Many people have to choose between raising cats and dogs and don’t know which one is better. If raising both at the same time, they worry about not being able to take good care of them, and the financial situation may not allow it. Actually, whether to raise cats or dogs depends on your life situation. If your job is relatively easy and you have plenty of free time, you can raise dogs, because dogs are more clingy, need constant companionship from their owner, and often need to be taken outside for walks.

If you have a tough job, don’t have much time, but want to keep a pet, choose cats. Cats are quieter, spend most of their time sleeping, are not as clingy, and their lifespan is longer than that of dogs, so they can accompany you for more time. So do you know how long cats actually live? In fact, as long as there are no major accidents, no hunger, and the premise of a healthy life, the average lifespan of cats is mostly between twelve to fifteen years, but now many cats live over twenty years.

This is because more and more cat owners can properly feed their cats at home, providing them with very abundant food, balancing their nutritional diet, and keeping them indoors, which also avoids many dangers. Moreover, whenever cats get sick, owners take them to formal pet hospitals for treatment. This is also an important reason why cats live so long. Generally, the lifespan of stray cats is very short, only about five years.

Because they can’t find enough food and accidents happen easily outside, many stray cats die due to injuries and illnesses. Typically, long-haired cats live longer than short-haired cats, indoor cats live longer than feral cats, and most male cats live longer than female cats. But overall, different cat breeds have slight differences in average lifespan besides differences in appearance and personality. So the length of a cat’s life depends on whether they have a good owner who takes careful care of them.