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Hey /an/, they say the average lifespan for an outdoor cat is 3-5 years. My outdoor cat is sleeping in my lap right now, happy, 8 years old in human years.

How old is your outdoor cat?


Pic related, he's my baby :D
>> Anonymous
mine was 12 when cancer got him
>> Anonymous
enjoy your shorter lived cat.
>> Anonymous
I know of two outside cats who lived along time. One died when he was 19, other 21.
>> Anonymous
ITT superb logic: My one personal story trumps statistics and scientific research!

STOP TRYING TO STIR SHIT UP YOU DRAMAMONGERS
>> Anonymous
>>165496
Who the fuck pissed on you while you were asleep?

We're just stating how long our outdoor cats lived.
>> Anon
I have an old girl, who is over 25 years old now. She's queen of the castle, and still quite vital.
>> Anonymous
its jsut all about survival and chance, i guess

ive had three outdoor cats that made it about 2-4 years before dissapearing, and the last one here is going on 12. but he's lucky, white color so cars can spot him. he also ran away once for two weeks, but by an IMMENSE stroke of luck we found him, scrawny and cold. never ran away again, but its rare for a cat to get that kind of lesson.
>> Anonymous
It all depends on where you live.
Back where I used to live, one cat got hit by a car- displaced hip when she was around 1. We fixed her up. She was later hit AGAIN, killed this time.
Our other cat died at about 3, I think? Also car. One randomly went missing. We guessed it was because someone took him in- he was immensely friendly and we kept putting off giving him a collar. My current cat, Toby, went missing for 4 days- came back with his eye gouged out and some of his jaw-skin ripped off. He's now an indoor cat, he's 3. in b4 people yell at me like "IT TOOK YOU THAT LONG TO LEARN YOUR LESSON?????" the first half of these stories was back when I was like, 11 or something, and I wasn't one to yell at my parents for letting cats outside.
But, where I currently live, there's two neighborhood outdoor cats that are both 20. Actually, I think one recently died. The other is still 100% a-ok. I think another cat around here is 16, as well.
>> Anonymous
>>165496
statistics are never to be taken seriously outside of their very specific method of formulation, the op's average lifespan is way too general to be something to consider scientific fact.
>> Anonymous
I had an outdoor cat who died at 13 years of age when we put him to sleep after we found out he had cancer.
>> Anonymous
>>165522
Just to add he was completely black and enjoyed laying in the middle of the street at night. I guess we was careful though. He only ever got the occasional abscess from fighting with a few of the other neighborhood cats.
>> Anonymous
Two cats, both are 14 and in very good condition. I wouldn't dream of letting them roam on their own if I didn't live in a quiet part of a small town, far from heavy traffic, though.
>> Anonymous
My oldest cat is now 14 years old.
He's always outside.
>> Anonymous
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currently sleeping on my arm/chest... he's an outdoor cat and he's 2 years old now. god damn i love him!
>> Anonymous
i had an outdoor cat that my mom got, the same year as me. Iam nao 18 years old. he died a month ago. =(
>> Anonymous
Had an outdoor cat named Zorro that lived to 14 or 15 (his exact age was a bit of mystery)
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My oldest is about 12, no-one is really sure. It has catflap, so comes in and goes out as it pleases.
I wouldn't be surprised if the shorter average life was due to traffic and such, but there's not much chance of my cat getting run over.
>> Anonymous
I don't let my cat out alone, I'm afraid he might wander off ;_;
>> Anonymous
That would be the lifespan for wild cats, not outdoor cats that people take care of and keep their shots current on.
>> Anonymous
>>165615

Don't ever have kids
>> Anonymous
I have two outdoor cats. One is about 16 and was a feral cat we took in and basicly made into a housecat and my other cat is 10 but when I moved out of my parents house and took him with me, we live in the city now and I won't let him out. Before we lived in the woods with next to no traffic.
>> Anon
Owner of the 25 yerar+ female in good health. Just a word to the wise: We have made all sucessive adopted kitties indoor cats. But so far, none have lived as long as the queen who comes and goes as she pleases. I know that flies in the face of all logic...
>> Anonymous
b/f's indoor/outdoor cats are each 8
>> Anonymous
I have a cat who's 18. And I live next to a trainstation(yard in between). Guess my cat kinda wins at not being hit =D
>> Anonymous
all of my cats have been outdoor cats. they've all lived 12+ years except for one that died of cancer at the age of 8. My current two cats are 13 and 15
>> Anonymous
My dad's lived for 11 years. He let her have a litter of three kittens before getting her fixed.
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my outdoor cat died yesterday, and I'm not sure how old he was, but he was older than 10 years.
>> Anonymous
it all depends on the cat/place you live/ and if is spayed or neutered.

I had a male cat that i never fix, so he went missing for days i guess looking for female cats, or getting into fights. He lasted 6 years, some stupid person poison him T_T i found him after 2 weeks missing on a yard all swallowed.

I have had cats all my life, all of them male.. never lasted more that 4 years... the cars/ people who poison them, kill them.

Now I have a female cat (fixed) she likes to be outside sometimes but always comes back inside for naps or just to be with me. she is 4 years old now.

and I have 2 female cats living at my finance's house (but they are totally indoor cats) and finally a male who is 6 months old also fixed, i always check on him and never let him go outside my yard
>> Anonymous
I had an outdoor cat that lived to be 21 in human years.
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mah baby, she is 4 in human years
>> Anonymous
found stray cat about 6 years ago, it was about 1 year old at the time and still alive. The thing is a stone cold killer though.
>> Anonymous
>>166498
Thats sad, we haven't had very good luck with cats either. Thankfully we have two mostly indoor cats now, and they're too afraid of the outdoors to jump over the walls of our backyard.
>> Anonymous
>>166500
Also known as years
>> Anonymous
do outdoor cats taste as good as indoor cats? i thinks they do but i dunno
>> Anonymous
My outdoor cat lived to 24. She died a few years ago and was born before I was.
>> Anonymous
Had a 30 year old outdoor cat.

Fucking zombiecat.
>> Anonymous
I actually think the statistics make outdoor cats dying younger because the stupid ones die early. I've had two cats myself, and my grandmother has one. Of these, everyone is pretty old (over 13) except for this one lovely retard who got run over by a car because he didn't learn how traffic works.
>> Anonymous
i think my cat's 11 now
hes an outside cat

he wuz just on my lap
not sure where he went atm tho
:D
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>>166724
picture of said cat
for fun
:D
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20 year old indoor/outdoor cat(front one in picture). His only problems are normal ones for an old cat (kidneys, arthritis and deafness.)

Even though he's deaf, he still talks. He says "Mammy!" When he wants attention, and "Hello? Hellooo?!" When he wants in the house.

He still hunts rodents and can take on the local cats/raccoons if attacked. He's so badass; I love that saggy fluffy senior.