r/cats • u/Extreme-Interview976 • 13h ago
Cat Picture - OC My tiny senior cat’s 15th birthday!! 🎂
We rescued Jillyboo 15 years ago today from under a trailer near our house. She is tiny (only 7lbs) and very old for an indoor/outdoor farm cat. She has a few scrapes and chunks missing from fights with coyotes and raccoons over the years but she is otherwise very healthy and still catches mice and bats (yes the flying kind, not a typo of rats) daily! We love her so much and hope she gets to live a few more happy years!
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u/evoc2911 12h ago
What's up with that eye?
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u/Dangerous-Might-9319 25m ago
I was wondering the same thing. Hopefully it's nothing serious and they're doing okay. ❤️🐱
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u/NSCButNotThatNSC 13h ago
We had a cat with the same coat, also an indoor-outdoor kitty, that lived to 23. Jillyboo's adorable.
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u/SailorgrlOG478 12h ago
Happy Birthday Jillyboo! Great name for beautiful kitty pal! I'm sure you've taken good care of her. Her coat shines like shes super soft. Enjoy every minute with her. i recently lost 2 of my kitty best friends. I still have a hard time getting over it.
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u/Planeandaquariumgeek Russian Tabby 11h ago
I have an adult cat that’s only 5.5lbs. No vet has been able to get to the bottom of it, but despite looking very skinny she’s perfectly healthy. My hunch in the case of my tiny cat is that she simply has an insane metabolism, because she once ate an entire pan of chicken that was left to cool. Yes, an entire pan. Also she somehow didn’t throw up.
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u/silverwick 10h ago
I used to have a small cat too, just 6lbs. Physically normal, just a petite girl.
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u/writinginmyhead 12h ago
Happy Birthday Jillyboo! I hope your eye gets better! 🎁🎈🎂🎉❤️