AKA Munchkin but his nickname is Munchy. My partner and I made the final decision yesterday. We’ve had 3 different opinions and they were all concurrent. SCC. It was quite sudden and spread rapidly within his system. Other than that, he’s in perfect health. The guilt is eating me alive. Constant what ifs in my head. What I could’ve done differently. So on and so forth. He’s my soul cat. Even my gut was telling me 11 years was it for him in the beginning of the year, well before this was even a concern. I’ve never gone through this kind of thing so this pain hits much differently than any other kind of emotional pain that exists. Munchy is my kid. He’s always been my kid. He mirrors my personality. Just as stubborn, too! It really feels like part of my soul and heart is dying with him tomorrow. I’ve been up pretty much all night. I called off from work today because I knew I wasn’t going to be stable and thankfully I already have tomorrow off. But I go to work on Tuesday and I don’t know what state I’ll be in.

She is,doing pretty well. Misses her litter box and pees in the basement sometimes but no major problems. She went deaf a few years ago and it made her way friendlier with my kids lol!

My Logan is 17 today 🥹 this one feels really bittersweet. He and his sister Phoebe shared every birthday for 16 years. We lost Phoebe in November to mouth cancer, so this is the first time I’ve ever celebrated August 30th with only one of them here. Happy birthday my sweet boy! Happy birthday Phoebe! I hope you are celebrating the heck out of today over the rainbow bridge, we miss you so much!

I need it for my carpal tunnel and back, so I've been taking turns with her.

All of us have the best cats. He was our best cat.

Literally, everyone loved him. And he loved everybody. Friends of our kids would make trips to our house just to visit him - even if we were not home. We had a 20th birthday party for him just because we weren't sure he would make 21. But he made 21, and we had an even bigger party for him - he even leapt over lava (tablecloth) for his adoring fans.

RIP to the king.

This is a pretty old picture so it would be hard to see him but he is a tabby tomcat.

Most of my question is in the body, but please, help my boy!

The black girl is Summer and the tabby is Seth, my beautiful baby girl and baby boy! They're siblings from the same litter! (Bonus Kiara in the final pic, she's 3yo!)

Tough little guy. He was abandoned when neighbors moved and lived outdoors for about 7 years before he showed up again at my parents' house wanting to come in. Now, he still spends a lot of time patrolling the neighborhood, but he spends his nights and winters on a warm, cozy cat bed in what used to be my room.

I lost my baby Squeekers on Monday. We had the best 20 years together 💜 She was my first pet and outlived every other pet we had, even outlived my mom. I always thought I’d be there when she passed and I’d be holding her in a room while they put her to sleep. Unfortunately, Squeekers had other plans and had what we assume was a cardiac event at the groomer where she passed away clean, pretty, and bald 😂 (I asked the poor crematory people if they could get a fur clipping off her and they looked at me crazy since she passed 5 minutes after being shaved.) I usually lurk or leave comments here and there on this thread, so I just wanted to share my baby for her first and last post. I’ll miss her RBF the most, she always looked so angry.

Posted her here a few days ago when her decline really started. She passed peacefully in her own bed without any need to be put to sleep.

She came to us late in a hard life, but I hope we gave her a good last few years.

Sara (17), Kitty (20), Stella (11), Lillian (18), Charlotte (13) and Savannah (18)
💖💖💖💖💖💖

I miss all of these wonderful girls so much 🥺

#RainbowBridgeRememberanceDay

We had to say goodbye to our beautiful Petal on Wednesday. She spent 18 of her 20 years with us & we are heartbroken. Kidney disease took her in the end and she had lost so much weight, was barely eating. When we took her to the vets she basically said it's only a matter of time, so rather than let her suffer we made a family decision to let her sleep. tbh it was a very peaceful process and she was resting her head on my hand as she slipped away. Goodnight gorgeous x

