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Hi /an/.

What's the average age of a cat that stays indoors the majority of the time and is well taken care of (weight controlled and regular vet visits)?
>> Anonymous
Indoor cats can get OLD, like twenty years old.
>> Anonymous
If one cat lives for a year and the other lives for twenty years, on average they've both died at the age 10. That's how averages work.
>> Anonymous
>>172198

Way to go with the statistics lesson genius. Only problem is there are more than two cats in the world, so asking for the average age will at least get the OP a ballpark estimate.
>> Anonymous
>>172198
No you idiot.
1+20= 21, : 2 = 10 AND A HALF.

Jeebus.
>> Anonymous
>>172203
if people ask how old you are, do you say 'I'm 14 and 84/365 years old'?
>> Anonymous
>>172204
Yes, he does. It's customary to do so in Soviet Nerdistan.
>> Anonymous
I've seen figures from 15 to 17 years as an average age.
>> Anonymous
My cat's an outdoor cat, and she's 17.
>> Anonymous
The average life expectancy of a cat is 16 years, more if it is an indoor cat or a cat only let outdoors in a harness or inside an enclosure. For them the number is closer to 20 years.
>> Anonymous
I had a 20 year old cat who had been an outside cat her whole life, but that case is pretty unique I guess.

I have never had a house cat that lived less than 17 years.
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I had an indoor/outdoor cat that lived to be 26.
pic related.
>> Anonymous
>>172267

Was your cat on a downhill slope for a while, or was it reasonably healthy until the end?
>> Anonymous
We have a 14 year old cat who spends the majority of his time outdoors, who is only very recently starting to show his age, but you wouldn't know it unless you had been around him his whole life.

To be honest it's not bad at all, my friends/relatives never believe me when they hear how old he is, and I'm sure he will be around for at least a few more years.
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I have a 20 year old indoor/outdoor cat, but he has been spending most of his time indoors since he was about 18. That's him in the pic.
>> Anonymous
My indoor cat died when she was only 12 1/2... acute kidney dysfunction. But before that happened she was very lively and not showing any signs of age at all. Sigh.
>> Anonymous
>>172595here

I forgot to mention that cats that are well taken care of can easily live to be 25 or older. There could be some factors, like genetics, that could contribute to an earlier end, just like in humans. Mixed cats are probably less likely to have health problems because they are probably not inbred and don't suffer breed related genetic diseases. The environment(household cleaners, pollution), quality of food, and any health problems that the cat may have or develop can determine lifespan.

I think the record for oldest cat is a cat that lived into its thirties.
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>>172596

Kidney problems are very common in all cats and are the leading cause of death for them. Kidney diseases become more likely as they age, especially if they have been exposed to things that are poisonous to them (pinesol, lysol, anything with pine-oil in it, and various other common household cleaners and products)

My 20 year old cat has kidney problems. He has to drink water all the time and pee frequently. Sometimes he doesn't manage to make it to the litter box or outdoors, but he's still awesome. =)
>> Anonymous
>>172598
The record-holding methuselah cat was 37 years old. That's pretty damn old for a small mammalian predator. There may have been older cats, but verifying their age seems to be a problem.

Mixed cats may be healthier, unless they come from a place where the risk of inbreeding is great (say, from a farm where there are several generations of unfixed cats). It seems that all tridecadian cats have spent much of their life indoors. The less they roam outside, the less risk they have of contracting diseases or getting injuries that might shorten their lifespan.
>> Anonymous
ITT people who deprive cats of all enjoyment in life by keeping them inside
>> Anonymous
>>172605
Try reading the thread first, retard.
>> Anonymous
>>172270
reasonably healthy, she was still happy and annoying the dogs.
>> Anonymous
you're ignorant... try not to post again, mkay?

most indoor cars live 16+ years, with better health towards the end (assuming you limit their diet etc etc)
>> Anonymous
I had a cat who lived to be sixteen years. She was an outside cat who died on the operating table after she broke one of her hind legs. She also had a thyroid problem which kept her really thin and may have contributed to her passing.
My ex-gf's cat is really old, an outside cat in the country not suburbs, who seems to be succumbing to her age of fifteen.
Reckon if your cat is crafty and smart, kitty will live a long time as an outside cat. My cat is an inside cat because when I adopted her I discovered she was declawed and I live in a neighborhood with fratboys.