I found the headline compelling. So neat and well packaged. Almost utopian. But it is common sense really as so much of good living is. What’s it got to do with cats you ask?! Well, everything in a way. I am looking at the human-to-cat relationship from the viewpoint of the cat. How many cats …
In a TikTok video below, Ben the Vet presents his version of cat breed lifespans. He has based his presentation, in the short video, on a study about the lifespan of the various cat breeds. I was able to find the results of the study on the website of the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in …
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It is more difficult to work out a domestic cat’s age from appearance than it is to do the same thing with humans. Normally, most people can work out a human’s age from appearance to within 5-10 years, which as a percentage of their lifespan is about 10%. To hit that target for cats you’d …
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I am not going to provide you with a list of the “12 cat breeds with the longest lifespans”. You came here for that list but it can’t exist despite what you see on the Internet. This post is a criticism of those websites. There are many websites jumping on this bandwagon. It is essentially …
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This is a poorly formulated question in my opinion by many people carrying out an Internet search using Google. What they mean is can a domestic cat survive outside without the intervention of a human caretaker? Or to put it another way, can a domestic cat leave their home and live in the wild like …
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A study (2017) discussed the differences in health and longevity between purebred and random-bred (also known as crossbred) domestic cats. It mentions that purebred dogs have been extensively studied and have wide variation in longevity and common diseases across breeds. In contrast, pet cats have been less altered from their wild ancestors and have not …
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This article is about comparing the life expectancy of cats with FeLV compared to those with FIV. There are no clean, black and white answers which is disappointing for me because I like to provide clean answers. FeLV life expectancy You probably know that the Cornell Feline Health Center at the Cornell University College of …
The Scotsman newspaper online (Aug 12th, 2022) has an article currently on their website which states with extreme confidence that some cat breeds live longer than others and they set out the top 10 cat breeds with the longest lifespan. The whole thing is made up. It is pure fiction. There is no hard information …
We are told that veterinarians divide a domestic cat’s lifespan into six life stages. They do this to be able to provide better health care. I’ll guess and presume that at a certain life stage it is sensible and more productive for a vet to carry out certain age specific screenings. Also, the life stage …
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It may be possible to prolong the life of a cat with chronic kidney disease (CKD) by modifying their diet. You don’t have to think too hard about it because the top manufacturers produce diets for these cats. They are modified in protein, phosphorus, sodium and lipid content. RELATED: Looking at the link between HTN …
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Yes, it is probably fair to say that some cats of some cat breeds live slightly longer than other cats. However, there are no scientific studies which supports the notion that the cats of some breeds live longer than the cats of other breeds. This is about anecdotal evidence. It’s about what some people believe. …
The question is a bit ambiguous but I believe it can be rephrased as follows: “Which species of cat has the longest lifespan on average?”. I have to include the word “average” because there will always be individual cats who have very long lifespans but we can’t say that because one cat of a certain …
Discussion the lifespan of moggies, purebred cats and the wild cats.
Here are 4 ways to work out cat years to human years and vice versa. The calculator at the end of the article is a useful third-party gizmo. It will do the math for you. The spreadsheet data below contains two sources for accuracy. In the middle are Dr Bruce Fogle’s calculator and Ruth’s chart. …
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The serval lifespan in the wild is possibly about 10 years while in captivity servals have been known to live for 20 years. The oldest serval mother was a female at Switzerland’s Basel Zoo. She raised her last litter when she was 14-years-of-age. The shorter lifespan in the wild means that females could potentially raise …