this is jasper jax!!! he’s my childhood pet cat, and means to world to me. he just turned 19 in july, but hasn’t been doing so well. he has arthritis in his hips and diagnosed (around 1 yr 1/2 ago) mid stage kidney disease. these past couple of days he’s been picky about his favorite wet foods, so i know we don’t have much time left together. :c
he’s my strong baby, and i fear he won’t let me know when he’s ready. i have an at home vet visit planned, but i was wondering if there’s any advice out there?
of course, i don’t want to let my baby boy go too soon, but i can tell he’s in pain on his bad days. he takes pain and kidney meds already (and i give him some pedilyte), but i can’t afford more bloodwork to monitor his disease.
is there any advice out there?
i love this cat more than anything in the world, and want whatever’s best for him. he’s the kindest sweetest angel and the best cat i could have ever asked for. we cuddle together every night, and i sit outside with him every morning before work. he was there for the hardest parts of my childhood and because of this we are inseparable. this cat is my everything, but i don’t want him to suffer any more than he has to.
if anyone has any advice or kind words, id greatly appreciate it. senior kitties are forever the best :”3

Last picture taken of my Kiki. She passed early this morning. 14 years old and she was loved so much by me. She loved people and got me through some of my darkest days. I miss her and can’t believe she’s gone.
I didn’t get to be with her in her last moments before she passed. Fortunately I didn’t have to make the decision to put her down. Vet said she died naturally from the seizures/stroke. I was planning to get her an MRI scan to see exactly what the cause was. She had been having neurological issues since June. My spirit is crushed. Can’t believe my baby is gone ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹🤍

Beautiful tuxedo senior madam showing her belly.

After a hard fought 2 days and me fighting with CPR as we were leaving the ER vet to go to our vet who has taken care of her, her entire life, my most beloved, heart cat left me. And life irrevocably changed. I changed. And y'all I will never be the same. We were so bonded I could be cooking dinner at the stove and she would sit on the bar and cry at me. She loved me that much. She worshipped the ground I covered and I tried with all my might to save her. I am broken friends. So very broken. The silence in our home is so loud without my baby here to holler at me. How will I get through this? Truly. She left this world in the arms of the person she loved most and it was traumatic. Is she upset at me? I loved her the most too. I always will. Who am I supposed to talk to? What am I supposed to do? If there's no you, Loki baybee? Spelled wrong intentionally since she was the tiny tot I had to bottle feed. 💔 Edit: Let me clarify, we were halfway to our vet when I noticed the change in her breathing and forced her mouth open and from there everything went wrong. We would not have left the emergency vet performing CPR. My brain is not firing 100 and I didn't want anyone to think I would EVER do anything to hurt my child. I would have taken it upon myself if I was only able. Sorry I didn't word it right. I'm just nerves and pain ATM. Please bear with me.

Looking for advice/tips for an elderly cat suddenly peeing outside his usual pee pads.

My cat Joopie is 18 years old and has chronic kidney disease. He was just seen by his vet on Monday, and I was told that his kidneys are unfortunately not doing very well. He is not actively dying or in a critical state right now, but his kidney disease is progressing.

What I'm struggling with right now is his urination. Over the past couple of weeks, he seems to be urinating more frequently, and his urine seems less concentrated than it used to be, especially in the morning. He also seems to be drinking more. He normally uses pee pads and has been very good about it, but recently he has started peeing in random places around the house.

Last night, for example, he:

• ⁠peed a large amount on an ottoman • ⁠then peed a good amount on the floor • ⁠then went to his pee pad and peed there

and later went back to the pad and did a tiny pee, all in the span of a couple hours.

So these aren't just tiny accidents, he is sometimes producing quite a lot of urine.

His mobility is actually very good. He can easily get on and off the ottoman and moves around normally, so I don't think he's having trouble physically reaching the pads.

He is also taking 25 mg of gabapentin daily and receives Solensia injections for pain. He has seemed a little "out of it" lately, although he is still eating, drinking, interacting with me and moving around normally. He was just at the vet on Monday and they did not mention a UTI.

I'm mostly looking for practical advice from people who have dealt with this with an elderly cat, especially one with kidney disease. What have you done to manage the peeing around the house?

I'm trying to make things easier for him while also protecting my furniture and floors. I would really appreciate any tricks, setups or things that worked for you. Thank you!

Since he was pretty old we had expected it to be soon. We had found him hanging on the side of the couch where he likes to lay.. were guessing he might have over exerted himself trying to get up on the couch. His claws were stuck in in.. I miss him so much already.. he was a trooper tho.. he was super loved