Ours was six when we got her. She had a big sign on her door saying “Do not pet, will scratch!” Apparently her previous owner had died and she had been not adjusting well to the six months she’d been in the shelter.

So me being me, I immediately stuck my fingers in the cage and started talking to her. She lit up! She was purring and rubbing against my hand - we immediately knew we were gonna bring her home. We weren’t even looking for a cat that day.

She gave us another ten years of happiness. Older cats definitely deserve all the love, too.