Tessie

[JenHarrison]

This is Tessie, my old girl and my best friend. She was born in a litter of feral kittens behind my grandparents' house, and she was the runt so her mom pushed her away at about 5 weeks and wouldn't let her come back. My dad brought her home for me as a surprise when I was 6 years old. That was 15 years ago and she's still running around, playing, and being a goof. She thinks she's the "Mommy" for everyone (humans included). She washes and loves the other cats and will put them in their place if they're being dumb. If someone is crying, she's instantly licking up the tears and offering purrs and kisses. If I'm in the shower, she sits outside of it meowing and worrying because she thinks water is bad. She's awesome, I can't imagine life without her.

[basuca]

WOW a 15 year old cat!!

[cassandra]

She looks like she's part raccoon with that tail, hehe. =)

[JenHarrison]

She looks like she's part raccoon with that tail, hehe. =)

We used to say her mom was blind and her dad was a raccoon.

[JLC]

Haha....I was thinking the same thing about the racoon!


Tessie is a gorgeous cat! LOVE those green eyes!

[Ginevive]

Awe, she looks so healthy and active for an older cat; neat raccoon tail too!

[frankykeno]

She looks great Jen! You haven't let her run to fat and that's so key to keeping older cats healthy into their senior years. Has she started to do the old cat yeowl yet?

Basuca we had two cats that have passed away now. Barney the neutered male was at least 16 years old (hard to say as we adopted him as an adult so he could have been older). Pusster Kitty the spayed female was 18 (we had her from when she was weaned so her age is exact). We've had friends over the years that both had cats that lived to age 24. Funny enough they were both female chocolate point Siamese cats.

[JenHarrison]

Nope, she doesn't yeowl yet. The other 3 do when they're looking for each other or want to play (it's a "come play with me" call). Tessie's quiet, she only meows if it's necessary, and when she does I get an earfull. She's really funny and goofy, she runs around the house all poofed up (like you can see in a few pics), chases the other cats and plays with her toy mice. She's the biggest lap cat and loves to cuddle with her motor going as loud as possible.

My mom had a chocolate point siamese, he lived to 18 years old. He was Tessie's best friend. I think she's got another 2-4 years left in her, without a doubt.