top | item 18633758 (no title) doughj3 | 7 years ago > ... will likely have negative effects on its healthIndoor cats have lifespans multiple times that of outdoor cats, so I think the alternative has negative effects on health, too. discuss order hn newest SamReidHughes|7 years ago Outdoor cats do okay, the ones I grew up with lived to be 16 and 21. It depends on where you live, what predators they might have to face. y4mi|7 years ago My family had several cats over the time I grew up. All could go outside whenever they wanted.The oldest got to 8 yrs.Most died of organ failures, one from a genetic illness and another one never came back.The Organ failures were probably from rat poison... So, the outside killed them leetcrew|7 years ago that's great, but on average outdoor cats really do live much shorter lives. [0][0] https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/should-you-have-an-indo... adetrest|7 years ago Anecdote, data, all that.
SamReidHughes|7 years ago Outdoor cats do okay, the ones I grew up with lived to be 16 and 21. It depends on where you live, what predators they might have to face. y4mi|7 years ago My family had several cats over the time I grew up. All could go outside whenever they wanted.The oldest got to 8 yrs.Most died of organ failures, one from a genetic illness and another one never came back.The Organ failures were probably from rat poison... So, the outside killed them leetcrew|7 years ago that's great, but on average outdoor cats really do live much shorter lives. [0][0] https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/should-you-have-an-indo... adetrest|7 years ago Anecdote, data, all that.
y4mi|7 years ago My family had several cats over the time I grew up. All could go outside whenever they wanted.The oldest got to 8 yrs.Most died of organ failures, one from a genetic illness and another one never came back.The Organ failures were probably from rat poison... So, the outside killed them
leetcrew|7 years ago that's great, but on average outdoor cats really do live much shorter lives. [0][0] https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/should-you-have-an-indo...
SamReidHughes|7 years ago
y4mi|7 years ago
The oldest got to 8 yrs.
Most died of organ failures, one from a genetic illness and another one never came back.
The Organ failures were probably from rat poison... So, the outside killed them
leetcrew|7 years ago
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adetrest|7 years ago