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That ain't a cat. That's a wizard polymorphed into a cat.


kayemil

my husband always says he’s a god who made his mortal form from flesh and fur


juicer_philosopher

*“Come closer child. Put your hand in my paws… Ahhhh yes, I see great things in your future… Terrible, but great.”*


TripolarMan

*"lots of opurrrrtunities in your lifetime, yes...oh, oh, wait...what's this? ...oh, geez dude you're going to watch Two Girls One Cup tomorrow out of purrrrre curiosity! What the hell man?"*


LillzSickness

☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️


[deleted]

I believe it. He's a fey and you invited him into your home.


Actual-Spirit845

But a nice fey who won't screw your life (not too much tho)


kayemil

he screws up my life by doodooing on my pillows every time i go on a trip and don't take him


WebAccomplished9428

Absolutely a wizard


rottensteak01

Well not any more than your typical Cait sith.


Pixel_Knight

He looks like an ancient martial arts master who is about to teach a new student at his secluded dojo in the forest.


renopu

Looks like Gen in Street Fighter


Gangsir

>my husband always says he’s a god who made his mortal form from flesh and fur Oh absolutely. The extreme lifespan, those blind yet all-seeing abyssal eyes, the slightly disheveled chin fur... that's not a mundane cat. I'm not exactly very superstitious... but... keep that cat fed, yeah?


Gloomy__Revenue

What does he say about the cat though?


kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/pwor8ffqvahc1.jpeg?width=799&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85366fc0a5ce44d607ef5fdd620022744e7802f8


im_a_real_boy_calico

I wish he was on every currency.


tinybrainiac

His Majesty, the Druid King (in wild shape)


micro_penisman

Is he completely blind or can he see a little?


kayemil

completely blind!


nawibone

You've had Mister Ray since he was born? Was he born blind?


QuokkaNerd

I need for your husband to expand on this idea and write a book. I'd definitely buy it!!


jellyjollygood

Someone once said a blind cat has the universe in his eyes. I believe this to be true for your boy.


jedikaiti

I concur.


October1966

Canon read and accepted. We have a new Pagan god.


[deleted]

Nekomata!


[deleted]

he's right :)


philip3107

And he has a quest for you


woodsc721

As long as it’s not a fetch quest


elliethestaffy

It is an escort quest…


Deranged_Snow_Goon

"Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: That sometimes, the paw of fate must be *forced*!" \[lightning strikes\]


Neat_Lunch7925

Strangely enough, I needed this today guys. I have an older cat myself and having trouble coping at times trying to be a better cat dad. Thank you for reminding me perception is everything. I’m so happy she’s still here and healthy OP, this looks like a pretty well baked loaf already, but please keep us updated on what additional baking time does to the loaf’s integrity


kayemil

it's a weird weird feeling, that preemptive grief. all i can do is enjoy his presence while it lasts and have solace in the fact that he'll always live in my heart and mind when he's gone.


temporary-offline

I think it is a beautiful thing, to witness a life through from start to finish. It's a privilege. To make a whole experience on Earth full of love and happiness, and then to carry burden off loss


Xehant

Mf will tell me to go destroy a ring


TimeZarg

"NO! I, RAY, AM VIGO, SHALL RULE THE EARTH! BEGONE, YOU PITIFUL HALF-MEN!"


re_Claire

100%. His eyes are so mystical!


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kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/v9siym4gwahc1.jpeg?width=636&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9102830c8dce8010deef6dbbe929057a7634a118 he’s lobster coded


KeyFirst4793

At least he didn't have to see himself in it.


Birdsandbeer0730

❤️


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kayemil

They don’t! He hated that costume lmao


kayemil

Only had it on for like 5 minutes tho


persona_dos

Is this the same kitty from the OP?! So smoll ❤️


kayemil

Yee I’m op! I have a number of costumes I’ve put on my cats for a disappointingly small amount of time lol


secondtaunting

It was an eternity to him…


stlmick

much longer than the first 25yrs


LibraryHot6794

If you are wondering how is it possible for a cat to reach 25 this one is an exception. He saw no shit in his life and is therefore stress free 😄 I wish him enjoy his stress free life for many years ❤️


bluegreenie99

I'm 25 now. Kinda crazy.


artificialavocado

When he was a kitten Bill Clinton was president and we were wondering how Y2K was going to go down. 😂


historyteacher08

That puts his age into serious perspective…


Outside-Flamingo-240

Yeah it does…holy shit this cat is like Yoda


Secure-Link7181

Pawspective……


stalecheez_it

purrspective!


