Rosie and Sybil's Favorite Products for Senior Cats
I’ve been meaning to round up all of our favorite products for senior cats for so long, and it’s finally here! I have two cats, Rosie and Sybil, and they’re both seniors (Rosie is 14 and Sybil is almost 11). Rosie was the first cat I ever adopted back in 2011; she was 3 at the time and I was in college. I adopted Sybil when I was in grad school two years later shortly before her 2nd birthday. I love that my girls have been with me through so much of my life! 🥹
Since I’ve been with my kitties for so long, we’ve tried a multitude of different cat products before settling on our favorites that we all use and love every day. (It’s important now that they’re seniors to spoil them rotten. 😆) Below, I rounded up Rosie and Sybil’s (and, of course, my) favorite toys, scratchers, gadgets, and more for senior cats! You can shop these products at Amazon and Chewy (and probably most other major retailers), and some of them are included in Amazon’s Prime Early Access sale that ends tonight (10/12).
Do you also have senior cats? Or cats in general? Let me know your/their favorite products in the comments!
The Best Products for Senior Cats
Toys and Scratchers for Senior Cats
Rosie and Sybil are absolutely spoiled. They have toys and scratchers all over the place! I don’t mind, though; they keep ‘em young (and we appreciate that they don’t scratch the furniture!). They actually have never been big fan of the stereotypical cat toys. The “cat dancer” rolled cardboard toy occupies them for a few minutes, and Sybil has one wand toy with ribbon that she plays with sometimes, but otherwise they’re pretty chill. (Rosie DOES still love rubber wristbands and will play with those/get them stuck under doors, lol. We have so many!)
Both cats are huge fans of the Yeowww! catnip toys, and those can for last years. I prefer buying the cigars because Sybil can rip apart the curved catnip toys (banana and rainbow) much faster and easier for some reason, and once they are ripped I toss them. We’ve had cigars since before COVID and they’re still potent! Shop the banana (Amazon or Chewy), rainbow (Amazon or Chewy), pink cigar (Amazon or Chewy), and brown cigar (Amazon or Chewy). Browse all Yeowww! products on Amazon or Chewy.
We have scratchers everywhere, but they really help keep them occupied and not scratching the furniture. When Rosie gets upset, she goes straight to a scratcher to take out her anger, LOL. Her favorite is the scratcher with the ball (shop via Amazon or Chewy) that my mom got them. She scratches on it and plays with the ball! It’s fun to play with her. Sybil doesn’t play with or scratch on it; she sleeps on it every once in a while! I don’t know how it’s comfortable. I love that it’s easy to replace the cardboard center once Rosie destroys it (buy replacement cardboard on Amazon or Chewy).
The cats also love the Scratch Lounge (though Sybil sleeps on it more than she scratches it; shop via Amazon or Chewy) and various other cardboard scratchers. I recommend buying a variety and putting them everywhere, especially near or on items they like to scratch. If they don’t like cardboard, try other materials, like twine! We also have a SmartCat tall scratching post (shop at Amazon or Chewy) and it’s been well-loved. We’re about ready for a new one!
I bought the scratching post with hammock to put next to our living room window (shop it on Amazon or Chewy). At first, both cats were uninterested, but Sybil took to the hammock and sleeps in it every once in a while. She also loves scratching it. Rosie doesn’t sleep in it, but she scratches it!
Useful Gadgets for Senior Cats
Rosie and Sybil probably don’t care as much about these items, but I do! Haha! I really love this cute cat face recycled rubber mat for under their food bowls (shop it via Amazon). I have one for each cat. They’re easy to clean, but my cats are super messy and still get food all around the mats… so, they’re helpful but don’t totally eliminate food going every which way if your cat is like mine!
I got a water fountain about a year into having Rosie because I discovered she likes to stick her paw into still water and flick it everywhere. We still use this Catit flower water fountain (shop it via Amazon or Chewy; the flower adds even more movement to the water). I will say that it gets gross really quickly… like in less than a month. The nice thing is that you can put everything but the pump through the dishwasher. Also, the filters have to be replaced fairly often. After trying what feels like all of the off-brand replacement filters, I only recommend the Catit brand (shop via Amazon or Chewy).
I’ve also tried a few different rubber catcher mats for under the litter box and finally found one I like (shop via Amazon or Chewy). Caveat: My cats still track litter everywhere (we currently use a Litter Robot automatic litter box with stairs that cover half the mat, and they manage to get litter all over the floor outside the laundry room where the litter box is located). BUT, this mat worked the best out of the others I’ve tried if you have a regular litter box! It’s heavy and lays flat.
Food for Senior Cats
Food is super personal and definitely depends on your senior cat and their needs. I’ve fed my cats many different foods in their lifetime! Currently, they eat Halo sensitive stomach dry cat food (shop via Amazon or Chewy) and Weruva BFF grain free canned cat food (shop via Amazon or Chewy). They get dry food every morning and alternate between wet and dry food at night. (Sybil also gets some of her urinary prescription dry food to prevent crystals. Prescription food is expensive, BUT it’s far cheaper than taking her to the vet when she has crystals, which used to happen almost annually. The food has worked really well for her!)
Korri’s parents feed their senior cat Fussie Cat puree tubes (shop via Amazon or Chewy). I gave my cats one to try, and they loved it! I now split a tube of what I call their “Go-Gurt” between them once a week (on the weekend evening they get dry food for dinner) as a little treat. So far, they love the vegetable medley and all of the chicken varieties. I haven’t tried the seafood flavors (mostly because of the potential smell), but I’m sure they’d like those, too!