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Cat Questions are many, but finding answers is often the difficult part. It seems that good reliable information

about cats is difficult to find. Searching the internet will yield lots of info but just like most other topics

there is a lot of contradicting information.

There are so many variables when it comes to animals. One question could have different answers based on the cats

age, health, is it an outside or inside cat, are their other cats in the house, or dogs etc. How about children and

how are they taught to handle and treat the cat.

Cat owners are all different in there personalities and how much they care about learning and being a responsible

cat owner.

So with that said, today we’ll look at one of the main questions we typically hear from cat owners or prospective

cat owners.

How long will my cat live? That is an it depends question if I ever saw one. We have a cat that we fondly say that

she adopted us. She came to our door one day about 15 years ago meowing away. We could easily tell that she hadn’t

eaten well for awhile. Was probably dropped off by someone. So we fed her and of course you know what that means.

To make a short story long (ha ha) we took her in and discovered that she was pregnant and she blessed us with 5

adorable kittens. We had taken her to our veterinarian to have her checked out and we asked him at the time how old

he thought she was and he said at least 3 and maybe 4. So my wife chose 3 and based on that she is a little over 17

right now.

Now when we said it depends, here’s why. When she was around 12 we could tell something wasn’t right and we thought

we were losing her. The vet couldn’t find anything specific. At that time, we lived in an area where we had city

water. We like to drink a lot of water but with the chlorine and all the other stuff they put in the water, we

couldn’t stand to drink it.

So we purchased a water distiller unit to have good drinking water and instead of giving the cats tap water, we

began to give them the distilled water. Well lo and behold; it wasn’t long until we noticed quite a difference in

her weight, fur and energy levels. So was it the water? We certainly expect so.
So how long can you expect a cat to live? We’ve heard of cats living up to 22 years. We’re sure some live longer.

But generally speaking from our observations 12 to 18 is about the norm.

We know you have many other cat questions and we hope to be able to help you with the answers you need. Just

remember a lot of it has to do with you and your desire to take your pet ownership seriously.

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