Talking to an older cat

My cat Toby is an older gent. Come October (2017) he’ll be thirteen years old. I heard myself saying to him “Good boy,” after he did something sweet, as he frequently does.

Addressing an older cat

I calculate 1 cat year equals 5 human years, which means for Toby, when he celebrates his birthday, he’ll be 65 years old in human years.  So is it appropriate to address him as “boy”?

I think not.

Hence, I now refer to him as “cat-man”.

Toby
photo by shari smith dunaif © 2017

So now I say “Toby, you’re a good cat-man.”