That vet probably made a wise move. :( Jack
--- On Thu, 12/3/09, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > From: P. J. Alling <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Cat photo :( > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 1:52 PM > When my fathers purebreed English > Cocker was 12 years old one of the > Vets would remark at his annual checkup, "He probably won't > be around > much longer." He said this for three years, then left > the partnership > for a job in research. The Dog lived another four > years. At 19 he was > a very old dog... > > John Francis wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 08:07:08AM -0600, Bob Sullivan > wrote: > > > >> Mark, > >> Like Christine said... > >> Isn't 16 years a pretty long life for a cat? > >> Regards, Bob S. > >> > > > > That depends. As with dogs, purebreeds have > shorter lifespans. > > A typical lifespan for an otherwise healthy mixed > breed would be > > 12-15 years, but there is considerable variation even > there. > > I've had a couple of cats that didn't make it to eight > (although > > each of those had other medical problems), and three > that made > > it past twenty (one managing to attain the age of > twenty-five!). > > Currently my oldest is 15, but she's failing - I don't > know that > > she'll make it another year. There again, I said > the same thing > > twelve months ago; time will tell. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
