To have offered this cat a home...as he is really quite elderly :(

[Feminine]

Since we moved back to the UK, We have promised the children a cat.

We couldn't bring ours from the US really wish we had tried harder

Anyway, turns out a neighbour of my step-mum really needs a home for a cat she has been taking care of (since it arrived in her garden) This neighbour can't as he is not comfortable around her cats.

After taking care of him since late summer , she has done all the right things, wormed ...checked by the vet ...and obviously vaccinated!

We were told he would be about 8/9 yrs old.

It didn't click at the time, but that is quite an age for a cat isn't it?

I'm now worried he will become elderly, and shuffle off all too soon.

I want to give him a home, we all love cats and have always had them.

We'll have him a good few years won't we? :)

Oh, he wasn't a stray. This cat is very comfortable around dogs, children ...it is as if he were dumped. That makes me feel very sorry for him.

8/9 is adult but not elderly IMO!

We adopted a 20 year old cat whose owner had died. Lovely old boy who just wanted a warm lap to curl up on. He had a nice retirement with us, pottered around the house and occasionally ventured as far as the birdbath to drink the water (better than the nice clean water we put out apparently). He made it to 21 before his kidneys finally gave up, still miss him howling at me to give him his breakfast!

Mine is sitting on a thick towel on the bathroom radiator feminine. It's a very wide radiator and easy for a skinny cat to lie on.

I went out for lunch and he hated me. I came in about 30 minutes ago absolutely soaked and he gave me this smug look.