Are cat years the same as dog years?

(Now, how do you calculate dog years or cat years?) I have always understood animal years are seven times human years. When you think about it, dogs and cats can start reproducing just months after they are born. read more

If you think you can calculate dog or cat years by multiplying by 7, think again. That's the OLD way of doing the math. If you think you can calculate dog or cat years by multiplying by 7, think again. read more

Yes, there's a difference between cat years and dog years. What we call "dog years"(to calculate a dog's "human" age), is simple. For every human year a dog has lived, that's 7 "dog years". So a 2 year old dog is 14 dog years, while a 5 year old dog is 35 dog years. A cat's age is a little more tricky. read more

So at the end of her first year, your cat is approximately at the same developmental stage as a human that is 10 or 15 years old, and by age two, your cat will be around 25 in human years. “After that, cats tend to develop more slowly,” Barrack said, aging about four or five human years every 12 months. read more