The duration of a cat's life depends on several reasons, and the main factors affecting its duration are the animal habitat, nutrition, care, stress resistance, as well as genetic factors. As for British cats, these representatives of the fauna have strong immunity, which has a positive effect on their lifespan.
As for specific figures, British cats, on average, live about 13-15 years, but if certain conditions are created for these animals, they can live up to 18-20 years. In general, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, the life expectancy of a British cat can be greatly reduced from excessive care of the owners. The fact is that many people, trying to please their pet, "feed" them with all kinds of tasty, but very harmful products, which in turn negatively affects the health of the animal, which leads to their early death.
Sterilization of the animal also affects life expectancy. So, for example, British cats, which are deprived of the opportunity to have offspring, live two to three years longer than these representatives of the fauna with preserved reproductive abilities (the fact is that spayed cats are less susceptible to cancer).
Also, the life expectancy of the animal is noticeably reduced from poor care and unbalanced nutrition. For those representatives who live in closed rooms, but have the opportunity to exercise physical activity (run, jump …, that is, special complexes are equipped for them), breathe fresh air every day, and also eat food with a sufficient amount of nutrients, the probability of living to the old age is much higher.
If you want your cat to please you as long as possible, then do not be too lazy to create a comfortable existence for her: visit the veterinarian every six months, feed on time, but do not overfeed, do not expose the animal to stress, since this representative of the fauna needs a quiet life, in moderately active.
Many owners of British cats are interested in the question of how to correlate the age of a pet with the age of a person. There is an opinion that the age of a one-year-old cat is approximately 15 human years, a two-year-old cat is 25 years old, a seven-year-old cat is 45 years old, but a 20-year-old cat, by human standards, is already a 95-year-old woman.
