{"id":1587,"date":"2014-02-25T10:44:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T18:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/https:\/\/ponponforever.net\/miao\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2014-02-25T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T18:45:34","slug":"1587","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ponponforever.net\/miao\/2014\/02\/25\/1587\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4eba\u6b72vs\u55b5\u6b72"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Old Is My Cat in Human Years?<\/h1>\n

CatChannel veterinary expert, Arnold Plotnick, DVM, provides a chart for estimating a cat’s age as it compares to a person’s age.<\/h2>\n

By Arnold Plotnick, DVM<\/a><\/p>\n

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Q: Do cats age the same way as dogs?\u00a0For example, our cat, Bob, is 2 years old. Does that mean that he is 14 years old in cat years?<\/em><\/p>\n

A: The notion that dogs<\/a> and cats<\/a> age seven years for every one year is a myth that’s stuck around for years. If you think about it, some cats can live to be 18 or 19 years old. If they aged seven years for every one year, an 18-year-old cat would be equivalent to a 126-year-old person, clearly not very likely. In my practice, we have at least 10 cats who are over 20 years old, but there are certainly no 140-year-old people. The seven to one rule is just not true.<\/p>\n

Cats age<\/a> faster when they’re younger, but this slows down as they get older. At 6 months of age, a female cat already can reproduce. At 1 year of age, cat bones fully stop growing. This occurs in people at approximately 24 years of age, give or take a few years. So, a 1-year-old cat is roughly equivalent to a 24-year-old person. From that point on, cats age approximately four years for every one year. While this is certainly not an exact science, the table below should offer a reasonable guideline as to how cats age compared to humans.<\/p>\n

Cat Age\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Human Age<\/p>\n

6 months\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15 years
\n1 year\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a024 years
\n2 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 28 years
\n3 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32 years
\n4 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36 years
\n5 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40 years
\n6 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44 years
\n7 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48 years
\n8 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 52 years
\n9 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 56 years
\n10 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 60 years
\n11 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 64 years
\n12 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68 years
\n13 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 72 years
\n14 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 76 years
\n15 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 80 years
\n16 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 84 years
\n17 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 88 years
\n18 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 92 years
\n19 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 96 years
\n20 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100 years<\/p>\n

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