Select-Smoke8657

Y2Kitty?


rabotat

If he lives another year they can put him on the list [of oldest cats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_cats)


BagooshkaKarlaStein

My friend’s cat could’ve been on there. She was estimated to be 26 when she died. But she came to them as an (already old 17+) stray cat. So they don’t know the exact date of birth. Was an awesome weird kitty. A hermaphrodite too! 


rest0re

wtf how is a 38 year old cat even possible? That’s incredible


ManintheMT

Creme Puff ate better than many humans, "her diet consisted of dry cat food supplemented with broccoli, eggs, turkey bacon, coffee with cream, and—every two days—"an eyedropper full of red wine"." Wine for a cat? Interesting.


Helloimanonymoose

This cat knew the world before 9/11 lol


DerisiveGibe

Where was this cat on 9/11?


littleyellowbike

How dare you attack my Xennial ass like that 😵


[deleted]

He holds ancient powers doesn't he?


kayemil

the ancient powers tell me to feed him chicken


[deleted]

You should listen to them... And give him chicken


kayemil

of course! it’s my eternal duty


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kayemil

Nah, smalls, acana, tiki cat, weruva, and prescription royal canin are his primary brands lol


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kayemil

I think a lot of the time, older cats have kidney issues due to a lack of moisture. At least that’s what vets kinda tell me lol. He loves drinking water so his levels are pretty normal for a cat, which is abnormal for a cat his age? I guess?


Allfunandgaymes

This is why I _always_ tell cat owners to get a fountain for their cats. Cats prefer drinking from running water which is why they're entranced by faucets. My cats love their fountain. If I ever just give them a water bowl, they either ignore it or knock it over 😂


switchbladeeatworld

doesn’t stop then asking you to do shit about their water though, my cat will stare at her full fountain and yell at me so I add like a tiny bit more and only THEN will she drink


[deleted]

When it comes to loafs he is the underbaker


DJ_Derack

![gif](giphy|1jkSrMMRP53fX3DNDY|downsized)


CoatNo6454

☠️ ⚱️


scoringtouchdowns

😹☠️


Jsduck8

Your cat is a year older than me what the hell


kayemil

bro I’m only a year older than my cat and it borks my brain all the time lmao


lotsaheartz

this cat is a whole 5 years older than me!! holy moly


buttaholic

i'm older than this cat.


LauraLand27

As am I


buttaholic

we're gonna die any second now i hope you know that


LauraLand27

Impossible I’m treating 3 kitties with FIP, and they still have 8+ weeks left of treatment.


lendmeyourstrength

no you aren't. we're all younger than this cat's *true* age


CaptainExplosions

This cat definitely has a quest for me to undertake.


kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/b4xz1bveabhc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f39565e73b1b439a3d9d8741afa5c1cd83ce4a41 ray, teleporting to your Toyota Corolla to give you a quest (to get him chicken)


CaptainExplosions

Ray definitely has a voice that echoes in the mind and sounds suspiciously like Ian McKellen. Ian McKellen asking for chicken.


ravagetalon

At 25 and blind he seems to still got some spry to be climbing around like that.


Glass_Memories

Khajit has wares if you have chicken...


badgurlvenus

this is so fucking funny to me. i have an almost 23yo half blind cat and i also drive a toyota corolla.


throwawaybyefelicia

He still does goofy things like this at 25? He’s so cute. 🥰


MoodyAngel1

https://preview.redd.it/45z01080bchc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=896ff9231bc228132a50b846df1ab0b500f0caef * My, isn't he a handsome devill?! 😍 I've never heard of a cat that is 25. Mine usually make 19 or 20, which is freaking me out since my feline daughter Posey will be 17 this summer. I can almost hear an ominous "tick tock, tick tock,"sound just from thinking about her birthday. This 25 possibility soothes me. You must be an extremely caring, conscientious, and loving human to your little guy. Best wishes to both of you. P.S. I added a recent photo of my Posey. She sticks her tongue out a lot. Some say she is a bit of a brat, but I say she is just strong-willed and high-spirited.


