PS. As an example, my 16 year old cat. Good genetics likely. She had shots when young cat, but after age 6 yrs she got only 2 rabies in 8 years probably. She eats the crappy dry food, and likes hunting. Never caught her eating, but she loves bird hunting. Not so much mice, LOL. She loves chicken broths so I try to get the low sod…
PS. As an example, my 16 year old cat. Good genetics likely. She had shots when young cat, but after age 6 yrs she got only 2 rabies in 8 years probably. She eats the crappy dry food, and likes hunting. Never caught her eating, but she loves bird hunting. Not so much mice, LOL. She loves chicken broths so I try to get the low sodium broth stuff that is 'premium' and cut with water to hydrate her. her kidney is just starting to go wonky but they can live several years if they don't get insults. So, she gets purified distilled (when I can find it) water. Best food I can get. And.. maybe she'll go to 19 or 20. Which for a cat is a good looong life. But genetics AND exposure to toxin/poisons is everything. My other boy, multiply jabbed bad teeth/chronic rotten tooth, kidneys failing ...lived hard and had lots of toxin exposures he died at 17 likely from a lymphoma of the GI. If I'd have taken his tooth out early, he'd likely have lasted a bit longer because the kidneys probably would have lasted better. Still 17 isn't anything to sniff at. Many of my other cats - street cats with bad water, food etc and toxin exposures, lived to 13 or 14 and that was it. Healthy food and water and lowered toxin exposures can definitely create long life spans. Same in humans.
PS. As an example, my 16 year old cat. Good genetics likely. She had shots when young cat, but after age 6 yrs she got only 2 rabies in 8 years probably. She eats the crappy dry food, and likes hunting. Never caught her eating, but she loves bird hunting. Not so much mice, LOL. She loves chicken broths so I try to get the low sodium broth stuff that is 'premium' and cut with water to hydrate her. her kidney is just starting to go wonky but they can live several years if they don't get insults. So, she gets purified distilled (when I can find it) water. Best food I can get. And.. maybe she'll go to 19 or 20. Which for a cat is a good looong life. But genetics AND exposure to toxin/poisons is everything. My other boy, multiply jabbed bad teeth/chronic rotten tooth, kidneys failing ...lived hard and had lots of toxin exposures he died at 17 likely from a lymphoma of the GI. If I'd have taken his tooth out early, he'd likely have lasted a bit longer because the kidneys probably would have lasted better. Still 17 isn't anything to sniff at. Many of my other cats - street cats with bad water, food etc and toxin exposures, lived to 13 or 14 and that was it. Healthy food and water and lowered toxin exposures can definitely create long life spans. Same in humans.
Chlorine dioxide (MMS) is fantastic for pets (and livestock), too.