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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:57:02 -0500, victoria
wrote: It has been proven, and any decent vet will back this up, that a strictly outdoor cat has the aversage lifespan of 10 years while an outrdoor/indoor 15 years and an indoor cat 20 years. this is due to the fact they are not having to stress themselves out over teritory or scrap in fights with each other for territory,food or mating rights. All my cats have been rescued strays and love being indooors,to th point of not even wanting outdoors at all-garage a different story.LOL! I agree with your general point but can't believe those numbers. An indoor cat has an average lifespan of 20 years? No way. Most cats are dead by 12 or 13, even indoor ones, according to my vet. And that is my experience also. And I would think that a strictly outdoor cat would have a lifespan of much less than 10 years. |
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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:57:02 -0500, victoria
wrote: It has been proven, and any decent vet will back this up, that a strictly outdoor cat has the aversage lifespan of 10 years while an outrdoor/indoor 15 years and an indoor cat 20 years. this is due to the fact they are not having to stress themselves out over teritory or scrap in fights with each other for territory,food or mating rights. All my cats have been rescued strays and love being indooors,to th point of not even wanting outdoors at all-garage a different story.LOL! I agree with your general point but can't believe those numbers. An indoor cat has an average lifespan of 20 years? No way. Most cats are dead by 12 or 13, even indoor ones, according to my vet. And that is my experience also. And I would think that a strictly outdoor cat would have a lifespan of much less than 10 years. |
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"M.C. Mullen" wrote in message ... "victoria" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... | | It has been proven, and any decent vet will back this up, that a | strictly outdoor cat has the aversage lifespan of 10 years while an | outrdoor/indoor 15 years and an indoor cat 20 years. this is due to | the fact they are not having to stress themselves out over teritory or | scrap in fights with each other for territory,food or mating rights. | All my cats have been rescued strays and love being indooors,to th | point of not even wanting outdoors at all-garage a different | story.LOL! | I have heard and read that *outdoor* cats live longer...unless they're involved in an accident of course. So it seems these studies (yours and mine!) are all made up. Carola yes if they live away from the traffic and other nasty pussy cats! I should imagine they would..... I have 2 indoor cats. |
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"M.C. Mullen" wrote in message ... "victoria" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... | | It has been proven, and any decent vet will back this up, that a | strictly outdoor cat has the aversage lifespan of 10 years while an | outrdoor/indoor 15 years and an indoor cat 20 years. this is due to | the fact they are not having to stress themselves out over teritory or | scrap in fights with each other for territory,food or mating rights. | All my cats have been rescued strays and love being indooors,to th | point of not even wanting outdoors at all-garage a different | story.LOL! | I have heard and read that *outdoor* cats live longer...unless they're involved in an accident of course. So it seems these studies (yours and mine!) are all made up. Carola yes if they live away from the traffic and other nasty pussy cats! I should imagine they would..... I have 2 indoor cats. |
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"Chris Street" wrote in message ... On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:44:19 +0000 (UTC), (Victor M. Martinez) wrote: Cathy Friedmann wrote: I, along w/ many others, killfiled Bob B. (whom I'm seeing through your You mean to tell me there's people out there who haven't killfilled that nutbag? I generally object to killfiles as they defeat the point of usenet. (IMHO) However Bob is very close most of the time to being stuck in my permanant file. I agree. Bob's one of the *very* few who's in mine; he's a broken record & his posts have no redeeming values, IMO. I don't feel that I'm going to miss learning something (except that there are some mighty weird people out there, which I discovered long ago) by not filtering him out. -- In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle. Cool! :-) Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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"Chris Street" wrote in message ... On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:44:19 +0000 (UTC), (Victor M. Martinez) wrote: Cathy Friedmann wrote: I, along w/ many others, killfiled Bob B. (whom I'm seeing through your You mean to tell me there's people out there who haven't killfilled that nutbag? I generally object to killfiles as they defeat the point of usenet. (IMHO) However Bob is very close most of the time to being stuck in my permanant file. I agree. Bob's one of the *very* few who's in mine; he's a broken record & his posts have no redeeming values, IMO. I don't feel that I'm going to miss learning something (except that there are some mighty weird people out there, which I discovered long ago) by not filtering him out. -- In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle. Cool! :-) Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon |
