{"id":305,"date":"2022-11-02T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kittystoreonline.com\/?p=305"},"modified":"2023-01-02T11:12:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T10:12:24","slug":"how-old-is-my-cat-in-human-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kittystoreonline.com\/blog\/how-old-is-my-cat-in-human-years\/","title":{"rendered":"How old is my cat in human years?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
With dogs it is well known: One dog year is seven human years. But what about cats?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cats age much faster than humans. This is understandable, because cats usually live 12 to 18 years, some cat breeds up to 20 years. In humans, puberty has just finished and the development into a young adult is progressing. A cat undergoes the fastest development in the first year. The first cat month after birth corresponds to six human months. At three months, the cat is already five human months old. At the age of six months the cat reaches an age of 10 years converted into human years. At the end of the first cat year, the cat is sexually mature and can reproduce. This corresponds approximately to a human age of 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fortunately, the further development of the cat is less rapid than in the first year of life. Conversion table cat years to human years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until the end of the 7th year of life, an adult cat experiences its most physically active period. From the age of 10 years cats are considered seniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cats can live well beyond 15 years of age with good care, age-appropriate cat food and regular veterinary checks. Some are still fit at 16, 17 and 18 years of age. Others decline physically or develop chronic diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So if you have a senior cat at home, make his life as comfortable as possible. This includes special appetizers to keep the senior cat strong, special cat food for seniors and entry and exit aids to the cat’s favorite places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These include Siamese and European Shorthair with a life expectancy of 18 to 20 years and Balinese with a life expectancy between 18 to 22 years. Pure domestic cats live 15 to 18 years. Free-roaming cats live much shorter, 10 to 12 years. A main cause is death in traffic. Pure street cats, on the other hand, have a life expectancy of only 6 to 8 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With dogs it is well known: One dog year is seven human years. But what about cats? Convert cat years to human years Cats age much faster than humans. This is understandable, because cats usually live 12 to 18 years, some cat breeds up to 20 years. In humans, puberty has just finished and the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cats-guide"],"yoast_head":"\n