Lily turns 15

8 years ago I adopted this vision in white from a hard life. My Vet told me she would be approximately 7 years old at the time. She was starving and all her teeth had to be removed from lack of nutrition and infection in her gums. Within a week, she was off baby food and eating with the rest of them. I can't tell you how much I love this little cat. She has brought me so much love and joy over the last 8 years. She is like a little duckling...follows me around and loves to be close. I feel very fortunate that she found me.

Cat tip for the Day =^..^= Feeding a Senior Cat

I live with 5 senior cats and I mean 'Senior'. They are 15, 17, 18, 21, & 23 years old. Most of these cats were rescued. I find that my cats do well on a mixture of dry & soft food. I feed them Eagle Pack Adult Dry mixed with Iams Low-Calorie dry and many different holistic soft foods. They get quite a variety of foods and seem happy with that. What I have done to make feeding time easier for them is to raise the bowls for them. You can purchase the raised feeders but just putting a bowl on top of an upside down bowl will also work. It is easier on their backs and spines and I find they eat more this way. I have one, Sierra who is overweight so I watch her carefully but other than that they are all getting thinner as they age. Funny how that works for them and yet we humans seem to have the opposite problem. *sigh*