Nine Lives, One Love

Whiskered witnesses to our whimsical ways

If cats truly had nine lives, they’d live through all of ours.

I count 8. Still, you get the point. Photo by The Lucky Neko on Unsplash

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Single Cat Lives

Not single like Beyoncé in All the Single Ladies. :) Singular.

The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery published a study that examined data from nearly 8,000 pet cats. Life expectancies ranged from 14.4 years (Burmese and Birman) to 6.7 (Spynx).

Crossbred cats outlive their purebred counterparts by about 1.5 years, and female cats have a 1.3-year advantage over their male counterparts (Toms must be guilty of those “hold my beer” moments, too).

The kitty down on his luck. Photo by Raphael MARTIN on Unsplash

This study made me think. A single cat’s life will see significant changes in its owner. The twelve-year-old girl getting a kitten is not the same as the twenty-two-year-old woman they become. But if a cat truly had nine lives, they’d be with us throughout ours.

My favorite cat

I had outside cats as a child, which I adored. My favorite was a black and white named K.C. (for kitty-cat). Dad…