• Diddlydee@feddit.ukOP
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      8 days ago

      He’s got more years in him yet. Deaf as a post and has a gammy back left leg that was degloved somehow when he was 10 (and cost 6 grand to fix), but still able to jump up on counters and the like.

      As I recall, the oldest recorded cat was 38, so he has a way to go.

      I honestly won’t be shocked if he has 5 more years in him at least, as he looks about 10 (and acts like it except for the incredibly loud mewling on account of being stone deaf). He has been treated like a prince.

      • That’s awesome. We’ve had one get to 20, and at least one to 19, but more than 20 is pretty rare regardless of the record. I believe they say average is between 13 and 20. My current cat is 15, but was recently diagnosed with kidney disease, which is a life shortener generally (super common in cats).

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    8 days ago

    How wonderful to have him live such a long life! We lost our girl to cancer before she turned 10, it would have been great to have her another decade.