Changes are often subtle, but there are ways to recognize them and pamper your cat’s golden years.

By Susan Easterly

Chester, a handsome orange and white polydactyl cat, still plays hide-and-seek with Pamela Perry, DVM, his human companion for nearly 18 years. Her “soul mate” cat, Chester was only five weeks old when Dr. Perry, an animal behavior resident at the Animal Behavior Clinic at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, adopted him.

“He is a social, confident cat,” Dr. Perry notes. “Over the years, Chester has adapted to all kinds of change, including college, moves and other animals, and he has always gone with the flow. Now that he’s older, he spends more time sitting on my lap, purrs constantly and really seeks out my attention,” she says. …

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