Melanie's Blog Cats’ life expectancy. What is the average lifespan of a cat? Statistics show that indoor cats live much longer than outdoor cats. Because cats kept outdoors, including stray cats, tend to be at a higher risk of disease, car accidents, and injury or death from other animals or humans, outdoor cats have a lower life expectancy.
The average lifespan of an outdoor cat is 4-5 years, but many stray cats may not live beyond their second year of life. The average lifespan of an indoor cat is 9-15 years. Improvements in nutrition advances in veterinary care, and the trend toward incorporating science into cats means that the average domestic cat will live longer.
How can you make Cats live longer?
We can extend the lifespan of cats in a number of ways:
1. Nutrition is important
According to the cat’s age, feed your cat high-quality and balanced food. For example, kittens need to be fed kitten food, not adult cat food, otherwise, it will lead to slow growth in light, malnutrition, anemia, and even disease in severe cases.
2. Regular Vaccinations
Vaccines can prevent serious infectious diseases which is very important.
The most important thing is the vaccination time of the vaccine. First of all, everyone must pay attention before vaccination to avoid immune failure, insufficient age, poor spirit, estrus, pregnancy, and worms in the body. Do not vaccinate before and after bathing.
If it is a cat that is more than 16 weeks old and has not been vaccinated for almost four months, then two injections are enough.
The same is true every week at intervals of three to four weeks, and many babies will ask if the vaccine needs to be taken every year, not all, after the first year is used up, after the second year, you can choose to take a shot to strengthen Immunization or an antibody test of a cat, as long as an antibody index of feline distemper is greater than 4, then a vaccine can be vaccinated every three years to prevent an over immunity.
3. Keep your Cat Healthy
This includes regular deworming, and regular check-ups (at least once a year), which are essential for a cat’s health and early detection of disease and health problems.
4. Monthly Health Check
In addition to taking it to the veterinarian for a physical examination, you should also keep an eye on the cat’s health at home and you need to observe whether the cat has other changes such as loss of appetite, increased thirst, lethargy, behavior changes, changes in bowel habits, blood in urine, stool loose stools, infrequent bowel movements, rapid weight loss or gain, lumps and lumps, non-healing wounds, and more.
5. Oral Health Care
The effects of unhealthy teeth and gums on the body not only cause bad breath but also pain and infection. Since gums have a rich blood supply, once infected, bacteria can easily be transported to other organs (such as the liver, kidneys, etc.) leading to damage or even organ failure.
6. Genetic diversity
Cats that are not purebred tend to live longer than purebred cats, with an average lifespan of 14 years compared to 12.5 years for purebred cats. This is because “strings” have more abundant genes and less chance of genetic diseases.
