Our Oldest Cat, this Morning
This morning, Bonkers beat Assam's record for age (to the best that we can determine given the guess as to when Assam was born). We think Assam was born in September of 1998 and she died on 9 May 2017. Bonkers was born in September of 1999 and has just surpassed Assam's age (a little over 18 /12 years old). In about a week, he will surpass the amount of time he lived with us compared to Assam (we got her about a week before we got Bonkers).
Overall, Bonkers is doing well for his age. He takes thyroid and anti-seizure medicine twice a day as well as insulin twice a day, and sees the vet once a week for kidney treatments. He's healthier than Assam was at the same age. With lots of luck, he'll be around for a lot longer (we sincerely hope).
(When I said "he takes," I really meant "he is given" - he doesn't have a choice...)
Our Oldest Cat, this Morning
This morning, Bonkers beat Assam's record for age (to the best that we can determine given the guess as to when Assam was born). We think Assam was born in September of 1998 and she died on 9 May 2017. Bonkers was born in September of 1999 and has just surpassed Assam's age (a little over 18 /12 years old). In about a week, he will surpass the amount of time he lived with us compared to Assam (we got her about a week before we got Bonkers).
Overall, Bonkers is doing well for his age. He takes thyroid and anti-seizure medicine twice a day as well as insulin twice a day, and sees the vet once a week for kidney treatments. He's healthier than Assam was at the same age. With lots of luck, he'll be around for a lot longer (we sincerely hope).
(When I said "he takes," I really meant "he is given" - he doesn't have a choice...)