by Fred the Cat » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:10 am
neufer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 3:26 am
Fred the Cat wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 1:51 am
Worth waiting 800 years for
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat) wrote:
<<Creme Puff (August 3, 1967 – August 6, 2005) was a domestic cat, owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas. She was the oldest cat ever recorded, according to the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records, when she died aged 38 years and 3 days.
Creme Puff's diet consisted of dry cat food supplemented with broccoli, eggs, turkey bacon, and coffee with cream; it was a diet her owner, Jake Perry, held to be key to her longevity. Every two days, Creme Puff received "an eyedropper full of red wine" which Perry said "[circulated] the arteries". Perry also kept Creme Puff active within the home, turning his garage into a movie theater which played nature documentaries for his cats. Wooden steps were built into the walls of Perry's home for the cats to climb on, and Perry had built a screened enclosure in his backyard for his pets, including Creme Puff, to enjoy the outdoors.
The life expectancy of a cat that is living indoors is typically about 16.9 years, while the life expectancy of one living outdoors is 5.6 years. In one study of cat mortality, the most frequent causes were trauma (12.2%), renal disorder (12.1%), non-specific illness (11.2%), neoplasia (10.8%) and mass lesion disorders (10.2%). Female cats have been evidenced to outlive male cats, while neutered cats and crossbred cats have been evidenced to outlive entire and purebred cats, respectively. It has also been found that the greater a cat's weight, the lower its life expectancy on average. An accurate equation often used by veterinarians to predict cat years is 4x + 16, (x being the chronological age of the cat) which works for cats who are two years of age or older. [Ergo: Creme Puff died at age 168!]>>
Fred survived a little past 14 great years.
He'll be remembered with lots of photos!
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Worth waiting 800 years for :thumb_up: [/quote][quote=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)]
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<<Creme Puff (August 3, 1967 – August 6, 2005) was a domestic cat, owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas. She was the oldest cat ever recorded, according to the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records, when she died aged 38 years and 3 days.
Creme Puff's diet consisted of dry cat food supplemented with broccoli, eggs, turkey bacon, and coffee with cream; it was a diet her owner, Jake Perry, held to be key to her longevity. Every two days, Creme Puff received "an eyedropper full of red wine" which Perry said "[circulated] the arteries". Perry also kept Creme Puff active within the home, turning his garage into a movie theater which played nature documentaries for his cats. Wooden steps were built into the walls of Perry's home for the cats to climb on, and Perry had built a screened enclosure in his backyard for his pets, including Creme Puff, to enjoy the outdoors.
The life expectancy of a cat that is living indoors is typically about 16.9 years, while the life expectancy of one living outdoors is 5.6 years. In one study of cat mortality, the most frequent causes were trauma (12.2%), renal disorder (12.1%), non-specific illness (11.2%), neoplasia (10.8%) and mass lesion disorders (10.2%). Female cats have been evidenced to outlive male cats, while neutered cats and crossbred cats have been evidenced to outlive entire and purebred cats, respectively. It has also been found that the greater a cat's weight, the lower its life expectancy on average. An accurate equation often used by veterinarians to predict cat years is 4x + 16, (x being the chronological age of the cat) which works for cats who are two years of age or older. [Ergo: Creme Puff died at age 168!]>>[/quote]
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Fred survived a little past 14 great years.
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He'll be remembered with lots of photos! :ssmile: