{"id":4395,"date":"2020-08-27T02:34:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2020-08-27T02:34:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:34:20","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-how-old-is-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4395","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 How old is your cat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"There are a lot of theories, studies, and jokes about age and the reality of what age actually means. This reality has definitely changed over the years. You\u2019ve heard the term, \u201cForty is the new twenty,\u201d and \u201csixty is the new forty.\u201d Don\u2019t we enjoy hearing that when we sure don\u2019t feel our age? In fact we fight the numbers as much as we can by creating a more youthful illusion with hair dyes, make up, and even nips and tucks here and there. (Well, I know people who do all \"\"that.)<\/p>\n

There are also quips, theories, and questions about a cat\u2019s age in human years. The good news is that cats are living longer. This is partially because more cats are kept indoors and because of improved veterinary \"\"medicine. It may be that we have access to higher quality diets for cats, as well.<\/p>\n

Even today, the life expectancy of a cat born on the streets is thought to be 3 months to 3 years. A cat that\u2019s cared for and also kept indoors can live to be 18 or 20 years old.<\/p>\n

Did you know that there are breeds of cats with longer life expectancies? They include the \"\"Manx and the Siamese. I would imagine that mixes with these breeds could have more longevity as well. However, the longest living cat on record was a Burmese who lived to be 35 years old. A tabby beat that record, but unofficially, as I guess they couldn\u2019t verify that this cat was actually 39 years old.<\/p>\n

\"\"How old is your cat in human years? This has been debated and discussed by most cat people at some point. Some say a cat ages 9 years to our every one. But experts say it is a little more complicated than that, and I found a chart that spells it out quite succinctly. Check it out. How old is your cat? According to the chart, a kitten ages 15 human years in his first year of life. A two-year-old cat is the equivalent of a 24-year old human. I learned from this chart that our cat, Sophie, is actually around 80 in human years. High-five, Sophie, you\u2019re doing pretty swell in the healthy-cat world. Here\u2019s the chart and an interesting article accompanying it for those of you who really want to know how old your cat is compared to you.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.thesprucepets.com\/cat-age-to-human-age-chart-554306<\/a><\/p>\n

No matter how old your cat is, hopefully he\u2019s still young at heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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