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 How
old is your cat?
Most indoor cats live to be 12 to 14 years of age,
though some cats have exceeded 20 years of age.
This table shows your cat's age, and the equivalent human
age.
| Cat's Age |
Equivalent Human Age |
| 6 months |
14 years |
| 1 year |
16 years |
| 3 years |
20 years |
| 6 years |
30 years |
| 8 years |
40 years |
| 9 years |
50 years |
| 10 years |
60 years |
| 13 years |
70 years |
| 16 years |
80 years |
| 20 years |
90 years |
Give
your cat a quality scratching post to deter her from scratching your furniture.
Still scratching? Try putting lemon scent or orange scent on the area.
Cats hate these smells
Ailurophilia
is the "love of cats
A
cat's heart beats twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats
per minute
Cats
knead with their paws when they're happy.
Don't
pick a kitten or a cat up by the scruff of its neck; only mother cats
can do this safely, and only with their kittens.
Cats
have 290 bones in their bodies, and 517 muscles.
A
cat will amost never "meow" at another cat. This sound is reserved
for humans.
Sir
Isaac Newton, discoverer of the principles of gravity, also invented the
cat door.
People
who own pets live longer, have less stress, and have fewer heart attacks.
The
behaviors shown by most house cats have a parallel in the wild.
Cats
don't see "detail" very well. To them, their person may appear
hazy when standing in front of them.
The
color of a kitten's eyes will change as it grows older.
At
birth, kittens can't see or hear. Cats open their eyes after five days
and begin to develop their eyesight and hearing at approximately 2 weeks.
They begin to walk at 20 days.
Kittens
begin dreaming at just over one week old.
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