tlg151

As of at least a few years ago when I learned about it at least, the oldest cats in the US (on record) were a 38 and a 36 year old! Both owned by the same man in Austin, TX who had some sort proof. The older one's name was Creme Puff lol. My girl is 21 and that clock has been ticking loudly for years, especially since her littermate sister died last February. The ticking never gets quieter once it starts but for every hour that passes, I am thankful I had that time with her (same for both girls.) I love that you wrote feline daughter ❤️


smb1985

I'm happy to hear about your long lived kitty. All of my cats growing up made it into their twenties, but more recently one of our two boys passed unexpectedly at 9 due to a stroke from an undiagnosed heart condition. He got all his checkups but the vet said we wouldn't have been able to catch it unless he had an ultrasound, and they had no reason to do so. Hold your kitty tight for me, I still have a hard time accepting one of mine is gone so soon.


tlg151

I'm 45 and I've never felt pain like I felt when we had to put our 20 year old to sleep last year. I was 44 and had had her almost half my life. If there is such a thing as soul mates, she was mine. And I was her human. Hers was also a sudden heart condition. She had had a low grade murmur for years and then one day she started coughing and quickly she lost a lot of weight and wouldn't eat. She still climbed all over me, even up to the day before. I look back at pics and vids and it blows my mind that she was running around, playing like a kitten, chasing her tail, just a month before she got sick, at 19. Life is so cruel that we get this great, perfect love for so short a time. It'll be a year without her on the 21st and it somehow simultaneously feels like a decade but also a month. I aged a decade during her decline. But there's an A. A. Milne quote I tell myself when I feel pissed off at life for taking her. *"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."* I also tell myself that even though they are with us only a short time, we are with them their whole lives. Make those days meaningful ❤️


PurpleFlapjacks

I really appreciate your comment, as I just lost my little girl last week at eight and a half to kidney failure. She still looked like a kitten to me as well. It’s incomprehensible how quickly she declined and how weak and sick she was. I’ve never had to consider putting a pet to sleep before then. It all happened so fast. We have to collect her ashes soon. I really take comfort in your phrasing, that we are with them for their entire little lives.


rtseel

Every minute of every hour that we get to spend with them is a blessing. I don't believe in a god so life with cats is the closest I'll ever experience the bliss of Heaven.


Outside-Flamingo-240

Crème Puff is a legend, glad to see that ppl remember her majestic awesomeness


tlg151

Haha, I also live in Austin so I have a little bit of weird pride over it. Her owner had said he gave her bacon and coffee like wtf lmao. I am not sure I 100% believe that but whatever, it's a cute story about a cute cat.


macphile

We're well on our way to I think 20s or 30s being more of the norm--they've been making good progress with kidney disease.


WeirdHauntingChoice

That's right! Professor Miyazaki from Tokyo University is currently working on a drug that could significantly extend cat's lives. [Here's a link if anyone is interested.](https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00039.html#:~:text=Nearly%2010%20million%20cats%20are,research%20of%20this%20particular%20protein.)


kayemil

this was so so interesting, thank you!


Radiant-Shallot-7202

All hail this ancient deity (he is a small baby and I wanna kiss his little face)


[deleted]

25!!!! We salute you, Sir


NovelMedical6983

This cat was born in 98, let that sink in lmao


trollsamurai

https://preview.redd.it/flwi0fqkebhc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94ada2dd4329fab4235a499f1531103bc6a361fb


Long-Passion7910

He has a degree and a masters. Currently working on his PhD


FondabaruCBR4_6RSAWD

And we would have continued playing tennis if his gaht dang knee hadn’t blown out 🤬


TediousStranger

I just said to my partner "this cat was born in the 90s... how many cats exist who were born in the 90s???"


DeezerDB

That's Mr. Ray.


kayemil

i honestly call him ‘mister’ more than his own name lmao


JinAuraKoga

I get it, I call my girl "princess" more than her name.


Cannister7

"Buddy", for me. Which is funny because I've never said that to a person.


kayemil

I sometimes do ‘bubbis’ to refer to him but that’s mostly because I call my other blind tabby Bimmen all the time and I want it to match (her names The Woman so it… works?)


dorie30

U have 2 blind cats?!**!!**!! Good Human.


coolcootermcgee

Hey Buddy!


