CATS AFTER SIXTY · 38 years as a vet nurse, written down for the cat owner over sixty

Your cat is getting older right alongside you. Here is how to give her every good year.

I'm Nora Bellamy. I was a veterinary nurse for thirty-eight years, and for my last twelve I ran the senior-cat appointments at a small clinic in Dayton. I'm retired now, a widow, and I live in Kettering, Ohio, with three cats, one of them a seventeen-year-old with kidney disease. This book is everything I told owners across the exam table, written down for your kitchen table.

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I gave the kidney talk to owners for years. Then I missed the signs in my own kitchen.

Juniper is my tortoiseshell. The winter she turned fourteen she started finishing her water bowl by lunchtime and leaving bigger clumps in the litter box. I noticed. I told myself the furnace was drying the air, and that she was just getting older.

I had sat with hundreds of owners and explained exactly what that pattern can mean. In March I finally took a blood and urine sample to the clinic, and Dr. Hollis read me the numbers I had read to so many other people. Kidney disease, early enough to manage. Three years later she still runs the house.

If a vet nurse can explain it away in her own kitchen, anyone can. That is why the checks have to be written down and done on a schedule, before the worry starts.

I'm not a vet, and this book doesn't replace yours. What I can give you is what I watched for, what I had owners do at home, and when I told them to pick up the phone the same day.

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What I saw at senior-cat appointments, and what I had owners do.

Most of the problems that walked into the exam room had been showing at home for months: a water bowl emptied faster, a jump onto the bed that stopped, a cat who started sleeping in the closet. Every one of those can be watched for, and most of the fixes cost little or nothing.

What came through the door

A cat drinking and peeing more for a year, brought in once she stopped eating.
the kidneys
A male cat straining in the box all evening, brought in after midnight.
the emergency clinic
An old cat who had "slowed down", with sore hips nobody had treated.
arthritis
A dropped pain pill, or a lily in a grocery bouquet.
an ordinary afternoon
Afterward
a bill and a worry that came all at once

What I had them do

A wide bowl away from the food, more moisture in the diet, and a simple water and litter log.
about $10
The litter box signs that mean call today, and the one that means drive to the emergency clinic now.
kept on the fridge
Steps by the bed, a low-entry box, night-lights in the hallway, and a top-opening carrier.
room by room
A plan for vet bills on a fixed income, decided before the emergency.
with real options
A written plan for your cat if something happens to you, with a card for your wallet.
with printable sheets
Cats After Sixty
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Page 31: water and the kidneys.
Page 42: the litter box.
Page 89: giving fluids at home.
Page 101: if something happens to you.
Page 134: Nora's If Something Happens to Me plan.

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Tonight, move the water bowl away from the food.

Most cats drink less than they should, and older cats feel it in their kidneys first. A lot of owners keep the water right next to the food dish because it's handy. Many cats don't like to drink where they eat.

Put a second bowl in a quiet spot across the room, away from the food and well away from the litter box. Make it wide and shallow, steel, glass or ceramic, about eight dollars. Wash it every day and fill it to the brim. Then watch for three days which bowl she goes to. Whatever she chooses, keep it.

That's one page. The book has 138.

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Ten chapters, from choosing a cat to the years you share.

Each chapter starts with the mistake most owners make, then a moment from my clinic years or my own cats, what is going on with the cat, exactly what to do step by step, when to call the vet, and a short checklist.

38years a vet nurse
10chapters
138pages
7printable sheets
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Cats After Sixty: A Retired Vet Nurse's Guide to Choosing, Caring For and Growing Older With Your Cat

Nora Bellamy · 138-page book · reads on any phone, tablet or computer

  • Choosing the right cat after sixty, and why adult rescues fit so well
  • A home that works for both of you: the hallway, the litter box, the bed and the carrier
  • Water, food and the kidneys, and the early signs most owners miss
  • What the litter box is telling you, and the one sign that can't wait
  • Your cat is getting older too: pain, teeth, weight and the senior visit
  • Everyday dangers in the house, from your own pill bottle to the flower vase
  • Vet bills on a fixed income, with options decided ahead of time
  • Pills, fluids and comfort at home, step by step
  • If something happens to you: the plan, the people and the wallet card
  • Saying goodbye, and loving again, plus seven printable sheets
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Thirty-eight years in the exam room, and three cats at home.

I'm Nora Bellamy. I started at a clinic in 1984 cleaning kennels, went back to school, and spent thirty-one years as a vet nurse at one small-animal clinic on the south side of Dayton. For my last twelve I ran the senior-cat appointments and taught owners to give pills and fluids at their own kitchen tables.

My husband Dale taught shop at the high school and built the wooden steps beside our bed for our old cat. He passed in 2021. Now it's me, Juniper, Hobbs and Pip in our brick ranch house in Kettering, with Bev across the street keeping a spare key.

Juniper gets her fluids on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and she still complains about it.

Questions, answered straight

"Is this from a veterinarian?"

I'm a retired veterinary nurse, not a vet. The book tells you what I watched for and what I had owners do at home, and it tells you clearly when to call your own vet and how soon. Health facts follow public veterinary guidance, and there are no drug doses in it.

"I'm on a fixed income. Will this make me spend a lot?"

Most of the book costs nothing to do. The rest comes with about-prices, almost all under forty dollars, in the order that does the most good first. There's a whole chapter on vet bills on a fixed income.

"My cat is already old. Is it too late?"

Much of the book is written for the senior years: the checks, the home setup, comfort, pills and fluids, and the decisions near the end.

"I'm thinking about getting a cat. Will it help me choose?"

Yes. The first chapter is about choosing a cat that fits this stage of life, including adult and senior rescues and the breeds that need more than most people expect.

"Is it a paper book?"

It's an instant download, 138 pages. It opens on your phone, tablet or computer. Print the sheets at home or at your library and keep the wallet card in your purse.

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Cats After Sixty by Nora Bellamy

Watch the water bowl. Know the litter box sign that can't wait. Write the plan down.

Choosing a cat, the home setup, the kidneys, the litter box, the senior years, vet bills, pills and fluids, and the plan for your cat if something happens to you. All in one book, from a vet nurse who is living these years too.

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