Why is my cat still alive?

[LaurieFairyCake]

In January the vet said he had less than 5% kidney function and we should put him down in the next few days.

He's fine - still eating renal cat food, totally happy.

The vet said there was no treatment either so I'm not neglecting doing anything

Ah, love him. How old is he?

18

Non dead cat

I'd say he's making the very most of his ninth life, fair play to him! Borrowed time, Laurie...
But the renal food is helping and if you can do everything possible to maximise his fluid intake by encouraging him to drink and feeding wet food, you'll hopefully get the last 0.005% of renal capacity.

Oh he is gorgeous! What a lovely old boy.

He only eats the wet tuna renal

He is lovely. He has so much attention from us all as he's our last cat.

Our dog died at Christmas and we have a friends dog staying this week and the cat has remembered that he liked to walk to the end of the road in the evening for the dogs last constitutional with DH and then race them home so he could yell outside the front door.

He has a new lease of life this week.

Cats don't read text books. They are notorious for ability to defy clinical norms.
As one lecturer at college told me just when you think you have feline medicine licked you meet an overweight, lethargic, anorexic and silent hyperthyroid cat.

Hah! I think Seniorboy read them and then put them in the bin!

Ah, what a lovely old boy. I hope my 2 fluffy fools have such long and happy lives.

Sustained on Love? Hope he continues well. x