Am I too old for a young cat?

[Anonymous]

Get a bonded pair that is 1-3 yo. Cats do better with another cat. And it can be hard to find homes for bonded pairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My parents got cats from their 70s and basically set up future guardianship if needed (unofficially, of course), with my sibling. Make sure a friend/sibling/child is willing to care for them or carefully re-home them if that's ever necessary. Then enjoy them for the next 20 years.

That's my problem - I don't have any friends, and my 15 year old child is bent on the military. It's DH and me.

Maybe a series of large dogs is a better idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My parents got cats from their 70s and basically set up future guardianship if needed (unofficially, of course), with my sibling. Make sure a friend/sibling/child is willing to care for them or carefully re-home them if that's ever necessary. Then enjoy them for the next 20 years.

That's my problem - I don't have any friends, and my 15 year old child is bent on the military. It's DH and me.

Maybe a series of large dogs is a better idea.

Huh?

Cats are vastly easier on retirees than large dogs.

[Anonymous]

I’m 62 and adopted a 1-year-old cat from Petsmart last year. I figure we’ll both be geriatric at the same time.

[Anonymous]

I don't know the answer to your question, but we adopted from King Street Cats and had a great experience with them. Despite the fact that their website still says they are backlogged because of the pandemic, they responded to us really quickly.

[Anonymous]

Gosh- I just turned 47. I don't consider myself elderly. This is sort of a gut punch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My parents got cats from their 70s and basically set up future guardianship if needed (unofficially, of course), with my sibling. Make sure a friend/sibling/child is willing to care for them or carefully re-home them if that's ever necessary. Then enjoy them for the next 20 years.

That's my problem - I don't have any friends, and my 15 year old child is bent on the military. It's DH and me.

Maybe a series of large dogs is a better idea.

Huh?

Cats are vastly easier on retirees than large dogs.

Just meant we won't have a 20 year commitment and can revaluate every 5-6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh- I just turned 47. I don't consider myself elderly. This is sort of a gut punch.

OP here. I don't either! If we didn't have a track record of long lived cats, I wouldn't even be thinking about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People on this board are still raising toddlers and preschoolers at your age.

Get the cat.

+1

[Anonymous]

You’re really expecting to die by age 68? You might, of course, but statistically should live longer than that.

[Anonymous]

My county shelter has an extremely low bar. They want to get those cats adopted. Adult cats are better in my opinion, because you know what you are getting. A young cat will not have the same personality in a few years. The adult cats don’t get adopted as quickly, so if you have an interest in an older cat, please go that route. I personally prefer 7 years and up when looking for a new cat.

[Anonymous]

Breeder doesn’t automatically mean kitten. Some place adult cats who are no longer used for breeding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My parents got cats from their 70s and basically set up future guardianship if needed (unofficially, of course), with my sibling. Make sure a friend/sibling/child is willing to care for them or carefully re-home them if that's ever necessary. Then enjoy them for the next 20 years.

That's my problem - I don't have any friends, and my 15 year old child is bent on the military. It's DH and me.

Maybe a series of large dogs is a better idea.

Your kid in the military can oversee a success rehoming if necessary. This isn't a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My parents got cats from their 70s and basically set up future guardianship if needed (unofficially, of course), with my sibling. Make sure a friend/sibling/child is willing to care for them or carefully re-home them if that's ever necessary. Then enjoy them for the next 20 years.

That's my problem - I don't have any friends, and my 15 year old child is bent on the military. It's DH and me.

Maybe a series of large dogs is a better idea.

Your kid in the military can oversee a success rehoming if necessary. This isn't a problem.

Plus, if you really don't have any friends, you definitely need the cats!

[Anonymous]

Shelters will not turn you down unless there is some drastic issues. I don't get why rescues are so difficult to adopt from but I am an adoption counselor for a shelter in NOVA and we will let nearly anyone adopt unless they have a history or hoarding, having animals taken by animal control, or are a serial returner (meaning the adopt and return multiple animals). We would definitely let you adopt and we have really wonderful cats of all ages.