Reply #29: no advice to offer, just commisseration.... [View All]

[mike_c]

I'm not there yet-- I'm in my fifties-- but I've begun to wonder when I'll have to stop taking in new cats. Not anytime real soon, I hope, but it's a real concern. Who will take care of them if I leave them behind? I live alone, too, so will they suffer if I die alone and some time passes before anyone finds out?

At the same time, I cannot imagine living without them. They're my friends and family.

It's a tough decision. I'm not sure how I'll deal with it, but I have lots of friends that have made it clear they'll take care of my cats if anything happens to me now, so I'm hoping to have at least one or two folks willing to make that commitment when I reach my last generation of furry friends.