Do cats get senile in their old age? I'm convinced they do. Kitty is the older of our 2 cats; she's around 10 but was a stray when Craig took her in so there's really no way of knowing for sure how old she is. For the most part she's fairly spunky and often gets these little bursts of kitten-ness (for those with cats you know exactly what behaviour I'm talking about!). But come feeding time, she's as dumb as a stack of bricks.
Tonight she was meowing like crazy so, of course, I fed her because it was hours past the time they usually eat. She danced around my feet carrying on like crazy while watching me pull the food container off the shelf and fill her dish. Then she followed me out of the room to where I was filling Pokey's food dish, still meowing. I returned to the laundry room, Kitty was still crying for her food so I gave her dish a little nudge to get her attention. Then I left the room, closed the door behind me and went to sit at the computer. No sooner had I sat down and Kitty was clawing at the door to come out. It's a bi-fold door and in all her geniousness she's figured out how to open it. Out she came and immediately came to me, still meowing and rubbing her face on my legs. Upon checking her food dish, it remained untouched. It took her being physically placed in front of her dish for her to realize there was actually food in there. Only then did she finally eat.
I love her and really, really dread the day we have to make a life or death decision about her, but, man, she really is stupid sometimes.
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Thanks for the moving advice. My Dad also thinks 2 men should be enough if we're well organized and ready for them. Not that I'll be doing much moving of furniture even mid Jan!
My roommate in med school had a kitty that was really stupid too. And not just from old age. I guess if yours hasn't been stupid from the start, maybe it is getting a little senile. Until she's miserable with it, she'll probably quite happily go on with life as it is...
You must be getting close now!
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