 2 where drooped off I guess!! they just showed up one day they have kept me from walking right over a rattle snake they are great cats we have a black lab they play together all the time. and working last week on our boats they both wanted to help lol

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

Congratulations Miss Kitty !!!! great looking feline !!!

 

[DJ]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

My last Cat lived to be 20.

RIP: "Sam, I am".

He was a character, acted more like a dog than a cat.

He had extremely long legs and a long snout. He was a "spitten image" of a cat I had in my youth that lived to be sixteen. My wife bought Sam for my 21st. birthday. He was was with us through many moves. He even survived two weeks of a bitterly cold Minnesota winter when he disappeared for two weeks. We thought he was gone. Sam was an "inside" cat that always tried to escape. One day, he did, much to his surprise.

Two weeks later, he found his way home-skinny-and appreciative of the "finer" things in life-like food.

He moved, wih us to AZ, where he thrived (Sun Rays) but succumbed to a stroke at 20.

RIP Sam!

 

[JB]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

So many cats that lived to be quite elderly must have been well loved and cared for.

 

[scipper77]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

We have a family cat currently residing with my brother that is 22 years old. He still looks like a kitten allthough he is hard of hearing and not as spryas he once was. He has eaten only "wet" cat food for his whole life. I wonder if that has anything to do with his longevity??

 

[heycods]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

I had one that made it to 17years, "sir" passed in 92, I still miss that old cat, We went through some hard times together. Glad mis kitty lucked out.

 

[Beefer]

Re: Happy 20th Birthday, Miss Kitty

Awesome! My cat, Flea, is 18 and also quite petite. Everyone thinks she's a kitten. I've had her since she was 6 weeks old, and I'm amazed that a) she stuck around me all this time, and b) I've managed to keep her alive this long! I know that she won't be around for another 18, and I dread that day.