How Long do Tomcats live?

Answer 1

Remember, tomcats (toms) are male cats who ARE NOT neutered. They can spray, to mark their territory, and can have kittens with female cats. Mostly, toms live in the wild, because people do not want toms as pets. They don't like sprayed-on curtains or anything.

So, the average age for wild toms and she-cats, (she-cats are girl cats in the wild, that's what I think of them) is probably around 5 to 10.

Yes. I know. Indoor cats live to about 15 to 20. Sometimes even to the 30's if they are lucky. But there are many dangers to an outdoor cat.

Starvation, sickness, disease, ear mites, infected eyes, heat, cold, fleas, ticks and worms are only the start. Hawks and coyotes would carry off kittens or kill cats if they just got in their way. So there are many dangers to an outdoor cat.

So a tom or she-cat that lives in the wild live to about 5-10 yrs. old. But if you have a tom or she-cat inside your house, they can live to normal age, 15-20.

Let's hope all kitties can have the longest, non-suffering life they can live.