SamC@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agoIs it time to end cats' right to trespass?i.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkIs it time to end cats' right to trespass?i.stuff.co.nzSamC@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 year ago Cats live longer, healthier, happier lives if they’re kept indoors Isn’t that an American stat, based on conditions like coyotes and snow?
minus-squareOzymati@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCars, aggressive dogs, fights with other cats, humans who hate cats, toxic garden plants…
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoNone of that produces anything like the American stats though (which tend to say lifespan for indoor cats is 15 and outdoor cats is 3 years). By contrast, most vets I have talked to put the average lifespan for all pet cats in Aotearoa at around 15, and this tallies with my experience. The majority of cats in NZ are “indoor/outdoor”. We have one of the highest cat ownership rates at about 40% of households. I myself have owned cats that lived into their 20s. I think cars and dogs are likely to affect stats a little, but I’ve never run into any trouble with toxic plants or criminals!
minus-squareOzymati@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoStill, cat’s safer indoors or only outdoors daytime. I see lost cat posts more often than I’d like to.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDefinitely. Vets especially recommend keeping them in at night, because that’s when most of the fighting takes place.
Isn’t that an American stat, based on conditions like coyotes and snow?
Cars, aggressive dogs, fights with other cats, humans who hate cats, toxic garden plants…
None of that produces anything like the American stats though (which tend to say lifespan for indoor cats is 15 and outdoor cats is 3 years).
By contrast, most vets I have talked to put the average lifespan for all pet cats in Aotearoa at around 15, and this tallies with my experience.
The majority of cats in NZ are “indoor/outdoor”. We have one of the highest cat ownership rates at about 40% of households.
I myself have owned cats that lived into their 20s.
I think cars and dogs are likely to affect stats a little, but I’ve never run into any trouble with toxic plants or criminals!
Still, cat’s safer indoors or only outdoors daytime. I see lost cat posts more often than I’d like to.
Definitely. Vets especially recommend keeping them in at night, because that’s when most of the fighting takes place.