Poll of the Day > Just adopted two kittens

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I don't regret adopting our cats as adults (one was 8, one was 15), but kittens are cute and I do kind of miss not getting to experience that phase. My childhood cats were born in our backyard and were like 6 weeks old when we took them in, so lots of kitten fun times there.

I usually get adult cats when I adopt. But after having Teddy as a puppy I just love having them as babies. These are my first kittens and I'm really happy I adopted them.

Yeah, kittens are fun. We specifically went looking for an older cat because shelters so often have difficulty finding somebody to adopt them, and that's how we got the 8-year-old. The 15-year-old was an unexpected charity case, where her owner had died, his roommates were moving and unable to take her, and his family planned to throw her out on the street (as a 15-year-old declawed cat, so you know how that would have ended). We ended up adopting them within two days of each other, which was less than planned but ultimately worked out. Though our plan to give the ancient one a few good months before she died of old age hasn't gone so well, given that she's now 20 and still going strong.

When I'm older with less debt I'm going to adopt/foster older dogs so they can have their end of life care taken care of by me and they can have a nice, safe place to end their lives in.

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I tried to talk my wife and girls into adopting older dogs/cats because they're often super nice and just need someone to love on them in their golden years. Makes me sad seeing older pets at the pound.

Aww. Thanks for adopting. My Walmart parking lot kitty just turned one.

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hockey7318 posted...

I tried to talk my wife and girls into adopting older dogs/cats because they're often super nice and just need someone to love on them in their golden years. Makes me sad seeing older pets at the pound.

The hardest thing about adopting older pets from shelters is how many other, equally deserving older pets you have to leave behind because you can't actually take home 14 senior cats at once. Heck, my sister just adopted a cat and had it down to choosing between a 16-year-old and a 3-year-old, and when she ended up picking the 3-year-old because she just wasn't able to handle the medical needs of the senior (which is fair. Old cats are expensive), I had to consciously tell myself that adopting the 16-year-old myself when I already had two senior cats was a bad idea. Fortunately, the shelter subsequently shared an update that Sir Winston (which is a fantastic name) got adopted, so he did end up with a home.

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This is too precious <3

There's something about when they get all old and grey. They're still so happy to be loved and will absolutely vibrate with excitement when they get bursts of their puppy energy. My dog below was 15 and in pretty good health until the end. Her old hips were the only issue she really had in the end. Just couldn't handle stairs so I spent a few years carrying her up the stairs to our apartment.

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But it is fun to getting a pet very young too:

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