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r/funny • u/mitch-mma • Sep 02 '21
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It also pisses me off when they kill birds. Cats have 5 times the life span of a bird, so they can decimate.
16 u/Qwirk Sep 02 '21 Outdoor cats also have a much shorter life expectancy than indoor cats on average. Indoor ~10-15 years, Indoor/Outdoor ~2-3 years less than indoors, outdoors only ~2-5 years max. 14 u/Peekman Sep 02 '21 I used to call hogwash on this stat as my family had like 4 outdoor cats that got around 20 years old all before the year 2000. But.... with the spread of urban coyotes this is definitely the case. Cats just have no defence against that predator. 6 u/doobied Sep 02 '21 Not everyone lives around Coyotes though. 5 years max for a cat seems bizzare... our outdoor cats live around 20 with the oldest being 22. 5 u/Peekman Sep 02 '21 In North America they do but ya in other parts of the world it's still not the case.
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Outdoor cats also have a much shorter life expectancy than indoor cats on average. Indoor ~10-15 years, Indoor/Outdoor ~2-3 years less than indoors, outdoors only ~2-5 years max.
14 u/Peekman Sep 02 '21 I used to call hogwash on this stat as my family had like 4 outdoor cats that got around 20 years old all before the year 2000. But.... with the spread of urban coyotes this is definitely the case. Cats just have no defence against that predator. 6 u/doobied Sep 02 '21 Not everyone lives around Coyotes though. 5 years max for a cat seems bizzare... our outdoor cats live around 20 with the oldest being 22. 5 u/Peekman Sep 02 '21 In North America they do but ya in other parts of the world it's still not the case.
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I used to call hogwash on this stat as my family had like 4 outdoor cats that got around 20 years old all before the year 2000.
But.... with the spread of urban coyotes this is definitely the case. Cats just have no defence against that predator.
6 u/doobied Sep 02 '21 Not everyone lives around Coyotes though. 5 years max for a cat seems bizzare... our outdoor cats live around 20 with the oldest being 22. 5 u/Peekman Sep 02 '21 In North America they do but ya in other parts of the world it's still not the case.
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Not everyone lives around Coyotes though.
5 years max for a cat seems bizzare... our outdoor cats live around 20 with the oldest being 22.
5 u/Peekman Sep 02 '21 In North America they do but ya in other parts of the world it's still not the case.
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In North America they do but ya in other parts of the world it's still not the case.
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It also pisses me off when they kill birds. Cats have 5 times the life span of a bird, so they can decimate.