Adopting a shelter cat is one of the most wonderful acts of kindness that a person can do for an animal, but older cats, who might not be as adorable to most as young and playful kittens, often get overlooked. Hopefully, this post will show you how awesome older cats can be and inspire you to adopt one of your very own!
Older cats are often the first to go if a shelter has to euthanize some of its animals, so your impact on your new elderly adoptee’s life will be all the greater. Though they can suffer from more diseases than young cats, older cats are often already house-trained and socialized, and their personality will already be set – no surprises!
#1 This cat adopted this 102-year-old woman
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#2 A Friend Of Mine Just Adopted This 6-Year-Old Cat, And This Is How She Waits For Her Food
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#3 Fulfilled A Life Goal Of Mine Today And Adopted The Oldest Cat At The Local Shelter
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#4 Adopted At 10 Years Old, Meet Lil’ T
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#5 I Adopted A 14 Year Old Cat Named Venture
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#6 I Adopted My 9 Year Old From The Shelter Last Year. She Hasn’t Left My Side Since
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#7 Zeta Is About 15 Years Old Now And I Adopted Her 5 Years Ago From The Vet Clinic I Worked At
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#8 My So And I Adopted A 10+ Year Old Cat Who Used To Live In The Park
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#9 I Adopted A 4 Year Old Cat. She Hated All The Toys Except One
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#10 Adopted An 8-Year-Old Cat From Local Rescue, This Is 10 Minutes After We Got Home
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#11 I Adopted This Beautiful 13 Year Old Cat. Her Name Is Q-tip For Now But We Are Trying To Think Of A New Name
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#12 This White Cat In The Middle Was About 19 Years Old. He Was Adopted By An Older Woman
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#13 I Just Adopted This 9 Year Old Girl From The Shelter. Her Name Is Pumpkin
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#14 I Recently Adopted My Parents 15 Year Old Cat
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#15 Just Adopted My First Cat. He Is 11 Years Old
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#16 We Adopted A 7 Year Old Cat. Meet Ethan
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#17 Adopted This 7 Year Old Cat This Morning
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#18 We Adopted An 8 Year Old Cat From The Shelter Because He Stole Our Hearts With His Cuddles
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#19 Meet Floyd. This 6 Year Old Looker Was At The Shelter For Months
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#20 I Adopted An 11-Year-Old Cat Yesterday
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#21 I Adopted A 7-Year-Old 27 Pound Cat Today, His Name Is Atticus But My Boyfriend Calls Him Fatticus
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#22 My New Roomie 18 Year Old Mr. Salem Schmusel
#23 My Sister Adopted A 6 Year Old Cat Today. Meet Barnaby
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#24 He May Not Be The Cutest Cat But We Adopted A Fiv+ 5 Year Old Tomcat And He Loves Having A Forever Home
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#25 I Adopted Bubbles, He’s 7, With No Tail And Just 3 Legs… And We Love Him To Bits :)
#26 Timmy Adopted At 15 Now 18 !!
#27 Miss Smiley Was Adopted By Will (pictured) And I Last Fall, At The Age Of 20!
#28 8 Year Old Cat I Adopted Today. She Won’t Leave My Side
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#29 Adopted This 10 Year Old Lady From The Shelter Today
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#30 1 Week Ago I Adopted An 11 Year Old Cat From A Rescue Center
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#31 I Adopted An Older Cat Today – This Is Lenka, The First Pet That Is My Own
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#32 Adopted 9 Year Old Monty As A Younger Play Mate For My 14 Year Old Rescue Kitty.
#33 I Finally Adopted My First Cat. She’s 5 Years Old But Still Looks Like A Kitten
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#34 We Took A 13 Year Old Siamese Cat
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#35 Meet Cuddles, The 13 Year Old Cat My Boyfriend And I Adopted. Best $5 We Ever Spent!
#36 We Went To Adopt An Older Rescue Cat, So We Have Two New Additions To The Family
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#37 This Is Bailey, My Recently Adopted 14 Year Old Cat
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#38 Angus Is 12 Years Old And Daffodil 2 Years Old, Adopted As Strangers And Now In Love.
