Sparky is old now.

[albadger]

You know how cats age? They don't, really... not gradually at least. They're just fine for years, and then all of a sudden everything goes at once, and a once-vibrant, active animal turns into a rickety wraith almost overnight. And so age has finally come to Sparky (see lj icon). This last Wednesday, he couldn't manage to jump up onto the bed, for the first time in 20 years. Not long now, I suppose.

He's been a great cat for a long time, we'll just pretend that stinky episode on New Year's Eve never happened. If you want more stories about how great my cat has been, just email me. I'll answer all emails.

Comments

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry Sparky and Al!

20 years is a good lifespan for a cat.....Susiebelle had a long decline, and lived to be about 21, so there may be adventures, still!

Meow, meow worm! (Feed Dog says worm..... I'm not sure what she means by it.)

[albadger.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Susiebelle did okay for herself! And Feed Dog is telling you that she wants to switch from whiskey to tequila.

[bearhedded.livejournal.com]

Oh, Susie did great! She'd disappear for a week at a time in the summer, and come back home, thin as a rail. She was the huntress, and we probably should've called her Diana, but she arrived with the name.

At various points in time, she was hit by a car, went through the fanbelt of our car, knocking it off, and receiving a damaged ear that healed, and survived my mother tripping over the other cat and landing on her, breaking her shoulder! Susie's shoulder, not mom's... even the limp went away, after a few months!