How to determine, calculate the age of a cat, cat by human standards: calculation, a table of age of cats and humans. How many years do cats live, cats by human standards? How to determine the biological age of a cat, cat? Cats long -livers: records, breeds

Cats are a long -standing friends of a person. Therefore, people often compare their age and cat, think about how many years a favorite can live.

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We love cats for their affection, tenderness, fluffy fur, soft rumbling. Probably, every owner is interested in how many animal years, if you measure human years.

How to translate cat age to human, how many cats have a year of life by human standards: calculation

There are several systems for the translation of cat age. But to achieve accurate compliance cannot be obtained in any case. Because in cats the psyche and intelligence are arranged differently. And the aging process is completely different.

1 calculation option

The first year of life is equated with the age of 14-15. The cat, like a person, becomes sexually mature, learns to live independently. In a year, the cat knows how to get food, cares for itself, orientates in the world around him.
The second feline year is equated to 24 years of person. The cat already has a formed character, habits, knows exactly how to interact with people around. Physically, the animal is completely ripe. Cats actively declare themselves as worthy applicants for a female, begin to conquer the territory.
Each subsequent cat year is equated with four human ones. It is more convenient to count by the formula:

n \u003d 24+(n-2)*4,

where n are the years lived by a cat, starting from the third year of life.

Cat intelligence cannot be completely comprehended

2 calculation option

The first 5 years every year a cat has been equated to the 7 years of a person.
The next 6 years (up to 12 years) each year are equated with 4 years of person.
After 12 years, it is believed that every year is equal to 3 human years.

3 calculation option

This method is based on the calculation of the correspondence coefficient. The coefficient shows how the age of a cat corresponds to the age of a person. When developing the coefficient, social intelligence, emotional sphere, physical condition of a person and cats were taken into account.

The method is recognized as the most accurate, although not quite perfect. The problem is that it is almost impossible to measure the intelligence of a cat. Some cats are hardly guided in their house, while others overcome thousands of kilometers, geting home.

Table 1. Comparison of the age of a cat and a person using a coefficient.

The longest cat, Maine-kun Setii, 123 cm

How to determine the age of a cat, a cat by human standards: a table of the age of cats and humans

There are quite a few tables and all of them, though not very strong, but differ due to the fact that the researchers observed individuals of different breeds.

Table 2. Comparative table of conformity of age from birth to a year.

Table 3. Comparative table of compliance of age from 1 year.

The breed and favorable living conditions are the main secrets of long -livers

How many years have been living, and should cats and cats live?

Life expectancy is influenced by life conditions and breed.

Wild cats live for 5-7 years. Their life period has been reduced due to injuries, infections, diseases, parasites, irregular, low-quality nutrition, and active sex life. In cats, vitality undermine frequent births and feeding offspring. Cats go when trying to win a female and territory.
Homemade cats live an average of 8-15 years, but can live up to 25 years.
Porny cats, which were bred relatively recently and have an unusual appearance, are unlikely to be able to live for a long time. This is due to the fact that a limited number of animals is used to breed such rocks. Because of this, the ability to survive, their immunity is lower. On average, they live 10-12 years.
The breeds that have been bred for a long time and developed in natural conditions can live for a long time: British breeds - 15 years, Persian - 20 years, Siamese - 30 years.
Males live on average less than females for two. Cats reduces life by the need to fight for the territory, female. This indicator does not apply to castrated cats.

How to determine the biological age of a cat, cat?

The main method of determining the age is by the condition of the teeth, since the cat’s teeth change, grow, fall out at a certain time. But this method is not absolutely reliable, since in an adult, teeth can deteriorate and fall due to various negative circumstances, diseases.

Table 4. Changes in tooth depending on age

Age	The condition of the teeth
3-4 weeks	the milk teeth are erupted
4-5 months	in the same priority that erupted, milk teeth fall out, constant growing
6 months	the change of teeth ends
1 year	central incisors located on the lower jaw are gradually growing
2 years	the average incisors (premolars) located on the lower jaw are gradually erased, yellowing on the teeth is barely noticeable
3 years	the central incisors located on the upper jaw are worn out
4 years	medium incisors (premolars) located on the lower jaw are also sipping
5 years	fangs begin to grind, yellowing of the teeth is already clearly noticeable
5.5 years	extreme incisors (molar) located on the lower jaw are subjected to washing
6 years	extreme incisors (molars) located on the upper jaw begin to wash
7 years	central incisors located on the lower jaw acquire a transverse-oval shape
8 years	side incisors located on the lower jaw acquire a transverse-oval shape
9 years	central incisors located on the upper jaw acquire a transverse-oval shape
10 years	side cutters located on the upper jaw acquire a transverse-oval shape
11-12 years	the central incisors on both jaws gradually fall out
12-16 years	all incisors are subjected to falling out
16-20	last teeth fall out - fangs

The teeth grow up to a year, but immediately after a year a gradual regression occurs: the teeth are erased, turn yellow, fall out. It is these signs that veterinarians look, determining the age of the cat. At the same time, the bite, the general condition of the oral cavity is taken into account, since the teeth can deteriorate prematurely.

Old cat Missan — Swedish cat Missan, applicant for the title of the oldest living cat in 2015

Eyes

The eyes of young individuals are clear with a characteristic curious brilliance. The iris is characterized by brightness and saturation of paints, and the picture is clarified. As you aged, the cat's eyes become dull, the lens is cloudy, the iris loses the brightness of the colors, and the pattern is broken.

Appearance

Young individuals have a brilliant beautiful fur. With age, the wool spreads, becomes dull, gray hair appears.

Physical state:

Teenage cats are somewhat stornel, clumsy.
Young cats have a relief muscles.
An adult animal has rounded shapes. His movements, at rest, become slow and lazy.
In senile cats, the bones of the shoulder girdle begin to perform, thinness manifests itself, the skin gradually loses its elasticity, becomes flabby.

Cats long -livers: records, breeds

Longers can live for 29 years, which has documentary evidence. But there are cats that lived longer and are listed in the Guinness Book of Records:

CRIM Puff from Texas (08.08.1967-06.08.2005), 38 years, 3 days.
Sphinx Granp Rex Allen, a hybrid of the Sphinx and Devon, from Texas, although he was born in Paris (02/01/1964-01.04.1998), 34 years, 2 months.

Both animals lived with Texas Jake Perry. It is believed that the long life of these animals in one owner is explained by their diet: bacon, broccoli, eggs, asparagus.

But the oldest cat is considered Lucy, Lower Wales, England. Its age cannot be confirmed with absolute accuracy. This is an ordinary yard cat, whose age was tried to determine her new owner after the death of the hostess. He found witnesses who confirmed that the cat was born in 1972 and in 2015 she was 43 years old.