How long have your pets lived?

Question

I have a cat that will be 22 this month, (I'm 23, so he's like a brother to me). He's still doing really good, he just now has lost a couple of teeth, and misses the litter box a couple of times and he still jumps over the baby gate to get to his food. I also have two italian greyhounds, Phoenix will be a year this 10th, and Maddie will be 3 mo. this 12th.

What about you pets? Have you ever known a pet who lived a REALLY long time?

He's no special breed. My mom worked at a zoo and she found him and his brother outside her window. She gave Fat Louie to her friend who moved to New Orleans, and he just passed recently, so longevity must have been in his genes...

Answer 1

My oldest cat is Myrna. She was born in May or June of 1980, making her a very spry 26. Skinny and senile, but spry. I do full bloodwork on her at the hospital where I work every 4-6 months, and I clean her teeth twice a year. (No, she doesn't have many left, and yes, I do use full anesthesia...but it only takes about 7 minutes to do a really thorough job. And I have a lot of faith in myself as an anesthesiologist.) I have had Myrna since she was about 4 months old. She was the ugliest and meanest kitten ever. She has become quite friendly in her old age. A relief to me, as she always used to sleep on my head when I was a little kid and bite my scalp if I moved. She eats well. She doesn't clean herself anymore, so I am forever picking tiny mats out of her short, white fur. My friend Jason likes to brush her. I just can't figure out why...
My last cat, Sir, died at 22 on Chrismas Eve 1999. He had kidney failure, diabetes, and a tumor in his nasal cavity. He was my brother and my very best friend. I miss him every day.
My Schipperke, Nikki, died at 16 on New Years Day 2005. I had to put her down myself. This was 5 days after my boyfriend of 6 years dumped me (yet he didn't move out until March!!) and we had a New Years Eve party anyway. I brought home all kinds of medications from work, and Nikki was on an IV pump in my living room. She started having seizures as her body shut down. Happy Friggin' New Year.
Now, besides Myrna I have:
Bug, a 7 year old brown tabby female former stray whom a friend gave me for my birthday.
Moo Moo, a 4 year old grey long-hair female whom I raised from 3 days old. (Can we say "litter box issues?")
Lil' Thing, a 2 year old grey tabby medium hair female who got ht by a car at 5 weeks of age. A rescue brought her in and we had to amputate her tail, but she is absolutely adorable!
Albert, a 4 year old Belgian Malinois mix, who came from the pound. He is a very needy boy.
Sam, an 8 year old American Eskimo from some cruddy rescue who kept him in an apple crate that was nailed shut. Horrid. He's lovely now. My best boy.
Angelo, a 3 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback mix from a rescue. My home is his 6th and final one. He is obscessive compulsive, but the meds help quite a bit.
AND finally, The Chicken, a 6 year old Sulfur Crested Cockatoo. There are some fish, too, but they don't have names mostly...except Baby Guppy (still won't grow after about 8 months) and Phinneas the Phinless Betta.

Answer 2

Hi, pets, I love them however it is hard to get new ones. My dog lived a little longer then 15 years but he was too old my mother said so she took him to be put down.

On the other hand, I had a cat that lived to a nice age of 21 years.

Other pets, like mice, hamsters etc. have a much smaller life span maybe 1 year.

Fish depends on the fish. The larger fresh water fish like an Oscar can live for years.

Horses can live to (not a whole lot of them) to past 15-20 years.
Snakes live years. The larger ones of course. I am just guesstimating since I don't have time to look up the EXACT numbers.

Answer 3

Wow...and I thought that my cat lived for a long time...

I got my cat, Candy for my 5th birthday present (1985) and it was only last year that I had to have her put down due to her orsophegus (spelling?) collapsing which caused her to not be able to eat and only drink a little. So she was 20 when she died.

I have had two dogs, my first was a rottweiller, Rocky and he lived to be 9. We would have had him for longer, but unfortunatly due to an accident he tore his thigh and hip muscles and needed to be put down despite numerous operations and steroid medication.

My second dog was also a rottweiler, Roxy and she lived to be 12. She died of bone cancer which is a problem in large dogs but given that she was 12 thats really not bad. Rottweillers, along with most other large dogs have a life-expentancy of about 8 years.

Its very sad when pets pass away, especially when you have them for so long. I do know that all my pets have had great and healthy lives right up until their passing. After a year with no animals I now have two new pets, a ginger long haired kitten Meggy, who is about 9 months old and I also have a South African Boerboel puppy, Amali who is 6 months old and is just adorable!!! She is still only a puppy but going on almost 80lbs!

Good luck with your cat and I hope that you have a few more years left.

Answer 4

My cat Baby lived 17 yrs. My cat Taz lived 16 yrs. My dog Hawkins I had to put to sleep at age 2 because of a rare disease to his breed that was causing him terrible pain. I currently have two cats - Ferrari & Viper both of whom are 6, a dog Shane who will be 2 in Nov and a 13 week old puppy named Miss Mollie.

I do know a few people that have had horses that lived over 30 yrs.

Answer 5

My Mustang (horse), Buck, lived for a bit over 32 years. He was under 6 months of age when I got him, my Quarter horse Misty-30 yrs, my Tn. Walking Horse nickname Dan-18 yrs.Most of my cats have lived very long lives:Mister-24, Sasha-21, Grayboy-19,Calico- 21 & her daughter, Buggernose-22. None of my many cats have died before the age of 18. Several of my dogs also hane enjoyed long lives: Beau-18, Cindy-20, Andre Steeland-16,Skipper-17, Brandy-20 and have had Rascal 19 years & he's still going strong. The earliest one of my dogs died was age 15. The vet always said I take very good care of my pets.

Answer 6

My cats, have only lived to be 13 or 15; the one I have now is a young 9..... The dog, however, is a ancient 16.... LOL I say that because the last time I had him into the vet, she told me that that is the equivalent of at least 93 years old. He is old!!! Over 100 by now, at that rate!

Answer 7

I had a white Persian that lived to be 18 years old, I adoped her at the age of 8 years from a shelter. I had a German Shephard that lived to be 14 years old. Now have a Fox Terrier that is 8 years old and a Pitbull/Blue Heeler that is 3 years old. That is wonderful
that you have a cat that old, you can certainly be proud of the
good care that you gave it, and I congratulate you on being a good
and caring animal owner.

Answer 8

I have 3 cats and a dog(phoebe 4, Nica 2, Ady 6months, and Cici my doggy is a year in a half) : ) they all seem to get along just fine:) WOAH !!! I thought cats lived like 15yrs! : ) I'm actually glad to hear that they can live longer : )

http://www.twofivesix.co.uk/longest_living_cat.html

check it out! Maybe your cat can break the record! :D :) and yes animals can be part of our family :)


oh and to that guy the bay 510 your dog could be losing it's fur because.. well i hear that if you feed a dog meat or house food it's very likely to lose it's fur : ( My dog was losing it's fur and I found out my neighbor was feeding it house food >:|

Answer 9

What kind of cat is that? My poodle died after about 17 years and my cat is 12 and still living but is loosing teeth and weight. He won't make it but maybe a couple more years at most. My birds are still babies and should live about 25 to 35 years.

Answer 10

Cats can live to up to 20 years and can be cuddly, but it's a random mix on what their personality will be lol. But remember that a longer life isn't always better, as they can get health problems, and make sure you have enough time and think ahead in the future to think if you will still be able to keep your cat. Good luck =]