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  • Our little 19-year old Brockie has started changing a bit recently, and we're fearing she may be close to passing.

    She's shat and pissed in her feeding area and has stopped eating meat - she'll lick off gravy or jelly, but leave the pieces (she'll also still eat dry treats, though). She's becoming more affectionate and demanding attention, which is something she rarely did before, and the gf is convinced this means she's dying. Occasionally, she seems to be having minor balance problems.

    These could just be old age, and she's been underweight and had a heart murmur for years, but does anyone know much about behaviour of a cat in the latter days? I've only had her for three years and had no cats before, so no previous knowledge.

  • Did you go to the vet with her to check her out?

    Ours, when getting ill (or just very old) were not demanding attention, rather the opposite - guess cats indeed are different when it comes to this.
    When it was time they went away without "saying goodbye" to find a quiet spot usually..

  • Not yet, but it'll be the next step if things get worse. She doesn't seem unhappy or in pain, so see no strong need - yet. Problem will be convincing gf to go - she's had the cat for 19yrs and it'll be really hard to say goodbye.

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