How Old Is Your Cat?
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We think about 5-6 but not entirely sure as she was a stray and Battersea had to guess. She thought she was still a baby when we got her a couple of years ago so her play fighting with feet and lynching you on the stairs in the dark was much more painfull than if she had been the right size.
Our tia is 20 years old, other half has had her from a kitten, not showed any signs of slowing in the 4 years I have known her, still puts our dogs in there place or gives them a swipe if they happen to be in her way! Seems to have chilled from chasing other cats away from the garden since we got our german shepard 18 months ago, she just sits and watches him do it instead with a satisfied look on her face.
Ozzy is jet black and named after a famous singer !!!!
Same personality ....mad !!!!!!!!!!!
He is about 9 years of age and a rescue cat from a farm when he was about 3 months old . He was half starved when we got him as a kitten , and he has been making up every day since !!
He lost his uncle Dillon 2 weeks ago , who was run over aged 12 years of age , who also came from the same farm and was often mistaken in the neighbourhood for an actual wild cat in terms of size / colourings etc.
Dillon had a real presence about him , and was defnitely the 'Top Cat' ....and Ozzy is missing him , and so are we ...
We have had the conversations about another kitten or even a puppy to keep us all company , but too early yet ...
B
Same personality ....mad !!!!!!!!!!!
He is about 9 years of age and a rescue cat from a farm when he was about 3 months old . He was half starved when we got him as a kitten , and he has been making up every day since !!
He lost his uncle Dillon 2 weeks ago , who was run over aged 12 years of age , who also came from the same farm and was often mistaken in the neighbourhood for an actual wild cat in terms of size / colourings etc.
Dillon had a real presence about him , and was defnitely the 'Top Cat' ....and Ozzy is missing him , and so are we ...
We have had the conversations about another kitten or even a puppy to keep us all company , but too early yet ...
B
Good to hear that there are a few moggies as old and even older than ours and plently on their way too.
It has kept her away from everything as she only moves from it to eat and visit the cat crap tray. Admittedly the inch thick piece of foam and cover on the top of it don't help.
selym said:
Our mog, Shelby, is 16 now. She had a thyroid problem diagnosed last year after a pretty awful bout of sickness and has recently gone deaf. She is a lovely old thing who spends the day sat indoors with the odd trip outside to chase leaves.
Amy used to spend her time sat on our digi box and eventually killed it so in a moment of genius we bought her one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pet-Remedy-Voltage-Heat-Pe... in the hope that it would keep her away from the new digi box.It has kept her away from everything as she only moves from it to eat and visit the cat crap tray. Admittedly the inch thick piece of foam and cover on the top of it don't help.
Once asked a vet about this, who replied that as far as she was concerned there was no average age for a cat. Depends entirely on lifestyle, diet, and stress. If a cat is fit and has a good diet in a good home she had known them to live to ripe old ages. 18 - 22 is not uncommon but there is no reason they can not live longer. Disease or injury aside, cats which are wild or inactive, on poor diets who suffer bouts of stress or anxiety, tend not to live as long... Obviously.
Dspends what you class a poor diet. Whiskas is often thought to be poor yet I've known enough cats on it live til they are 18+.
My Mum and Dad's cat was almost 16 when she passed and ate whiskas or similar all her life. That was 25urs ago when that was classed as very old not just elderly as it is now.
I think much of it is luck tbh!
My Mum and Dad's cat was almost 16 when she passed and ate whiskas or similar all her life. That was 25urs ago when that was classed as very old not just elderly as it is now.
I think much of it is luck tbh!
Our cats have always risen with us and gone to bed with us.
No nights on the tiles seems to help them live longer in my experience.
Our other cat who died of cancer a few years ago was 19 at the time.
When we took him to the vets and she thought he was about 5.
I think he would have outlived me.
I miss him terribly.
No nights on the tiles seems to help them live longer in my experience.
Our other cat who died of cancer a few years ago was 19 at the time.
When we took him to the vets and she thought he was about 5.
I think he would have outlived me.
I miss him terribly.
My female cat is nearly 19 and has terrible arthritis - no running or jumping these days. She's also partially blind and I've discovered recently that she has gone completely deaf.
She doesn't give a s
t though. The back garden is secure so she can't wander off and get stuck somewhere.
I reckon she is going to live on for ages.
She doesn't give a s
t though. The back garden is secure so she can't wander off and get stuck somewhere.I reckon she is going to live on for ages.
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