Travorn wrote:
Until last week on this day, I had two cats and two dogs. One of the cats died from breathing complications. Had him since he was a kitten and was 13.5 years and by the size of him, had Maine Coone somewhere in his lineage. My other cat just turned 17 in September, also had him since a kitten, and just normal mix breed of no discernible line, though he has a knack for having his stomach fur change colours hourly based on the upcoming weather temperature trend. The darker the brown he goes, the colder it gets. The whiter he gets, the warmer it will become.
The two dogs are a yorkie-poo, and a shih tzu. The yorkie-poo was my brother's fiancee's grandather's dog who had to give her up when he went into a living facility. I said that I would take her when numerous people passed her up and recently turned 6. The shih tzu was gained when a woman my mom had worked with retired and some how never had time to care for the dog. So, I took her in. She is now 8, I think.
I'm sorry about your loss. My cat is getting up there and I don't know if she'll live five more years or go sooner than that. I hope she'll stick around! I have never had a cat with color fur changes; that's really neat.