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

Get the cat.

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Anonymous wrote:You won't outlive them at 48. Statistically time is still on your side. Go get yourself a cat.

She almost certainly will outlive them. They won't outlive her. Or if they do, they won't outlive her and her spouse.

Yeah that was a typo. You WILL

I'm tired.

Anonymous wrote:You won't outlive them at 48. Statistically time is still on your side. Go get yourself a cat.

She almost certainly will outlive them. They won't outlive her. Or if they do, they won't outlive her and her spouse.

*That should read "My parents got cats in their 70s"

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.

You won't outlive them at 48. Statistically time is still on your side. Go get yourself a cat.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you feel too old? Are you disabled?

I think she is saying she does not want to commit to taking care of an elderly cat when she is in her 70's.

More I don't want to outlive them. Sounds silly, I guess, but I don't know. I want to be responsible about it.

Anonymous wrote:Why do you feel too old? Are you disabled?

I think she is saying she does not want to commit to taking care of an elderly cat when she is in her 70's.

Anonymous wrote:A shelter will turn you down? Rescues are a scam anyhow. They just take animals from mills and "home" them. It's a ridiculous cycle.

I don't know about shelters. Our cats have either come from rescues (pre-marriage) or we found them on the street. I'll look into that, though.

A shelter will turn you down? Rescues are a scam anyhow. They just take animals from mills and "home" them. It's a ridiculous cycle.

At 48 you are worried about this?! I'd worry once you are 70.

No, not disabled. But if I get a kitten at 48 who lives another 20 years... I know, not guaranteed. But with our history, I worry.

Are shelters more open to adopting to people that rescues have turned down?

Don't get a cat from a breeder. Find a shelter with a young adult cat, 1-3ish.

They will still have LOTS of energy, but still a bit more mellow than a kitten.

Why do you feel too old? Are you disabled?

I'm only 48, but my four previous cats have lived to be 23, 20, 18, and 17. I know adult cats are less adoptable, and I would be willing to adopt older to match my own lifespan a bit more but DH is military, and rescues don't love adopting to us. We've been turned down 8 times over the course of our marriage, despite providing vet records and proof that the cats PCS with us each time. Of course, here is where I also point out 23, 20, 18, and 17, but they don't care about that. I am pretty anti-breeder, but also desperate to fill the hole in my heart and the house, and rescues won't work with us. But buying from a breeder means kitten, and I just feel a lot old for that...