Tag Archives: Felines

Ages of the Cats!

Snow-Nana: Estimated to be born in September 2007, making her 17 years old. Snow’s T4 levels were high-normal; as she aged, the vet prescribed Felimazole. As she is getting older, a common problem has arisen: thickening of the intestines. She is now on daily prednisone.

Angel: She will be 17 in March 2025 and is currently in the third stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Kikicap: Turning 15 in April. He has thickened intestines. About a year or two ago, he was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and is responding well to Felimazole.

Merlin: Turned 14 in October 2024. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with intestinal adenocarcinoma in December 2024 and underwent surgery on January 6, 2025, during which a lymph node was also removed. This young man has several issues: heart problems since kittenhood, kidney issues (discovered by the surgeon during the adenocarcinoma surgery, though his blood work was normal), hyperthyroidism (diagnosed in December 2024), and pancreatitis.

Schaefer: Estimated to be at least one year old in 2014, so I assigned him a birth year of 2013, making him at least 12 years old. He is also FIV positive.

Tess: Estimated to be born in April 2014, making her 11 years old. She has thickened intestines.

PDD: Estimated to be born in August 2011, so he will be 14 this coming August. He is healthy so far.

Tiny-Vesta: Estimated to be born on January 1, 2019, by Best Friends Animal Society, making him 6 years old. He has no teeth due to mouth issues.

Pita (formal name: Peter Pan): He was brought in around January 2022 or 2023, at about 2 years old.rs with thickened intestine