We unfortunately experienced another sad #CoSoCaturday yesterday, when we had to say goodbye to our lovely Leila, with whom we had the joy of spending 19 years & 6 days. She took a turn for the worse & we had to make a terrible decision for her. We will miss her terribly! 😿💜💛 #CatsOfCoSo
@GEAUXJayna I’m so sorry 💔 Leila is a beautiful kitty. Sending my orange fluffinnutter to greet her and give snuggles. He likes spicey so they’ll get along. Sending you love and hopes of smile memories of Leila as soon as your hearts will allow ❤️💔❤️
@Knitpurrl Thank you! She will have plenty of fun with orange kitties, then, because her orange brothers Leo and Mikey will be able to greet her as well. I can’t believe we’ve had to go through losing 2 of them only 5 weeks apart. It’s definitely rough, but I guess we just have to expect it will go this way when they get past a certain age. It is never easy, though.
@GEAUXJayna It’s not. 19yrs is a large chunk of our lives to be showered with adorable love and it’s so hard to fill that void. All our puttycats have lived 19 - 21 yrs. And it’s a gut wrench to let them go but those years were filled to the brim with love and shenanigans. Such a gift, both ways. ❤️
@Knitpurrl Wow - that’s impressive that you’ve had them all live that long. It’s never enough time, but 19+ years is the longest one of ours has lived yet. We’ve told our remaining kitties that they need to set a goal to live at least as long as Leila did, if not longer. We will see what happens - we do our best to give them the happiest, healthiest lives possible. We’re down to two 16-year-olds, a 3-year-old and three who are about to turn 3 now.
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But that’s not the case now, our chonky would be a tasty bit for many animals where we live now 🤣
@Knitpurrl Yeah, ours are indoor only. Over the years, we switched from only feeding kibble to feeding in combo with more natural brands of canned food, along with freeze-dried raw. We think that has helped their overall health immensely.
@Knitpurrl I first started researching it when our original kitty, Bailey, was temporarily diagnosed with diabetes in 2012. We fixed that without meds - we simply switched him to an all canned food (high-protein, low-carb) diet. His blood sugar was normal for the rest of his life as a result.
@GEAUXJayna Yes… they really need to set kitty goals! 😹 Remind them of all the crazies and treats they’ll have to look forward to.
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On longevity… our Siamese cats (3) all lived 21 yr. I think that’s a trait of theirs. Also all our kitties up until our current one were indoor - outdoor and supplemented their canned food diet with ‘fresh’ food which I think helped them. We lived in safe areas for them to be outside during the day. 1/2