SO, a few months ago, mom and dad went to the animal shelter at my brother's insistance and adopted Lily the cat. Lily had gone to the shelter with her sister Lucy and her mother LuLu. Apparently after Lily left, Lucy stopped eating and wouldn't come out or be social. They took her to the vet and nothing was wrong with her, the vet said she was grieving for her sister. SO>>>fast forward to last weekend. My mother INSISTED she WOULD NOT have 2 cats, but she was willing to see if Lucy would eat if she was back with Lily. She ate and ater........today my brother and I were at lunch and she called and said "Tell you brother to pick this cat up right now" I asked what she had done and the answer was nothing she just wasn't going to have 2 cats.
So, I got on the phone calling whoever I could think of who may be willing to adopt Lucy so she didn't have to go back to a cage in the shelter. We had just give up when I got a call. It was my dad he said "We have reached a decision. Here's your mother". She said "We're keeping both cats. That's all there is to it". LOL! I don't know what Lucy did, but she convinced mom she should stay.
My mother still says 85 is no age to start raising cats, but I have assured her they won't go to a shelter if she can't take care of them....I just hope that's a long time in the future....5 cats would be well on the way to a crazy cat lady, lol