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CAT'S AGE	EQUIVALENT HUMAN AGE	COMMENTS
2-3 months	9-12 months	Kittens/humans weaned. Kittens are becoming less dependent on the mother.
4 months	2-3 years	Talking/adult communication in children. Under natural conditions, the kitten is fully independent of the mother.
6-12 months	12-15 years	Sexual maturity, most females now fertile and able to have young although they may not be fully-grown.
2 years	24 years	Could have raised children.
3-6 years	28-40 years	Human career-making
6-9 years	40-52 years	Middle age spread, menopause for some women.
9-13 years	52-65 years	Human menopause and retirement. Most cats are beginning to take things easier.
13-17 years	65-85 years	Active but ageing. Signs of senility in some individuals, senses less acute, injuries heal more slowly or incompletely. Internal organs less efficient.
17-19 years	83-92 years	Probably frail due to loss of bone density, subcutaneous fat and muscle tone. Skin more fragile. Hearing, sight and mobility affected. Less supple.
19-22 years	92-100 years	Amazing.
22+ years	100+ years	An exceptional individual
30 years	136 years	Several cats have recently attained this age.
34-36 years	152-160 years	Official longevity records noted in the Guinness Book of Records.
43 years	188 years	Unofficial (unverified) longevity claim; cat was apparently still active and was killed by a train.

DID YOU KNOW?

Spaying or neutering a cat extends it's life span by two or three years.

According to one legend, the "M" marking on the forehead of the Tabby Cat was created by the prophet Mohammed as he rested his hand lightly on the brow of his favourite cat, a Tabby

A group of kittens is called a kindle.

A group of adult cats is called a clowder.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

The average canned or dry cat meal is the nutritional equivalent of eating five mice.

You can tell a cat's mood by looking into its eyes. A frightened or excited cat will  have large,  round pupils. An angry cat will have narrow pupils. The pupil size is related as much to the cat's emotions as to the degree of light.

One un-neutered female cat can ,in only five years, be responsible for 20,000 descendants.  

A sexually active feral tom cat 'owns' an area of about five square miles.

One in four pregnant cats carry kittens fathered by more than one mate. This is because during her fertile period she may mate with several tom-cats each fertilising different eggs each time ! This explains why litters are often so varied in colour.

The oldest cat on record was probably 'Puss' , a tabby owned by Mrs. Holway of Clayhidon, Devon. He was 36 on November 28 1939 and died the next day.
 
The largest litter of kittens was born to a Burmese/Siamese cat from Oxon. on 7th August 1970. The cat had 19 kittens of which four were still-born.

Cats sleep for between 16-18 hours every day during which time their senses remain alert and their brains active.

The average life expectancy for female domestic cats is 16 to 18 years , and males is 14 to 16 years.

CAT LAW
Law of Cat Inertia: A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force - such as the opening of cat food, or a nearby scurrying mouse.

Law of Cat Motion: A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction

Law of Cat Magnetism: All blue blazers and black sweaters attract cat hair in direct proportion to the darkness of the fabric.

Law of Cat Thermodynamics: Heat flows from a warmer to a cooler body, except in the case of a cat, all heat flows to the cat.

Law of Cat Sleeping: All cats must sleep with people whenever possible, in a position as uncomfortable for the people involved as is possible for the cat.

Law of Cat Elongation: A cat can make her body long enough to reach just about any countertop that has anything remotely interesting on it.

Law of Rug Configuration: No rug may remain in its naturally flat state, for very long.

Law of Obedience Resistance: A cat's resistance varies in proportion to a human's desire for her to do something.

First Law of Energy Conservation: Cats know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed and will, therefore, use as little energy as possible.

Second Law of Energy Conservation: Cats also know that energy can only be stored, by a lot of napping.

Law of Refrigerator Observation: If a cat watches a refrigerator long enough, someone will come along and take out something good to eat.

Law of Electric Blanket Attraction: Turn on an electric blanket and a cat will jump into bed at the speed of light.

 Law of Random Comfort Seeking: A cat will always seek, and usually take over, the most comfortable spot in any given room.

Law of Bag / Box Occupancy: All bags and boxes in a given room must contain a cat within the earliest possible nanosecond.

Law of Furniture Replacement: A cat's desire to scratch furniture is directly proportional to the cost of the furniture.

Law of Cat Disinterest: A cat's interest level will vary in inverse proportion to the amount of effort a human expends in trying to interest him.

Law of Pill Rejection: Any pill given to a cat has the potential energy to reach escape velocity.

 Law of Cat Composition: A cat is composed of Matter + Anti-Matter + It Doesn't Matter.

 Law of Selective Listening: Although a cat can hear a can of tuna being opened a mile away, she can't hear a simple command three feet away.

Law of Cat Invisibility: Cats think that if they can't see you, then you can't see them.

Law of Space-Time Continuum: Given enough time, a cat will land in just about any space.

Law of Concentration of Mass: A cat's mass increases in direct proportion to the comfort of the lap she occupies.

Law of Cat Probability (Cat's Uncertainty Principle): It is not possible to predict where a cat actually is, only the probability of where she "might" be.

Law of Cat Obedience: As yet undiscovered.