How to convert cat age to human age? Cat age calculator for human age

How long do cats live?

The lifespan of a cat depends on many factors:

• breeds
• environments
• genetics
• diets
• sterilization
• lifestyle and care

All of the above factors affect your cat's lifespan. Cat's breed affects its lifespan. However, studies have shown that mixed breed cats are generally more robust and live longer than pure breed cats.

Sterilization can be a significant factor in your cat's lifespan. Sterilization eliminates the risk of developing diseases that may affect the cat's reproductive system in old age. Kittens live one to two years longer than cats.

Another important - and even the most important - factor that affects a cat's lifespan is its environment. Homeless and feral cats live up to three times shorter than domestic cats.
House cats are typically sterilized, vaccinated, and free from the stresses, risks, and dangers of the outside world. They are fed regularly and have easy access to fresh and clean water. The research shows that the average life expectancy of a domestic cat is 14-20 years, which is about 17 years on average.
Homeless and feral cats live much shorter. The neighborhood in which it lives affects the life expectancy of a homeless cat. It is important whether he lives in the city or in the countryside, near roads or in a remote area, or near larger predators, whether he has a place to hide from the weather and whether there are more stray cats in the area. The factors limiting the life expectancy of a homeless cat are also increased exposure to fleas, ticks and other parasites and diseases. Outdoors, cats can also get into fights with other cats, leading to injury and scratching, and are at risk of accidents. The average life expectancy of a homeless cat is dramatically low and ranges from 3 to 11 years, which gives an average of about 7 years.

Curiosity

The longest-lived cat was 38 years and 3 days (more than twice the life expectancy of this species). It was a Creme Puff female cat, who lived from August 3, 1967 to August 6, 2005. Her owner was Jake Perry, who also owned another long-lived female cat - Granpa, a sphinx breed who died in 1998 at the age of 34 years and 2 months.

How to convert cat years into human years?

Of course, there is no single mathematical formula (or at least not a simple one), and there is no conversion factor that would be able to give 100% accuracy to the age of a particular cat in human years. Because there are too many factors influencing his life expectancy. Vitality is also important because not one adult cat can behave like a kitten.

Cat age does not have a linear curve compared to human age.

The conversion of a cat's age into human years is based on many studies and observations carried out by veterinarians.

As with many animals, a cat's 'childhood' and 'maturation' progress much faster than in humans. In the first two years of its life, a cat develops much faster than humans, and it can be assumed that one month of a cat's life corresponds to one year of human life. For example, a cat at 1 month is the equivalent of a one-year-old baby, a cat at 2 years old is a man at 24. After 2 years, the cat's age is calculated on average so that one year of a cat's life equals 4 human years.

Below is a table of cat age conversion into human years, also used in our cat age calculator

	CAT AGE	HUMAN AGE	LIFE STAGE
	1 month	1	baby
	2 months	3
	3 months	4
	4 months	8
	5 months	9
	6 months	10
	7 months	11	child
	8 months	11
	9 months	12
	10 months	13
	11 months	14
	12 months	15
	13 months	16
	14 months	17
	15 months	17
	16 months	18
	17 months	19
	18 months	20
	19 months	20
	20 months	21
	21 months	22
	22 months	23
	23 months	23
	2 years	24
	3 years	28	young
	4 years	32
	5 years	36
	6 years	40
	7 years	44	adult
	8 years	48
	9 years	52
	10 years	56
	11 years	60	old
	12 years	64
	13 years	68
	14 years	72
	15 years	76	venerable
	16 years	80
	17 years	84
	18 years	88
	19 years	92
	20 years	96
	21 years	100	long-lived
	22 years	104
	23 years	108
	24 years	112
	25 years	116