Congratulations on your new purry, furry friend.
Domestic felines are the most popular pet in America today.
Here's how to make your four-legged furball think you're the cat's pajamas. Indoor cats regularly live to be 15, and some kitties live even longer. Cats were domesticated, or bred to be friendly to humans, sometime between 4,000 and 8,000 years ago, in Africa and the Middle East. Small wild cats started hanging out where humans stored their grain. When humans saw cats up close and personal, they began to admire felines for their beauty and grace.