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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
My son's girlfriend lost a cat today. She moved here from California,
and her mom kept one kitty. That cat was 15, and just stopped eating. All blood tests and physicals turned up nothing, and poor old Max just died at the Vet's. She's broken up, and I can't find the words to reassure her. I've lost almost a dozen cats in my lifetime, and there really is nothing you can say - they're such delicate creatures - "the candle that burns the brightest burns the briefest". Tiger is 12 now, a mutt with Maine-Coon-ish genes. We've had him for the longest I've had any cat. He is extremely healthy, and routinely boxes our 4-year old bengal and comes out on top. Tiger's an indoor cat - what's a realistic expectation for his life expectancy? My son picked him out of a farm-cat litter when he was a toddler. Though I've dealt with a lot of cat deaths, when Tiger goes it'll be a big blow to him - prolly when he's away at college. Hell, it'll be a big blow to me, too. BLink -------------------------- "The worst thing about censorship is [redacted]" |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
For an indoor cat, the average is about 15 or 16. Some live even longer.
Gail "Brian Link" wrote in message ... My son's girlfriend lost a cat today. She moved here from California, and her mom kept one kitty. That cat was 15, and just stopped eating. All blood tests and physicals turned up nothing, and poor old Max just died at the Vet's. She's broken up, and I can't find the words to reassure her. I've lost almost a dozen cats in my lifetime, and there really is nothing you can say - they're such delicate creatures - "the candle that burns the brightest burns the briefest". Tiger is 12 now, a mutt with Maine-Coon-ish genes. We've had him for the longest I've had any cat. He is extremely healthy, and routinely boxes our 4-year old bengal and comes out on top. Tiger's an indoor cat - what's a realistic expectation for his life expectancy? My son picked him out of a farm-cat litter when he was a toddler. Though I've dealt with a lot of cat deaths, when Tiger goes it'll be a big blow to him - prolly when he's away at college. Hell, it'll be a big blow to me, too. BLink -------------------------- "The worst thing about censorship is [redacted]" |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
Our precious past away a few months ago she born on a farm she was 19.5
her sister passed away at 18 her brother was 16 Our phantom is 12 going on 13 and he is a fat cat and a grumpy furball "Brian Link" wrote in message ... My son's girlfriend lost a cat today. She moved here from California, and her mom kept one kitty. That cat was 15, and just stopped eating. All blood tests and physicals turned up nothing, and poor old Max just died at the Vet's. She's broken up, and I can't find the words to reassure her. I've lost almost a dozen cats in my lifetime, and there really is nothing you can say - they're such delicate creatures - "the candle that burns the brightest burns the briefest". Tiger is 12 now, a mutt with Maine-Coon-ish genes. We've had him for the longest I've had any cat. He is extremely healthy, and routinely boxes our 4-year old bengal and comes out on top. Tiger's an indoor cat - what's a realistic expectation for his life expectancy? My son picked him out of a farm-cat litter when he was a toddler. Though I've dealt with a lot of cat deaths, when Tiger goes it'll be a big blow to him - prolly when he's away at college. Hell, it'll be a big blow to me, too. BLink -------------------------- "The worst thing about censorship is [redacted]" |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
Brian Link wrote: Tiger's an indoor cat - what's a realistic expectation for his life expectancy? It's not unusual for an indoor-only cat to live to 20. Anything over 15 is good - most I have known go around 18 or so. -L. |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
Tiger's an indoor cat - what's a realistic expectation for his life
expectancy? 15 is considered an average, but I think I read somewhere that the "official world record" is 26 so you never know... My friend has a persian/domestic, indoor/outdoor female that's 14, but my friend suggests that she'll probably live 4 or 5 more, eventhough she tried to proove the "nine lives theory" getting injured and sick on numerous occasions:-) As far as saying some words to make the loss a bit more bearable, I tell myself that I did my best to make him (I always have males) live like a king and make him happy. Seems to work Good luck! |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:08:13 GMT, "Gail" wrote:
For an indoor cat, the average is about 15 or 16. Some live even longer. Gail I don't think that's true. My vet once told me that the average is more like 12 or 13. One of my cats lived to be 17 or so, but two others were dead at something like 8 and 10. One was a heart condition and the other died of, essentially, diabetes. I didn't know about that until he was very sick. |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
Tiger's an indoor cat - what's a realistic expectation for his life expectancy? My son picked him out of a farm-cat litter when he was a toddler. Though I've dealt with a lot of cat deaths, when Tiger goes it'll be a big blow to him - prolly when he's away at college. Hell, it'll be a big blow to me, too. Cats' lives are like people's. Some of them are very healthy and others are plagued with health problems. If he's healthy and a good weight, he could live many more years. I can relate with your son--my childhood cat died in January at the age of 19. The good news is that feline medicine has improved greatly in the last decade. Take him in for annual (or twice per year) check ups and bloodwork to keep an eye on his health. And, of course, shower him daily with love. Rene |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
For an indoor cat, the average is about 15 or 16. Some live even longer. Gail I don't think that's true. My vet once told me that the average is more like 12 or 13. One of my cats lived to be 17 or so, but two others were dead at something like 8 and 10. One was a heart condition and the other died of, essentially, diabetes. I didn't know about that until he was very sick. I lost Moses at about 17 and the oldest I have now is Kitty who I look in as stray at 6 years and is now about 15 / 16 years. My furbabies http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ |
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Cat Life Expectancy and a death...
She's broken up, and I can't find the words to reassure her. I've lost almost a dozen cats in my lifetime, and there really is nothing you can say - they're such delicate creatures - "the candle that burns the brightest burns the briefest". Sometimes just a reassuring "Sorry" and a hug is the best. My furbabies http://members.aol.com/larrystark/ |
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