That’s for all the stories!
Ruby is living what I like to think as a retired cat’s life. She doesn’t do much other than sleep (or simply lie on the couch with her eyes open), and she has definitely lost some weight (went from being overweight to a normal cat’s weight). I notice changes since I’m usually away at school but I see her every couple months. She looks noticeably smaller now than she did at fall break. Some of her teeth have fallen out and she has grown some moles.
She still jumps on the couch, but then her claws get stuck when she lands. She has trouble jumping onto my bed, so I put a chair next to my bed as a halfway point to jump to.
She cries at night, once she’s alone. This began after the other cat died last year, so we thought it was a lonely thing. A year later she’s still doing it, and my dad thinks she’s in pain but waits til the night to show it.
It’s funny, we dug her grave about four years ago when she was “getting old” so if she died that winter we could bury her since the ground would be frozen.
I hope we don’t find a stone cold furball one morning:( I am grateful that we didn’t have to put down the other cat, that she died peacefully at home, and I hope the same for Ruby:)
@airowDee That’s so nice. I agree completely, and that’s why I’m worried that Ruby will pass on while I’m away at school. I want her to make it to Christmas so I can get a chance to hold her in her final days! I picked her out when I was three (the only gray cat in the litter) and I want to be there for the end.