#39 I Just Adopted A 5 Year Old Kitty From The Humane Society.meet Bitsy
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#40 Meet My New Adopted Cat Jerry. He Is 7 Years Old
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#41 We Adopted An Older Cat Today. We Felt That Dexter Was A Fitting Name For Very Serious Kitty
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#42 Stella Was 15 When We Adopted Her. We Had Her For 5 Years And Loved Her To Bits.
#43 I Adopted My First Cat Who Is 6 Years Old. Her Name Is Asha.
#44 Just Adopted This Beautiful 8 Year Old Girl This Past Monday
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#45 I Adopted This Beauty From The Shelter When He Was 22! I Named Him Grandpa. He Was Wonderful
#46 I Adopted A Beautiful 6 Year Old Bengal Cat Called Saffi
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#47 Mitzi. She Is About 8 Years Old And She Adopted Us.
#48 My Girlfriend And I Adopted A 5 Year Old Cat From A Shelter And He’s Finally Settling In
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#49 I Adopted Eddie When He Was 21 Years Old.
#50 Cher Is 6 1/2 Years Old And Has Been A Shelter Cat Her Entire Life…until We Adopted Her!
#51 Adopted An 8 Year Old Cat Today His Name Is Jasper A.k.a. Mr. Handsome
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#52 I Rescued My 10+ Year Old Friend From The Streets A Year And A Half Ago. She Passed Away Last M
#53 I Adopted Big Garfield When He Was Six. He Spent Five Furryful Years With Us
#54 I Adopted Chester Nearly 2 Years Ago, He Was 8. He Is The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me!
#55 I’m Not Even Sure How Old Josie Is, But She Was At Least 13 When I Adopted Her Years Ago….
#56 This Is Barry. The Vet I Adopted Him From (after He Was Found In A Bin) Suspects He’s 10 Or More.
#57 We Adopted 4-year Old Cat After A Year In Shelter Where She Was Taking Pills For Depression
#58 We Weren’t Looking For A Cat Like Him.. But Luckily Viljo 10+ Made It Clear That He Chose Us.
#59 Poppy. Adopted Years Ago, Now 16. Sleeps Like A Pro. The Bear Is His Snuggle Buddy
#60 Here Is Merlin. 13 Years Old. He Was In The Shelter For More Than 1 Year.
#61 I Adopted This Sweetheart From The Shelter When She Was 3 Years Old And Has Been There For 6 .
#62 I Addopted This Big Boy 3 Years Ago. He Was 4 Then. His Name Translated Is Fat Leo. Nr #1 Cat
#63 Steve, Our Three-legged Love, Was Adopted 3 Years Ago When He Was 6.
#64 We Adopted Sir Mortimer When He Was 9! He Is 14 Now
#65 My Boyfriend & I Adopted The Cat Who Had Been At The Shelter The Longest. 5 Yr Old Jax!
#66 This Is Our Nala. We Adopted Her Just After Christmas Last Year When She Was Seven.
#67 I Adopted Saphira An 8 Years Old Silber Bengal. The Cat Loves Me…
#68 Rumsfeld. Adopted At 10, Lived To 21.
#69 We Adopted Deuschess When She Was At Least 1 Year. She Died Last Year After 21 Years With Us.
#70 Tinkerbell Was Dumped At The Cat Shelter Because ‘she Didn’t Match The Furniture’ Which Was Bro
#71 Adopted This Sweet 7 Year Old Girl Who Is Blind From Animal Shelter Few Months Ago
#72 I Took In 9 Yr Old Ozzy After His Owners Moved And Left Him Behind.
#73 Barlin And Zimba
#74 Adopted From Incapable Owner, Now Proud Grandmother Of 14+ (?) Years
#75 #21 Uncle Grandpa On 17 Years Old! Great Companion For Summer Days!
#76 I Adopted Gucci (8) And A Bit Later Louie (12). Both Lost Their Humans Before.
#77 Alice Derbyshire Who Lived Until Nearly 26 Years Old And Was Such A Treasure Xx
#78 Stubby, My Soft, Furry Shelter Friend :)
#79 I Adopted The Oldest Cat In The Shelter And I’m Totally In Love With Her. Gatto 11+
#80 I Adopted Mello Many Years Ago As 5 Years Old Wild Hunter. My Husband Call Him Melon Xd
#81 We Adopted Sisco When He Was 8 From Family, He Wasn’t Getting Enough Attention! He’s 15 Now!!!
