The older generation often says that it is impossible to keep cats for ten years. Why is this? What's the meaning behind it?
In fact, this does not mean that after raising a cat for ten years, it will send it away or something.
Let’s take a look at the story of netizens and her 19-year-old cat.
Netizen story:
My home is in the countryside. When I was young, almost every household in our village would keep a cat because cats can help catch mice.
My family also kept cats intermittently before, but the cats were generally not old. They left us for various reasons, or ate toxic food, were difficult to give birth or suddenly disappeared. They may have lived in my family for only three to five years.
Once, the cat from the neighbor's house gave birth to a kitten, and I liked it very much. It happened that my family didn't have a cat at that time, so I begged my parents to buy one and come back.
That is an orange cat , I call it rice ball.
It took more than 2 months to arrive at my house. I still walked slowly and couldn't walk steadily, so I just quit breastfeeding. My mother would soak the rice in water and feed it, and sometimes she would cook meat and fish for it. She ate it happily every time. With my mother's careful care and my company, the rice balls grew up slowly.
Rice balls are very obedient and well-behaved, and never urinate randomly. At that time, there was no cat litter . My mother used a mooncake box and put some sand inside. When the rice balls were young or in the middle of the night, they pooped in the mooncake box. Later, when they grew up, they would go outside to solve the problem and would not make the house dirty, which was very worry-free.
Rice ball is in good health, is not picky about food, and he also loves to catch mice. Since it came to our house, he has basically never seen mice. It is repaying us in its own way.
Later, I went to elementary school and couldn't play with the rice balls all day long. When I was in school, the rice ball would first patrol at home to see which of the unopsy mouse dared to come in, and then play or sleep in the sun by itself. When it was almost the same, it would lie at the door waiting for me to come home. When it saw me coming back, it would rub me and lick me. Every time I go home from school, the first thing I do is to hold the rice ball and play for a while. My mother said, we really kiss like sisters.
Rice balls like to follow me the most. They follow me wherever I go. Even if I am doing my homework, they will accompany me. I remember that in the second grade, when it was almost the end of the semester, it was winter, and I had a lot of homework every day, and I did it almost every day until 11 o'clock in the evening. The rice balls would wait for me. Even if it was sleepy, my eyes would squinting, but I was still lying at my feet or on the desk, and I would not sleep with me after I finished it. At that time, I would feel at ease when I was holding it and sleeping.
I am very close to the rice ball. I will tell it everything and share happy things with it. Sometimes when my parents don’t understand me or are sad, they will tell it. At this time, it will rub against me, lick me, and then lie at my feet, stay with me and comfort me. It is my friend and family.
Rice balls are still the heroes of our family, and it saved the lives of our whole family.
It was summer at that time. Because the weather was too hot, the plastic pipe of the liquefied gas cylinder expanded and disintegrated, causing the gas leakage. At that time, our whole family slept very hard. Fortunately, the rice ball was alert and kept pulling my dad, waking my dad, and then my dad got up to deal with it. However, the consequences were really unimaginable. The rice ball saved our whole family and was our benefactor.
Later I was going to live in the school. I went home once a week. Every time I went home, the rice ball would greet me as soon as possible. My mother said, I don’t know why it knows when you go home. Every Friday afternoon, it will lie on the door and wait for you, not going anywhere.
Later, I was going to get married. During the days when I was preparing for the wedding, the rice balls followed me in and out every day. It probably knew that I was going to leave this home. During that time, its emotions were very conflicted and it seemed to be very happy, but it always felt a little lonely. I know, it can't bear to leave me.
The day before my marriage, my mom said, let it go with you, you two have been kissing since childhood.The rice ball looked at me, then looked at my mother, and then meowed, and it could be seen that it was very happy.
On the day of my wedding, the rice ball was probably the happiest. It followed me to my new home satisfied.
There are many important things in my life, and the rice balls are by my side and accompany me through many important stages of my life.
Later I gave birth to a daughter, and the rice ball also loved her very much and would help me take care of the children. I looked at my daughter every day, like a dedicated nanny.
At that time, my daughter had just learned to climb and was exploring everywhere. Once she climbed to the entrance of the stairs. The rice ball was about to fall and rushed over to block her. It was the rice ball that blocked the stairs tightly. My daughter did not fall down. I don’t know why it had so much strength, but because of this, it was safe. We were shocked when we saw the surveillance camera later.
There are many things like this, and the rice balls have been protecting us and loving us.
Rice balls have been with me like this, growing up with me, until I got married and had children, and it has gone from a little cat to an old cat that can't walk steadily. It began to sleep lazily in the sun all day long and didn't eat much. We knew it might be about to leave us, after all, it was 19 years old at this time.
Later one day, I found the rice ball was missing. I was very anxious and looked for it everywhere. After a few days, I found it on a small hill near our house, but it had passed away. Although the rice ball passed away, its head and eyes were still looking at the direction of my house. Perhaps at the moment of its death, it was still thinking about us, thinking that when the cat star came, it would continue to protect us. Sometimes it is really sensible and heartbreaking.
I buried the rice ball in the place where it passed away and occasionally went to see it. It was only half a year after it passed away that I slowly recovered. After that, I never had a cat again. Because no cat can replace the status of rice balls in my heart, and I don’t want to bear the pain of parting anymore.
Why do older generations often say that you can’t keep cats for ten years? In fact, it is not because it has been raising a cat for ten years. After it gets old, it will drive it away or abandon it. Instead, cats are very spiritual animals. They have deep feelings for their owners and will silently accompany their owners and protect their owners. They will regard us as the most important people, and their owners will also regard cats as their family members.
But cats usually have a lifespan of only more than ten years. When cats leave us, it is like losing their family, and we find it difficult to accept it. Even our hearts are cut off, and for a long time, we can't get enough. Therefore, after experiencing the separation of life and death with a cat, many people will never raise a cat again. It is not that they don’t love it, but that they can’t experience this kind of heart-wrenching pain again.
Cats have a short lifespan and it is not long enough to accompany us. However, pet owners can take good care of their cats and can also appropriately extend the lifespan of their cats, so that they can live a healthy and long life with and accompany by your side.
So how to extend the lifespan of a cat?
1. It is very important to take a cat for a physical examination once a year, so that you can fully understand the cat's physical condition. If there is any problem with the cat, you can also detect and treat it early.
2. If you want to extend the lifespan of a cat, you must deworm it regularly and get vaccinated on time. Regular deworming can prevent cats from having anemia, malnutrition and other symptoms caused by parasite infection. Vaccination can prevent major diseases such as cat plague, cat nasal , and cat nasal urinary , which is of great benefit to cats' physical health.
3. If you want your cat to accompany you for longer, you must pay attention to its diet and provide it with sufficient nutrition, because cats can intake enough nutrition to enhance their resistance, improve their physical fitness, and their lifespan will naturally be longer. It is recommended to choose a nutritious cat food for your cat as your staple food.
Conclusion: How old is your cat now?
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