Cats Is All About

When you first get your first new kitten or perhaps slightly before that beautiful moment, a lot of us will ask ourselves, how long do cats live? It's not that we're morbid, we just want to know what to expect, and prepare ourselves for the inevitable end.

Life is a circle, we celebrate life and we celebrate death.

Depending on many factors, breed, weight, lifestyle, and diet, a cat will live about an average of 15 to 25 years. In comparison to dogs these are quite long life expectancies, as most dogs that see even the age of 15 would be considered very lucky; so, cats live quite a bit longer than dogs, on average.

We have to take into account the factors which we have already named to have a full discussion about how long cats will live. Lifestyle is a big factor in life expectancy, for cats, and for any animal; it's well known that outdoor cats will live quite shorter life spans than cats that live most of their lives indoors.

Here's why - cats that live outdoors will run into things like damaging weather elements, diseased prey, diseased mates, perhaps other predators, and so on. Now, cats were meant to live in the wild, and we don't want to discourage anyone from letting their cat go outdoors, simply know that this may shorten their lives on average.

Pure breed cats tend to live shorter lives than mixed breeds, interestingly enough, this makes sense from a genetic standpoint, as too much in-breeding usually leads to poor genetics, while a wider gene pool leads to healthier genes in nature.

Feeding your cat an all natural raw food diet has been espoused by many feline experts, and it surely makes a whole lot of sense; the natural diet of cats is raw meat, and has been for thousands of years.

Eating unnatural foods which often have dangerous chemicals and fillers included will no doubt shorten life span of your cat. A superior diet for your cat will include red meat, lamb, and chicken with absolutely no vegetable matter, in fact, vegetables can make your cat seriously ill. They are just not vegetarians, not by any stretch of the imagination.

Playing with your cat and making sure that they get exercise will increase the health and longevity of your cat as well, make sure that you cat doesn't get overfed and become overweight, as this will do the opposite and shorten their lives and often lead to degenerative disease.

Now, you're in the know and when someone asks you - "how long do cats live?", you'll be able to tell them - a lot longer when you take care of them the right way.