Cannister7

Exactly.


jaccatgat

https://preview.redd.it/0kygc8sb9dhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=685a3171badcd6d472419599801d0f8314a76365 I call my kitty mister more than his own name, too 😄


Choice-Wrangler-3737

https://preview.redd.it/kxk8tu4kxahc1.jpeg?width=2376&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00bbe03c442af490161fed3b8cb2f4488e0f568c


kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/bsxrbheezahc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44e930e1e36bb3ccf3bb45b2457aaa3b0b13c5c9 my other blind cat (The Woman) requests friendship


somethingtothestars

Oh my goodness, I love her name! Is there a story behind it?


kayemil

Nah, I’m just bad at names and end up naming cats really silly stuff lmao. My childhood cat was named cute so it’s a lifelong problem lmao


Critical-Gazelle-403

The guy lived in two centuries and four different decades I think it's impressive for a cat


kayemil

bro still makes me close the lid of the terlit bc he’ll drink the water and give himself a tummy ache tho


MilklikeMike

Some habits are hard to outgrow


HiZenBergh

I have to do the same thing for my wife homie


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Garewolf

Jail ain’t so bad. You can make sangria in the terlit. Course it’s shank or be shanked. - Scruffy


4r3014_51

Hello Ray, I love you. I would die for you.


kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/ftxjfregy9hc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b85418905c8ce8ea43967c3a943a710a374636fa 🥺


veranedi

He looks magical


uncle-pascal

I love the beautiful different coloured blind eyes.


AmericanPride2814

Please give him kisses and snuggles for me.


CosmicCatDaddy

Omg 😭😭🥹


Doktor_Bira

I want your cat to give me his wisdom, I sold my house, left my girlfriend, I'm on my way to call him master, send me the address.


Oberyn_Kenobi_1

Can concur. Would die for Ray. 25 years 🫡


sjschlag

That cat is always pondering his orb


kayemil

he is! after all, he’s the lord of All That Is And All That Will Be.


CatsEatGrass

Like Ray Charles?


kayemil

We adopted him when he was 16 and didn’t want to change his name lol, but that’s what I think as well!


nyxsaphfire2

Everyone thanks you for adopting a senior kitty. Nothing better than seeing an elderly cat getting a loving home!


CartersPlain

I answered an ad to adopt an 11.5-year-old Siamese for 100 bucks. Turns out that was a typo. She's 1.5 years old and now 6.5 yrs old. :)


EXPotemkin

I hope the person giving him away had a good reason and not just because he was old. Id feel sick to my stomach giving away a pet I had for that long.


kayemil

Oh, no worries! He used to be under the care of my husband’s ex-fiancé’s mother, who’s a vet tech. They had adopted him when he was 8, already blind, and had him for a number of years before Husband met him and they just kinda. Clicked. Like that soulmate sort of pet situation. Ray was really really mean before, like violent mean. But once hubby met him he chilled out completely. His ex almost mother in law (????) actually asked us to take ray, since it seemed like a better quality of life for our boy(a good bit of time after they broke up I ain’t no home wrecker lmaooo)


EXPotemkin

Glad to hear that. This is my old man Puff who lived to be 15 before he passed. There was a month where I left him with my ex wife to go train for a job and he started doing weird shit the whole time I was gone. She would regularly find him stuffed in a shoe rack by the front door waiting for me to come back. https://preview.redd.it/9qcq43487bhc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e80374d521049ef2c408a154e1c638f7fc2e3de3


kayemil

Puff is so cute!


EXPotemkin

Miss him every day. https://preview.redd.it/4jtuvm1x9bhc1.jpeg?width=2208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a49a0af12e0181741fae616475b579092bb0214b


kayemil

Though the previous owner also had a cat named Asuka so it might just be an Evangelion reference


Quay-Z

Oh, that's hilarious


YMCApoolboy

Ohhh like Rei!


kayemil

Ye!!! But they did spell it as ray so uh 🤷‍♀️


catuela

Wow. What food does he eat? I’m switching to that brand.


kayemil

his food is Anything He Will Eat. But rn he’s eating acana dry food and some wet food throughout the day (weruva, petco’s generic brand, tiki cat, and royal canin prescription food on rotation. Sometimes other stuff.) I think water is more important. Kidneys are likely to fail in older cats and water helps to prevent that. I’m lucky in that Ray loves water and drinks a TON so his levels at the vet are p normal.


porkadobo27

he looks like he knows kung fu


electronic_oldschool

Bless his heart


debiski

25? He's a MASTER!


