lifespan of a cat?

[Anonymous]

My moms cat just passed at age 23. She was an indoor outdoor cat.

[Anonymous]

Mine lived to be 17 and died of kidney disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on what you feed them. Most crap cat food is full of ash that destroys the kidneys over time. If you pay more for the good stuff, you can get to 18-20. We adopted two kittens from the shelter in 1998. One died a year ago and the other is still going strong.

Not always. My cats died young, but they ate more healthily than I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on what you feed them. Most crap cat food is full of ash that destroys the kidneys over time. If you pay more for the good stuff, you can get to 18-20. We adopted two kittens from the shelter in 1998. One died a year ago and the other is still going strong.

This is very true.

Cats should be fed mostly wet food - annoying as that is. Their bodies and digestive systems are made to digest more fleshy, wet food, rather than dry kibbles.

[Anonymous]

Our first cat lived to be 24 1/2. She started as an indoor only cat, but kept escaping and finally won the battle. Runt of the litter, rescued from a farmer drowning a bag of kittens.

Loved everyday we had her. Still miss her...and she died in 1993

[Anonymous]

I lost a few at 12 and one at 14.