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[quote=Anonymous]Our cat is at least 16 years year old. She is completely deaf and isn't getting around too well these days -- she hasn't been able to  jump up on the couch or bed to sit or sleep with us for months. I also think she's becoming senile as she mostly just sits and stares into space when she's not sleeping.

For the last two months she has been defecating and occasionally peeing around our house. She tends to cry really loudly right before she goes (like she's confused about where she is) so when we're home, we watch her and listen very closely and pick her up right away and put her in her litter box. It's not that hard to do because we have a small house and she isn't really moving around too much. When we're not home, we keep her in an enclosed area that has very easy access to her clean cat box. Unfortunately, she still is pooping outside her box about once a week.

My husband and I have had it. Our whole family loves her, but I can't have her wreck our house in her final, what -- months, weeks?  This is an awful question, but how much longer do cats at this stage of their life live? The vet says that physically, she's OK, she's just really old.

What should we do?

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