A hilarious interview crasher! 
Fascinating! Why do cats purr?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180724-the-complicated-truth-about-a-cats-purr
That darn cat!!!
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a-cat-a-utility-pole-and-seattle-bureaucracy/
If Tubby was my cat, heās be in permanent house arrest. Poor baby, though!
āHeād be under permanent house arrest.ā
Things just donāt go well for me when I use my phone to post.
This woman got the coveted Chief of Cats job in the cat capital of the world!
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bbcbb4ce4b028e1fe41d676
^^^^ I would love that job! Sans the uniform, of course.
Our family loves cats, and we have had two sisters for more than 18 years. We had to put one down on Monday - it was time, and we had someone come to our home. My H is a mess. The cat was his pal - slept on him, followed him around the house, sat with him on the couch, greeted him at the door when he got home. Love, love, love our cats ā¦ but donāt love losing them.
@kelsmom, so sorry for your loss. My sweet girl is 16 and behaves like your cat. She has been on my lap all afternoon (chilly, rainy day, probably using me for my body heat, lol). She meows in a weird mournful way lately if she doesnāt know where I am. Vet thinks she might be getting a bit of dementia, and she is in early kidney failure. I get a lump in my throat when I think about all of it. But she still runs and plays occasionally and has a good appetite, so we may still have a few years yet.
I feel for you and your DH. How is your catās sibling doing? Has she realized that the other cat is gone? Is she still healthy?
She is happy and healthy, although hard of hearing. She and the other cat were close years ago, but they had settled into living separately - one on the first floor (the alpha female - the one we lost) and one on the second floor, for the most part. She doesnāt seem worried or upset. We brought her down to say goodbye to her sister, but she pretty much ignored her. It will be interesting to see if she blooms once she realizes she is the queen of the house now.
@kelsmom - Iām so sorry for your loss. We were all a mess 2 1/2 years ago when we had to put our sweet 20 year old kitty down. We now have 2 sister cats that are just 2 years old. I canāt imagine how hard it will be when one goes.
D2 has two āsisterā cats, though they actually arenāt related. They were two rescues she adopted when they were tiny kittens and nursed back to health. They are essentially the same age (2 y/o). Though one has established herself as āthe boss,ā they are still quite close. If one is upset about something, the other one runs quickly to her side to see what is up. The non alpha does initiate some pretty heavy play fighting at times. I call it repressed aggression, but D2 says they love each other and frequently sleep/cuddle together. When one goes, I think the other will be traumatized.
Iām so sorry @kelsmom. Iām glad that you were able to have someone come to your home and were able to say goodbye to her in her own home. Itās never easy and it takes a lot of courage to make the decision to let them go and oh, how we miss them afterwards. Itās been three years since we had to put down our 19 year old girl and I still miss her terribly. We have 2 9 year old siblings now. They tolerate each other and love their humans.
Hugs to both of you.
Since Iām one of the cat lovers on here I finally decided to load a picture in my avatar of our girls.
@showmom858 - lovely avatars. 
Hugs to all who lost a beloved pet.
@BunsenBurner - thank you. These are the first all black and black and white cats we have ever had and they have awesome personalities!
My avatars are the first grey tiger and tortie cats we ever had, and they are absolutely awesome, too! The previous cats were all calico or pure white. We still have one white catā¦ not pictured. She is not so awesome but we live her anyway.
Advice needed from all you cat lovers. We have two indoor cats. Girl is about 14 years old. Boy is 12. Night and day difference. Boy still romps. Girl does little, but appears healthy. Unfortunately, we had to move them about 3 years ago from a large home, to a tiny 500 SF apartment (second residence, but weāre actually there more often than the larger residence). She has been slowing down over time. I donāt think her inaction resulted from the move.
We do fine in our tiny apartment in an urban location with tons to explore. I feel for the cats. Obviously much less territory to explore and romp. Weāll occasionally bring them outside on a lead. Boy loves it. Girl usually hates itā¦ Neither are educated in the way of the outside world, so they remain indoor cats. Is a 500 SF āterritoryā really enough for a cat?
Since the older female is sedentary and more reticent, itās likely just fine for her - probably even ideal since itās cozy and less stressful than lots of room. For the male, it is probably too small, but you can easily solve that by walking him outside daily, weather permitting. If she doesnāt like the walks, just take him out.
Jackson Galaxy has done many shows on cats in very small apartments, and he says that itās fine as long as the cat gets some time outdoors (heās a big fan of getting them used to walking on a lead at a young age), and also has some focused play indoors with the humans.
My D lived in a tiny 500 square foot apartment with her two cats. They are just over a year old now. She lived on the second floor and had a nice sized balcony. Since she lives in Southern California she would leave the door to the balcony opened when she was at home so the cats had that additional area to play in.