#82 Adopted This 4 Year Old Handsome Man After He Spent 2 Years At The Shelter!
#83 My Boyfriend Gaves Me This Cute 9years Old Lady For My Birthday. Couldn’t Love Them More.
#84 This Is Honey. She Was Four When We Got Her. She’s Not Eight And My Best Friend
#85 I Found This Kitten By The Street Five Days Ago
#86 Oliver (inbred) Would Have Been Euthanized If I Hadn’t Adopted Him. He’s 8 Now And I Love Him!!
#87 My Cat Adopted Me! Three Years Agieren This Cat Chose Us As Ist Family. He’s About 12-14 Years
#88 Came With Her Brother At 15 Years Old, Purrs In Her Sleep.
#89 I Adopted Both Of Them At Different Time.the Big One Is Barlin, The Little Kitten Is Zimba
#90 Cooper Was Feral She. He Found Me Three Years Ago. Now He’s A Toothless Old Man And I Adore Him
#91 My Darling Chas Who I Adopted At 14 With An Endless List Of Health Issues. Still Miss Him :(
#92 I Adopted Rosie Last Year When She Was 13. She’s A Total Love.
#93 Prince Albert Aka “bertie” Was 10 When We Adopted Him. He Is Now Living In The Lap Of Luxury
#94 This Is My Sweet Grey, We Found Her Outside The Door, Very Skinny And Lots Of Scars,and Now…
#95 Our Beautiful Ellie Was 7 When We Adopted Her. She Loves Her “little” Brother Ramsey!
#96 Meet Olive, She Was 3 When We Adopted Her.
#97 We Adopted Poesie When She Was 12. Now She Is 19.
#98 We Adopted Mia From Lap Cats In Elk Grove They Said She Was In System For 14 Months She Is 8
#99 He Is Now 13th Years Old, We Have Flipke From A Resque Shelter. It Was Very Warm That Day.
#100 Callie Was 6 When I Adopted Her From A Shelter, Three Years Ago. She’s Cuddly Sweet Girl.
#101 My Gorgeous Mimi Was 7 Years Old When I Adopted Her From A Shelter Sept. 2014.
#102 I Finally Got To Keep My Family’s Cat After They Moved. She’s 13 But Still Plays Like A Kitten.
#103 6 Years Ago We Adopted This 7 Year Old Sweetheart, Rupert.
#104 Venus, Adopted Last Year At 13, In A Rare Off-lap Moment
#105 We Found Her Out In The Street At Age 6. Now She Is 9 And Feeling Even Younger! We
#106 Adopted This Beautiful 9 Year Old Boy From My Elderly Father.
#107 This Is Brandon, His Owner Moved And Left Him Behind, He’s About 5-6 Years Old, We Love Him!
#108 We Adopted These Two Brothers At 6 Years Old From The Shelter. They Have Be A Joy Ever Since.
#109 Adopted Him At 8 Years Old, Pictured At 9 Years :)
#110 Cooper Was Feral When He Found Me. Now He’s A Toothless Old Man And I Adore Him.
#111 This Little Honey Is Boo, A 10yo Burmese We Adopted. She’s A Cheeky Little Devil!
#112 I Adopted Nanna, A Devon Rex, When She Was 13 And We Had 2 Wonderful Years Together
#113 This Is Brett. He Came To Us When He Was 5, Now He Is 16.
#114 Maggie Lived Her First 6 Years In A Shelter Run By Amazing Ladies. Then She Found Me!
#115 Went To The Shelter For A Kitten And Came Back With 2 Year Old Simba Had Him 11 Years Now
#116 Melike. Had About 6, Maybe 8, Maybe 10 Years When I Adopted Her. Pure Love!
#117 We Got This 5-6 Years Old Soft-furred Lady When She Lost Her Former Servants
#118 I Adopted Joe When He Was 7. He’s 11 Years Old Now And Still A Ball Of Energy!
#119 Molly – 15yrs (in Pic). Inherited In 2013 At 14yrs With Diabetes. Got Cancer. Rip 16jul15
#120 Ho
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