My cat Canoe died a few years ago at 21. Current cat Lilly is 19. Cats can live a long time.
Feral cats can only expect to live about 5 years. Well cared for house cats can live at least 20. We have one 13, one 14, and one indeterminate.
My cats lived to 15 or 16. They got kind of gross.
I cannot imagine how gross they could get at 33.
Our tortoiseshell cat Caldonia lived outdoors all her life—my allergist wouldn’t let her in—and she lived 20 years.
Lost one cat last year at 16. She was sick most of her life, and I swear she had 20 lives. The other one just bought the farm also at 16. Was never sick in all her days. She only got one life.
I got two strays a year apart in 2006 at Christmas. We lived in a new development in Pasco county.
Tiger was a short haired domestic and Lady was a calico.
Each died within one year of the other.
It’s rough, but we had 18 good years.
5.56mm
My cat CeCe will be 20 in 2025.
Lately, she has become a bit frail but
she is still eating well, drinking water, sitting in the sunny windows.
A small cognitive decline but otherwise still going strong.
Theres a lot to be said for experiencing unconditional love, too.
I dont like to think about that day whrn we have to say goodbye to each other.
My cat CeCe will be 20 in 2025.
Lately, she has become a bit frail but
she is still eating well, drinking water, sitting in the sunny windows.
A small cognitive decline but otherwise still going strong.
Theres a lot to be said for experiencing unconditional love, too.
I dont like to think about that day whrn we have to say goodbye to each other.
My cat CeCe will be 20 in 2025.
Lately, she has become a bit frail but
she is still eating well, drinking water, sitting in the sunny windows.
A small cognitive decline but otherwise still going strong.
Theres a lot to be said for experiencing unconditional love, too.
I dont like to think about that day whrn we have to say goodbye to each other.
Well, 152 divided by 9 is less than 17. It's not unusual for a cat to live to 17, so I guess that Rosie's nine lives ran consecutively.
My ex- had a cat that made it to 32 years, and another that made it to 29. So that ‘previous record, was not a real record.
Thanks, Nick!
PINGING a few buddies!
“‘There’s no need for an alarm clock. All she does is eat, sleep, use the litter tray and repeat.”
Many humans have a similar routine and not just old ones.
“Rosie became an indoor cat in her later years and her favourite pastimes were eating and sleeping.”
Easiest obit to write ever.