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How long can an indoor/outdoor female cat live if she is loved and cared for by a loving family of three, one mom, one little sister, and one big sister, plus a three month old female lab puppy, a parakeet, three chickens, and two other cats in a small log house in a twenty one acre forest?
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I have an indoor/outdoor cat ..she is very happy .. I think she is about 4 years old ..I am told they live a long time ..someone said around 15 years old I think they are happier being in and out cats ..I know i wouldnt want to be shut in all my life .I think caring and love helps keep them well plenty of food and company not sleeping all day ....
hi and welcome, an indoor ONLY cat on a good diet can live for a long time...one poster on here Piparskegar has had cats live into their 20's.
the longest living kitty I've had was 17, he had heart conditions and still did well with medication...
depends on so many factors....keep up the good work♥
the longest living kitty I've had was 17, he had heart conditions and still did well with medication...
depends on so many factors....keep up the good work♥
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Every cat Anita and I have had in our 29 years of marriage has made it at least 16 years, save one who succumbed to a bad drug reaction at the vet's at age 6 1/2. "Calling Name" (if any) will be in parentheses after the registered name.
Our current 4: (the semi-famous) Miss Teia Honey (Teia) is a little over 12 1/2, Silver Kestrel the Ransacker (Kissie) turned 11 in April, her 1/2 sister Hildiekatt Halfshadow the Harrier (Monkey Baby) will be 10 in November and our current baby-cat, Chesapeake Bandylegs the Hunter (Bearby), will be 9 next month.
Our previous 4: (the sisters we adopted in February 1983) Queen Victoria Grey (Bearkin) made it to 17 1/2 (heart attack), Calamity Jane Grey (Tookie) made it to 21 1/3 (massive stroke), April Dancer (Gremin) made it to 6 1/2 (anaphylactic shock), Cerridwen Blythe (Foofie) made it to 16 5/12 (kidney and liver failure).
My family's cats (before the advent of modern pet nutrition): Lily made it to 12 years, Baby Cat made it to 12 years, Tiger made it to 7 years (unaltered Tom, only one either my wife or I have ever had, if fact, only unaltered cat of either sex my wife or I have ever had), Tuna Cat made it to 16 1/6 years (Tuna was my little buddy, who I had to leave with my parents after I got married, as the military quarters to which my wife and I were moving allowed NO pets. Tuna became my dad's reading buddy, though she was mostly an outdoor kitty).
My Wife's family cats (that I knew) : Sylvester Junior (Junior) made it to 16 1/3 (outlived a kittenhood diagnosis of FeLeuk by 16 years), (these next two kitties were pedigreed Siamese and were full brothers by different litters) Tiger made it to 22 11/12, Fonzie made it to 22 5/12...
So, with care, kitty can be a companion for a very long time.
Us, we get them to the vet at least for the yearly checkup and shots...
Food: Purina or Friskies wet and dry...nothing fancy or scientific.
YMMV