Neighbor's cat has Alzheimer's, keeps forgetting and accidentally returning to his old home, but the kind person who lives there always makes sure that he "gets home safe"

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Feb 18, 2025 10:00 AM EST

It is an impawssible thing to comprehend, we know from experience, but the kitten that you adopted will get old. It happens. Somehow, despite the fact that you look at them and remember the times when they used to sit on your shoulder or fit in the palm of your hand, our cats do grow up. And although we can say all day long that senior cats make amazing pets and that senior cats are loving and deserving of everything that kittens deserve, it is still hard to think about when it comes to our own cats. 

Still, the same way that we love our own elderly parents and grandparents, we have to love our elderly kittens too. And the kitten in this story, we believe, is very much loved. He has gotten old, and just like we do when we get older, he has started forgetting things. So, after he and his owners moved to a new house down the street, he has started getting confused sometimes and walking to his old home instead…

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    "Neighbor's cat has alzheimers, forgets that he doesn't live here"

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    shadow-foxe awww poor thing. Might want to just lead him back home then.
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    Apprehensive-Wave309 OP No worries, i know his parents and he always gets home safe :) but thank you
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    Plastic_Salary_4084 Amazing how almost no one in the comments realizes that the title of this post is sarcastic and OP is just showing a picture of the neighbors cat wanting to come into the house.
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    Apprehensive-Wave309 OP Sorry, no sarcasm! The cat used to actually live in this house, now after moving he apparently sometimes get a little confused. But he's got the spirit c:
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  • There is something a little sad about this story. Maybe it is the reality that cats, with age, might go through the same struggles that we can go through with age as well. But, at the end of the day, we can only hope that the people in our lives will treat us as kindly as the person in this story treats this cat. 

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    Present-Chemist-8920 I'm sorry for the news but you must be cool of the car thinks in its confused state that you're safe. A drawing because that's a cool cat. v/Apprehensile-Wave 309
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    Apprehensive-Wave 309 OP OH TYSM!! I'll show this to his owners for sure, they'll love it!
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    ER_Support_Plant17 My parent's cat had what the vet thinks was dementia in her later years (18-20). She would wake up at strange times and walk around meowing. One of us would get up and go sit next to her and pet her and talk to her. She would go back to her little kitty bed or we would gently carry her back. Our best guess was she was getting confused and didn't know where she was.
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    AmyLearns Aw. He looks just like a cat that I just found him in my kitchen. Lol. He used to live here, but he was left behind by the people that sold this house to us. We didn't realize it was their cat. We found out a couple years ago that it used to live here. It's been staying at the neighbors, but this morning it figured out how to use my cat door and was in my kitchen
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    JohnnySack45 This is actually how we ended up with our very first cat. A very old orange tabby was at the door, strolled right in like she owned the place and fell asleep curled up on the padded bench in the foyer. We put up "lost" signs for weeks around the neighborhood and nobody claimed her so she just became ours until peacefully passing away a year later. I wasn't a "cat person" before that but that quickly changed.
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    Our little girl has dementia. She's turning 12 this year. She will sit and cry so mournfully until you call her name, and she will run to you to be held like a baby. She stares into space, forgets where the food bowl is, and gets lost in the hallway. She has good days and bad. But yes, you can see the confusion in her eyes and some days frustration. But we'll walk this road to the end, my Sissy girl. You were my first white cat, and you've lived up to the lore and more.
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    Itchy Manchego I had a dementia cat, he was a sweet sweet boy but he would get lost in the house and howl until one of us came to get him.
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  • We do agree with some of the commenters though. At this point in the kitty's life, maybe it's for the better to consider not letting her out anymore. We do understand, of course, that any changes at this age could be difficult for her, and if the only place she goes to is her old home, then maybe it's okay, but we would still consider keeping her inside. 

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    Putrid-Energy210 I couldn't help myself, he'd be my cat now....
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    Allenrw81 He lives wherever he pleases. well
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    athenaseraphina You let that kitty in right now!
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    CHANI_MOLTISANTI Let him in
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    ambersunshinne I hope the owner take good care of him..
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    GreekAegean give him treats, and take him back to his mother.
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    capital_diversity That's your cat now
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