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"dgk" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... | On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:57:02 -0500, victoria | wrote: | | | It has been proven, and any decent vet will back this up, that a | strictly outdoor cat has the aversage lifespan of 10 years while an | outrdoor/indoor 15 years and an indoor cat 20 years. this is due to | the fact they are not having to stress themselves out over teritory or | scrap in fights with each other for territory,food or mating rights. | All my cats have been rescued strays and love being indooors,to th | point of not even wanting outdoors at all-garage a different | story.LOL! | | | I agree with your general point but can't believe those numbers. An | indoor cat has an average lifespan of 20 years? No way. Most cats are | dead by 12 or 13, even indoor ones, according to my vet. And that is | my experience also. | | And I would think that a strictly outdoor cat would have a lifespan of | much less than 10 years. Oh, no, no! My first cat lived for well over twenty years. In fact we lost track counting the years because nobody wrote the date down when she was born. She only saw the vet twice: When she was spayed and when she had to be put to sleep. She was always outside but never moved far away. She was very cautious. Nera, all black, was a super cat. I was allowed to pick the kitten. I felt sorry for the black tiny and shy one hiding in the corner. So she was the choice. I still miss her. She was my companion right through my childhood. She used to come and greet me down the lane when I came home from school. Carola |
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"dgk" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... | On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 21:57:02 -0500, victoria | wrote: | | | It has been proven, and any decent vet will back this up, that a | strictly outdoor cat has the aversage lifespan of 10 years while an | outrdoor/indoor 15 years and an indoor cat 20 years. this is due to | the fact they are not having to stress themselves out over teritory or | scrap in fights with each other for territory,food or mating rights. | All my cats have been rescued strays and love being indooors,to th | point of not even wanting outdoors at all-garage a different | story.LOL! | | | I agree with your general point but can't believe those numbers. An | indoor cat has an average lifespan of 20 years? No way. Most cats are | dead by 12 or 13, even indoor ones, according to my vet. And that is | my experience also. | | And I would think that a strictly outdoor cat would have a lifespan of | much less than 10 years. Oh, no, no! My first cat lived for well over twenty years. In fact we lost track counting the years because nobody wrote the date down when she was born. She only saw the vet twice: When she was spayed and when she had to be put to sleep. She was always outside but never moved far away. She was very cautious. Nera, all black, was a super cat. I was allowed to pick the kitten. I felt sorry for the black tiny and shy one hiding in the corner. So she was the choice. I still miss her. She was my companion right through my childhood. She used to come and greet me down the lane when I came home from school. Carola |
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Did you know that "black" cats are the survivors? That's what the shelter
volunteers told me, as they are not easily seen or noticed by other prey. That also explains the large number of black cats in the feral population. Seeing a white cat surviving in the woods would be slim and none. As for the indoor/outdoor cat argument, my grandmother had a strictly outdoor male cat that she allowed in the house only when it was extremely cold in the winter. That cat lived for twenty years. The cat never visited the vet, wasn't neutered, and occasionally appeared on her doorstep with battle wounds. My grandmother lived in the country, a very rural area, with hardly any traffic. -- Visit my new webpage - http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Aeris5000/cats.html M.C. Mullen wrote in message ... Oh, no, no! My first cat lived for well over twenty years. In fact we lost track counting the years because nobody wrote the date down when she was born. She only saw the vet twice: When she was spayed and when she had to be put to sleep. She was always outside but never moved far away. She was very cautious. Nera, all black, was a super cat. I was allowed to pick the kitten. I felt sorry for the black tiny and shy one hiding in the corner. So she was the choice. I still miss her. She was my companion right through my childhood. She used to come and greet me down the lane when I came home from school. Carola |
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Did you know that "black" cats are the survivors? That's what the shelter
volunteers told me, as they are not easily seen or noticed by other prey. That also explains the large number of black cats in the feral population. Seeing a white cat surviving in the woods would be slim and none. As for the indoor/outdoor cat argument, my grandmother had a strictly outdoor male cat that she allowed in the house only when it was extremely cold in the winter. That cat lived for twenty years. The cat never visited the vet, wasn't neutered, and occasionally appeared on her doorstep with battle wounds. My grandmother lived in the country, a very rural area, with hardly any traffic. -- Visit my new webpage - http://mywebpage.netscape.com/Aeris5000/cats.html M.C. Mullen wrote in message ... Oh, no, no! My first cat lived for well over twenty years. In fact we lost track counting the years because nobody wrote the date down when she was born. She only saw the vet twice: When she was spayed and when she had to be put to sleep. She was always outside but never moved far away. She was very cautious. Nera, all black, was a super cat. I was allowed to pick the kitten. I felt sorry for the black tiny and shy one hiding in the corner. So she was the choice. I still miss her. She was my companion right through my childhood. She used to come and greet me down the lane when I came home from school. Carola |
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