When my fathers purebreed English Cocker was 12 years old one of the
Vets would remark at his annual checkup, "He probably won't be around
much longer." He said this for three years, then left the partnership
for a job in research. The Dog lived another four years. At 19 he was
a very old dog...
John Francis wrote:
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 08:07:08AM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Mark,
Like Christine said...
Isn't 16 years a pretty long life for a cat?
Regards, Bob S.
That depends. As with dogs, purebreeds have shorter lifespans.
A typical lifespan for an otherwise healthy mixed breed would be
12-15 years, but there is considerable variation even there.
I've had a couple of cats that didn't make it to eight (although
each of those had other medical problems), and three that made
it past twenty (one managing to attain the age of twenty-five!).
Currently my oldest is 15, but she's failing - I don't know that
she'll make it another year. There again, I said the same thing
twelve months ago; time will tell.
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