birthday

No, I can't come hang out with you today, I'm celebrating my cat's Quinceañera. Yes, that's a perfect reason not to hang out with someone. This is a very important thing. And if the person you're talking to doesn't understand your reasoning for not hanging out with them, then they clearly don't know what it's like to have a pet, let alone a senior one. 

Every single birthday is precious with senior pets. Every day is deserving of celebration. Especially, when it comes to the most special kinds of birthdays - happy 10s, sweets sixteens, Quinceañeras. Need to look for as many reasons as possible to celebrate them. And today, we're joining in on twitter's celebration of senior pets, because they've earned it.

So, happy birthday to allllll the senior pets out there!! We hope you get many, many more birthdays such as this one.

Happy birthday, Goober! Goober is turning 13, and we are so in love with him. He has gone through so much -  chronic sinusitis, losing a leg to cancer and growing a tumor in another leg. He has stayed strong the whole way through, and we are so dang proud of him. He's doing okay, surrounded by people who love him, and he is such a brave survivor, all we want is to give him treats and love. 

Thank you to ReluctantGenius for sharing his story with us. We as well as the rest of the internet are more than happy to show some love to this adorable little senior furball. We hope he gets to live for a long, long time and enjoy every single minute of his life. 

If you have your own adorable animal stories to share, come tell us all about them in our Facebook community: ICanHas Storytime. 

Happy 120th  birthday to the oldest known Nile crocodile in captivity - Henry! 

It truly is a rarity for these gorgeous crocodiles to get to 120 years of age, so, to celebrate, the Crocworld Conservation Centre on the KZN South Coast threw Henry the Nile crocodile a birthday party! Henry and the staff celebrated his birthday together, with the staff eating birthday cake, and Henry getting his favorite of all meaty snack. 

The crocodile arrived at the Crocworld Conservation Centre in 1985 when he was at the young age of 85. Today, he is five meters long, 700 kilograms in weight, and he is the father of over 10,000 offspring with his six female cohabitants. So, one can easily say that getting older has definitely not slowed Henry down even one bit.

Being the oldest known Nile crocodile in captivity, Henry has got many, many more years of leisure, relaxations (and a good time with the ladies) in his wonderful sanctuary. On top of all of his other very impressive achievements, he has also been listed at the second oldest crocodile in the world, with the number 1 spot having been taken by Mr. Freshie who was 140 years when he passed in 140. 

We wish Henry many more birthdays in the future, and may he break Mr. Freshie's record and live long beyond that as well.

Story via: The Witness 

It's time for another hearty dose of cats! And nothing BUT cats. Welcome to cat medley! A weekly segment where we bring you adorable cats being adorable, funny cats being funny, and everything in-between! 

We love to honor our felines by dedicating such a list to them. Sometimes, the dedications can get quite sad, but that is life, it can't always be sunshine and rainbows. However, this week's gathering seems to be filled with nothing but cuteness and happy news -- for that, we are grateful. 

To all those who recently lost a pet, our hearts are with you. They may be gone but never forgotten. 

Congratulations, August! 

As of April 24, 2020 (August's 20th birthday), August is officially the oldest known, living Golden Retriever. Augie currently resides in Oakland, Tennessee with her pawrents, Jennifer and Steve Hetterscheidt, who adopted her at the age of 14. 

Rescued from Golden Retriever Rescue of Southern Nevada, the Hetterscheidt's originally fostered August, unsure how long she had left. Well, 6 years later and we're happy to report that besides some minor health issues, Augie is in great shape! 

It has also been confirmed that Augie is the 19th oldest dog in the world, According to Guinness World Records! 

Story via The Insider

Congratulations to the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales, and to the mother, Rosie!

A ray of hope is lit in the land down under as Ash, the first koala to be born months after the devastating bushfires that gripped the continent. Up to 85% of the koala population was wiped out between November 2019 and February 2020. 

Australian Reptile Park Zookeeper, Dan Rumsey told BuzzFeed News, "Ash represents the start of what we're hoping to be another successful breeding season. It was such an incredible moment when we saw Ash poke her head out of her mum's pouch for the first time!"

And while it is the first time the world (and zookeepers) have seen the baby, Ash is already 5 months old. 

"Ash is estimated to be 5 months old and is right on track to be emerging from the pouch for the first time. Her mother Rosie has shown exemplary parenting skills and we know that Ash is in good paws," Rumsey added.

The park is said to reopen on June 1st and just in time for visitors to see the ray of hope themselves! 

We searched through the most liked cat pictures on the subreddit r/cats, this week, and we decided to share them all with you!

The pictures all have one thing in common, and that is, of course, cats. However, that's where the similarities end. 

There are images of hilarious cats being hilarious, adorable-ness (naturally), birthdays, and mourning and loss. We wanted to take a moment to appreciate the beauty of all these cats and remember those who have recently left us, they may be gone but never forgotten. 

Meet Monique, the beautiful 2-year-old moggy cat, who has, sadly, been at the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home for more than 115 days.

The loving crew at the shelter decided to throw Monique a birthday party, after she passed 100 days at the shelter with no applications for her adoption. The party was in hopes to build some hype and find Monique the loving family she so clearly deserves. 

I mean, just look at her! Monique deserves it all! 

Story via Metro

Fiona, the celebrity hippo of the Cincinnati Zoo, was born six weeks premature but now celebrates her 3rd birthday with a veggie and fruit cake and many more treats! Here is full day documentation of Fiona's B-Day, as posted on the Cincinnati Zoo's twitter page.  

What a magical night, a true picturesque setting. A woman's cat has given birth under the glowing lights of their Christmas Tree. 

Twitter user, @WeTheDanielle, shared a now viral tweet of her cat, under the tree, with her newborn kittens! It's enough to make anyone heart soar! 

Congrats, @WeTheDanielle! 

See the heartwarming pictures of the new family below! 

More specifically, two Kune-Kune pigs, named Tim and Faith! The piglets will be joining on their Friendly Kingdom ranch on Washington State's San Juan Island, where the happy couple currently cares for goats, sheep, and a cow. 

However, not everyone is happy about the actors choice of words when it comes to saving the animals. Check out some of the comments below and share your thoughts! 

These cat owners sure took the extra mile in order to make their cat happy on his birthday and we just love it! So Happy Birthday to each and every cute cat out there, from all of us.  

And if you want more, these HIlarious birthday memes might just do the trick, or if your friends have a darker sense of humor, then these dark birthday memes may be more up their alley. Alleys are certainly not known for being well lit, so yeah, dark.

Timothy the Hippo isn't a great singer but he had a surprise in store for Cincinnati Zoo's Fiona the Hippo for her second birthday.

And no, they don't appreciate you celebrating it every year. Each and every year. Yet you continue to do so ad nauseum, so as the old adage goes - if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Even if you dread the day of the year marking one more full trip around the calendar, birthday memes will definitely help make light of the situation

A 12-year-old female pygmy hippopotamus named Kindia gave birth on August 10 to a female calf. Pygmy hippos are an endangered species with only 2,000 to 3,000 animals left in the wild.