Meezers can definitely go a long way- my parents always had Siamese when I was growing up, and MANY lived to over 20- three went to over 25, one to over 26 years old! The secret seems to be to spoil them rotten...... my parents both passed away in '95-'96 and I got their two Siamese girls, Shi and Hertu, who lived to, respectively, 18 and 20-1/2-- they both had CRF at the end, Shi went 4 years with sub-cu fluids for that, plus some Glucosamine for slight age-related arthritis --and they both led were active and happy lives..........