Should I have hope for my beat up Blanc to live a couple more years?

Hi,

For those who haven't seen my post in the neewbie section, Blanc was a stray for about 4 or 5 years, and it shows. Example: His ears are all pink and bit and cut up ect. My grandparents took him for about 4 or 5 years and both couldn't drive and nobody in my family cared for him so...he never went to the vet before we got him...althought grandparents took the best care of him as they could (grandparents passed away). He had escaped from their place many times and came back with his face and neck completely ripped off....So he got tested, had nothing not even worms. However he got a rotten tooth pulled out and had a big ear infection that is FINALLY, after many treatments, going away. Got his shots and got fixed as well.

Now he is a strong cat, eats well, poops and pees well and seems very comforted and happy, only thrown up a little bit once. But I have to keep in mind his immune system might have been affected through all those years????????

What do you guys think? Will my big loved Blanc tough through the years or is there a big ammount of chances something goes wrong...??

He is an old cat 9 or 10 (as the vet estimated)...what can I do to put more chances on his side...do old cats need alot of exercise, or special diet? I feed him vet, expensive dry food that assure good dental health+fancy feast cans......

Any tips to keep this old, amazing cat healthy??

THANKS CAT LOVERS YOUR ANSWERS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED

since you took care of the issues, dead tooth and ear infection, there is no reason to think that he doesn't have many healthy and happy years ahead of him. keep in mind that 9 or 10 years old is not "old" for a cat - but that is the age that they should start to get "senior blood panel" done at least once a year. i have had three that lived to be over 19 years old, the oldest was nearly 22 when he passed.

keep him indoors. keep your eyes out for any changes in him. get him examined by his vet regularly. stop feeding him the dry food and give him as high a quality canned food as you can afford.

Agree with Whaler.  Him having a first class immune system is a plus.  

I do also agree, if he does like wet food, better to give him wet food than dry food. Even if high quality dry is better than low quality dry.

If you wish, you can surely find some natural boosters. E-vitamine for example is never wrong.

Good luck!