What is a Holter monitor? A Holter monitor is a battery-operated portable device that measures and tape records your heartâs activity (ECG) continuously for 24 to 48 hours or longer depending on the type of monitoring used.
This week, Guinness World Records has confirmed that Corduroy is the Oldest cat living after he recently turned 26 years old - an impressive age considering domesticated cats have an average lifespan of 15 years.
Veterinary medicine has made some great advances in recent years, and this is one of the reasons the average age of domestic cats is increasing. A well cared for cat that is kept indoors and is fed a good nutritional diet, would be expected to live for about 15 years. Some cats do live to 20 plus years and there are records of a few cats reaching over 30 years. These sort of ages for a cat are very much the exception however. The genetic make up of a cat can be a factor in determining its life span, some breeds of cat appear to be more resilient than others.