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[nonelvis]

We don't know exactly when our kitties were born, but we're pretty sure it was early June, so traditionally, their birthday is MIT's commencement, which takes place at about the same time. Today, in fact.

Inu is a very sleepy 19.


Mr. Peterson is a slightly more alert 18.


They're definitely in that old, cranky, and declining stage of their lives, and I'm going to miss them when they're gone.

Comments

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

*petpet* My baby's fifteen or sixteen, I forget how old. Of course, she's been a cranky little thing since the get-go so...

[platypus]

Awwww. You have very long-lived cats. Inu reminds me of Heather, my first kitten.

[otherwise-nyc.livejournal.com]

I <3 them both so much. They feel like my cats too, except for the not-having-to-feed-and-dose-them parts. How did we all get so damn old?

Better than the alternative, like they say.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Awwwww... *scritches them* Sweet old kitties.

[profrobert.livejournal.com]

The . . . TERROR!!!

He probably wouldn't even care anymore. He'd be, like, "Yeah, A*****e, I remember you -- bugger off, I'm busy sleeping."

I've always had great affection for Inu -- she's more cat for your cat dollar.

[gritsinmisery.livejournal.com]

There's something... comfortable about older cats. Yeah, they're cranky, but you know them and they know you, and you can just sit and be together.

[fonticulus.livejournal.com]

Aw, man. I didn't realize how old they are! My childhood cat lived to 18, and she was very crotchety and deaf toward the end, but she was a fixture, you know?

Scritch scritch.

[jagpatel.livejournal.com]

Well, all that made me misty. I've had my own adventures with Mr. P & Inu, complete with "dammit, will you come out and take this ick like a good boy!" and "thank you for moving the cat feeder into a dark recess in basement missy".

They are the feline equivalent of Statler & Waldorf, with mews and squeaks instead of dry commentary :)

[elainetyger.livejournal.com]

Inu is very cute with that rub-me belly. The tom has those white hairs on his face, like old peopel.

[kalleah.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's awesome.

[papilio-luna.livejournal.com]

*scritches*

My old lady is 14ish, so she's got a ways yet before she reaches the dignified old ages of Inu and Mr. P. I love old kitties. <3

[mmancuso.livejournal.com]

I refuse to believe it. They're slower, but..... You must show them again your fimo inu. It is lovely. You should make a Mr P one, as well.