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Title: How Old is your cat in Human Years
Post by: Tan on April 26, 2008, 22:59:58 PM
The average cat life-span is 12-14 or 14-16 years depending on which studies you read.
Pet food manufacturers recommend senior formulation foods for cats over the age of 8 and many vets consider the cat geriatric when it reaches 10 years old. Generally, once your cat is over 12 years old, it is an 'older cat' and its needs and habits change. Popular belief has it that one year of a cat's life is equivalent to 7 human years. In fact, kittens mature faster than human children and the rate of ageing slows down to one year equalling only 4 human years after only 2 years as the equivalence chart below shows:

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