My first cat, rescued as a kitten by my Dad and me (5yrs old) lived an amazing 24 years, having had 9 “incidents” — aka lives — she went thru. Tiger was a very good one, and I’ve had many since, with all living 15-17yrs. I miss them all.
Over the years we lost one to feline leukemia and one to old age (17 years).
The two we have now are four and seven, and we love them to pieces.