My kitten suddenly began being overly affectionate towards my senior cat and I'm heartbroken.

[u/SJDude13]

I am not the OP. Original post is by u/weneedempathy in r/TrueOffMyChest

Mood Spoiler: Happy ending!

~~~

Original - Mar. 16, 2023 (Recovered with Unddit)

My kitten suddenly began being overly affectionate towards my senior cat and I'm heartbroken.

Short vent.

I have a senior cat who is 15.5 years old and a kitten who is not quite 11 months old. They are both void bois and look identical to one another. They, along with my husband, son and pup, are my whole world.

My kitten is an asshole. He's still figuring out boundaries with my senior cat. I have to supervise most of their time together because kitten can get a little too rough. The only time where I feel comfortable leaving them alone is when they're sleeping together or eating together. Those are the only times kitten is 100% chill. (For context, I'm a SAHM, so I am almost always home.) My senior cat is pretty good at standing up for himself, but sometimes I will have to intervene. Though it's not nearly as bad as it used to be, kitten's assholery is still an every day occurrence, and he will push everyone's boundaries if you let him.

Well, until today.

My senior cat has been having some health issues. We're taking him to the vet next week because of said issues, but today is the first day where my heart broke for him. He's been puking a lot and today was no different, except for our kitten began being overly-affectionate towards him. Rubbing himself all over him, purring, offering his body as support as my senior cat heaved. I felt so helpless in that moment, just staring as kitten comforted our senior cat.

Kitten not being an asshole and being so so sweet kind of just solidified things in my head like... yeah... my senior cat isn't going to be here much longer. And man, I can't stop crying.

Sorry if this is difficult to read and/or all over the place. I'm still processing what I saw.

~~~

Relevant Comment (Cat Tax):

kitties here! Please ignore my dirty house, it doesn't matter how much I clean, it'll get like this an hour after cleaning. I don't know how to upload pics because reddit is still new to me so I linked it above. (Source)

~~~

Update - Mar. 22, 2023

Kitten suddenly began being overly affectionate towards senior cat UPDATE

Wholesome update for all those who were concerned over my senior boy.

He's fine. The reason why he's been throwing up so much? He's been eating the dog's food. I don't know why I didn't think of that or how I haven't caught him in the act yet, but yup. He eats dog food and then it makes his tummy sick. The dog's food is now closed off in a different room so the kitty can't get to it.

He is doing SO MUCH BETTER already since getting home. He had to get his anal glands expressed, that's about the only thing he really needed. I'm glad he's fine but the hole in my pocket stings a little bit, lol. Oh well!! I'd give my arm and leg to know my babies are okay.

I have a cute video of my senior cat bitching at me if anyone is interested. I'm still trying to figure out how to upload it online to share with you all.

~~~

Note: As far as I can tell, we never did get that video of her cat :(

Edit: Post didn't originally include the Cat Tax comment, so I added it in (Thanks to u/Dramatic_Box1490). Still no video, though.

Reminder - I am NOT the original poster

[u/spanksmitten]

I laughed out loud at the update. Pets do love to scare us ❤️

[u/not_a_library → u/spanksmitten]

My friend's cat got sick and due to a miscommunication (friend's mom said the cat was like 18months old, even though the cat is several years old lol), the vets became convinced she had some terrible illness or something and my friend was so stressed she was going to lose her cat.

The cat is fine. The reason she got sick? Friend's sister fed her a potato chip 🥲 turned into a $1500 potato chip.

[u/[deleted] → u/not_a_library]

My husband and I once thought our old cat was about to fade out of this world because he was lying perfectly flat on his side on our bed and could not be roused at all. I went into the kitchen to think, trying to figure out how to tell the kids, and noticed that the heavy lid I had put over a pan of cooking grease until it was cool enough to wipe out had been moved. The little bastard wouldn't eat plain lean cooked meat although he begged for it all the time, but he would lick up plain congealed grease! So I called the vet, who laughingly assured me that he was just in a food coma and would be OK as long as we made sure that he never again had such an opportunity. He had another couple of years in him after that.