thanks acid! yeah, even the vet was always surprised at how spry and young my kitty seemed until about a year before she passed when she started to show signs of serious tummy troubles. no one ever guessed she was more than 7, though. meh, even if she was acting sick for years it still would have sucked when she passed. i still actually kind of miss having her paw at my face in the morning and stare at me like a creep while i'm sleeping.
i like how this thread's panning out, pets are great. so are children!
keeping in the costume theme here's a more recent picture of my spooky kitty. i wish it was better quality, but you have no idea how hard it was to even get this picture of him in this thing. i'm actually really surprised he didn't stay more mad at us for this.