Choosing To Adopt And Love Senior Cats: ICanHasCheezburger Stories

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Aug 21, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

Most of us, when we go into a shelter to adopt a cat, knowing how big of a decision it is, we know more or less what we're looking for. Some people look for special breeds of cat, most people look for itty bitty tiny kittens to adopt so they can grow with them their whole lives. But what happens with the cats who are 'less than purrfect' in those shelters - the seniors, the sick cats - they need homes too. And our audience, ICanHasCheezburger users, are the kind of incredible people who adopt these kinds of cats.

So, when they shared some of their heartwarming senior cat adoption stories, melting our hearts right to the floor, we absolutely couldn't not share them with you. Get the tissues ready, people, because these adoption stories are a whole lot of love to handle.

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via Kimberley Galloway

Goodness, talk about heart-clenchingly painful and wholesome at the same time. Thank you for doing this amazing thing and bringing these distinguished seniors together, and we hope - with our whole hearts - that the two seniors that are left will live for a long time still and continue making each other happy.
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via Deana Bennett

That's just how it happens sometimes. You walk in with a plan, and then, a cat just looks at you a certain way, meows at you, reaches for you, and whatever plan you had changes. It's a known fact that cats pick us and not the other way around, and this just proves it.
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via MaryAnn Fedor
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via Christine Coulombe
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via Karen Budnik
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via Rob Greenhalgh
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via Kay Zink
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via Elinor Pearson
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via Shelley Ashby
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via Dana Mitchell
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via Laurie Graff
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via Tracy Hodgson
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via Roberta Elli
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via Wayne Berendhuysen

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