What's the hardiest cat breed?

Question

I've got an old moggy Tom that I rescued from the street- and he's rather healthy- he must be about 15.
My gran had an old orange tom that lived until 21.
I was wondering if purebred cats have such similar good health to the average moggy and what their life expectancy usually is.

Also- what's the largest domestic cat breed (but not fluffiest!)?

Answer 1

bought my sister a pedigree siamese,its 15 now,quite sad you can see she,s an old girl,i think siamese do quite well,as they stay quite thin ,i think heinz 57 dogs do quite well,dont seem to get hip displacement sort of thing,as for humans,im selective in my breeding now,its got to be white and blue eyed,i had a mate called adolf was working on the same thing,a lot of people run him down,but he knew what he was doing.its nice you are looking after your cat,well done.

Answer 2

i believe the street cat is the most hardy cat, some natural breeds of cats like the main coon are pretty hardy. Oddly enough one of the oldest living cats is a de-clawed devon rex-thats like 34 years old, it was nearly hairless and was maybe a sphinx but was suppose to be a rex breed. So longevity is a care thing, though it's possible there are other 30 plus year old street cats that just have never been noticed.

Answer 3

Pure-bred puddy cats usually have the same life expectancy of any other mogg, cross breed cats (domestic) usually are hardier as they have no breed dispositions. If you pick a "pure bred" cat make sure you purchase from a reputable breeder, preferably somebody who can show a good breed history. We seem to get a lot of old siamese and persians coming through, they seem to have long lives but it definately depends on the individual breed line..

Answer 4

Experiments have shown that first cross generations are the hardiest animals, with mongrels and pedigrees next. They tend to live longer, be healthier, and raise more offspring.
Mongrels can be inbred, in an area where one male roams and gets all the females pregnant, then mates with his daughters for instance! And pedigrees can be well bred if two strains within the breed are crossed.
Its genetic, and it looks like your Gran got lucky with her cat!

Answer 5

Pure breeds can often be as a result of incest! Therefore not as hardy as moggies.
Look at the history of royalty....... Flawed genes passed on through marriage to cousins and all that. Although it's not so obvious these days, as royals are marrying commoners!
As for the rest of your question - google cat breeds.

Answer 6

I'm not sure if pure breads are the hardiest....watered down genes and all. Bengals are a large cat...Part domestic and part Asian wild cat.

Answer 7

scottish fold,maine coon,bengal.the maine coon,or the savahnna is the largest domestic breed.

Answer 8

well we recently got a Persian kitten, its fluff is so big its bloody huge!!!!! and its now way oversized my other fully grown bombay cat..........

Answer 9

Anything feral. They kick dog butt..