This is a slightly different post today as I want to tell you about our cat…she just turned 18, so is definitely a senior, a lady of leisure.
Tilly came to us when she was about 10 weeks old, so I’d say we know each other pretty well. It has been a joy to have her in our lives, sharing in all the ups and downs of life.
Tilly (which is short for Tiger Lily) is a true lady, but she can totally look after herself in a spat. Nowadays, she rarely goes outside, and if she does it is just to lie in the sun on the deck. She spends most of her day either on “her” chair (pictured in the photo), on my desk or tucked in under the stairs.
For most of Tilly’s life we had another cat too, a neutered male named Taz (Tazmanian Devil). He was a bit of a bully, so on and off over the years, Tilly would go through stages of licking all of her fur off. Now, we realise that that was all about stress and maybe a bit of depression - since Taz crossed the rainbow bridge 2+ years ago, Tilly has been a picture of health. And long may it last.
I brush her regularly, an exercise which she just loves and I kinda like too, so her coat looks fabulous and glossy. Her breakfast is a small amount of milk with some chow on the side, and her dinner is tuna with chow on the side. This has basically been her food make-up for her entire life. Canned cat food just did not pass the taste test. Recently, when I have been preparing fresh fish, she has come snooping around, so I give her a very special treat of a few pieces, which she has eaten with great relish. For the first 17 years of her life she had zero interest in anything raw, so I was quite surprised when the raw fish seemed to be a hit - occasionally. And a bit of vanilla ice cream as a very special treat.
I brush her regularly, an exercise which she just loves and I kinda like too, so her coat looks fabulous and glossy. Her breakfast is a small amount of milk with some chow on the side, and her dinner is tuna with chow on the side. This has basically been her food make-up for her entire life. Canned cat food just did not pass the taste test. Recently, when I have been preparing fresh fish, she has come snooping around, so I give her a very special treat of a few pieces, which she has eaten with great relish. For the first 17 years of her life she had zero interest in anything raw, so I was quite surprised when the raw fish seemed to be a hit - occasionally. And a bit of vanilla ice cream as a very special treat.
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