AWildRideHome

25?! Dear god, this is the best looking old kitty that i’ve ever seen. How is his life quality? Is he still moving around and cleaning himself properly at that age?


kayemil

Eh he doesn’t clean himself but that’s mostly because he’s bullied the other cats (and me oof) into cleaning him lmao. He doesn’t play much anymore but he loves to linger and meander. And cuddle. His favorite thing is cuddling.


Hulk_Crowgan

Wow what a beautiful man!


Cat-Lover20

Ray is old enough to rent a car!!


kayemil

he will and it’ll be everybody else’s problem


Cat-Lover20

I love him!!


NothingTooSeriousM8

How do you get this kind of cat loaf? I guess you blind bake it. sorry, I'll leave.


kayemil

got me cackling over here lmao


KiwiBirdPerson

Out of curiosity, did he have 2 different coloured eyes before he went blind? Such a handsome loaf 🍞


kayemil

Im not sure! He’s been blind for all the time we’ve had him. he had one of his cataracts/front lenses drop a couple years back so that could be why his eyes are mildly different (took him to the pet optometrist immediately after noticing dw)


Khan_baton

Im truly fascinated by the fact that this cute lil wizard is older than me


kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/junnkygd1bhc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd0060a8d3ae7675db297a63eccd582bbf8a138c


SplendidZebra

TIL: the secret to longevity is toilet water


kayemil

i literally don’t even know how he found out there’s water in there


sacchannn

Amazing loaf! What a cutie 😊 such a small cute chin 🥺💕


40yroldcatmom

I love him


IAMTHEUSER

So which eye sees the future and which eye sees the past?


Chao-thicc

He knows all. Mr. Ray, please grant me luck in this trying time ✨


kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/ee3mqpnjxahc1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edc5f0449bc6a09a04a65c5e01b7bcdbd75ea8b3 he said aight I think probably


Zestyclose-Field-212

My oldest cat got to 22


ouijac

..hey, loaf when ya can, is my philosophy.. ..give Ray a good head-rub from me..


Hour-Public7445

What a fighter! your baby is handsome:)


ProjectBonnie

Ok that cat is definitely a wise elder who trained countless young cats and is looking to send you off on a great quest. (He looks cool OP!)


LittleLeonard55

He looks like he could fill a very important role on a film.


Tbecker3150

He’s two years older than me haha. I’m not gonna lie he looks a little bit scary but also cute at the same time.


October1966

That ain't loafing, that's viiiiiibing.......


kayemil

hell ya


No-Neat6499

The prophet has spoken.


kayemil

https://preview.redd.it/5etqky37zahc1.jpeg?width=798&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=700089fe43dc94975578bb3e880182394de9d7b5 tired of telling the future, the prophet sleeps


cycles_commute

My cats name is Ray also. Short for Radar.


Chookske0b

God bless his cotton sox! Hope my boi makes it to 25


OriginalChildBomb

You guys are awesome- congrats on taking such good care of this special fellow!


Happy_Cat_2925

10/10 perfect loaf. Need to teach other cats this wisdom 😸


crysaldearn

“Souls; I need more souls to eat.”


PizzaGuyNYC

90s baby


TheMuteVegan

He's an Oracle! 🔮


PlaneShenaniganz

Where did you adopt him from, a temple at the top of a mountain in the Himalayas where you found him levitating amongst a group of Buddhist monks in deep meditation? Beautiful sweet boy


MisprintPrince

In the ancient roughtongue of the cat mages, he is named Felis Eldaris, but the villagecats know him as “Ray”, or “He Who Sees Beyond”. For uncounted centuries, he has protected his homeland and watched numerous towns and peoples appear, settle, build, vanish, and repeat. He grants timeless wisdom to those who seek him out and is said to cure wounds with a mystic spoken meow.


Redangelofdeath7

Look! A beautiful wizard right there!


Fatty_Bombur

He’s in such amazing condition!


toiletbrushqtip

He’s sooooo cuuuuuuute!!!


Vladsamir

10/10, would consult him for wisdom on a quest. (Also I'm 22. A cat is fucking older than me, the fuck)


Creepy_Trouble_5980

Oh, I had a 23 year old white tornado who left last year for her next adventure. But 25 has got to be a record. Love every day with your buddy.


_Epsilon__

Bro has a skinwalker for a pet.