oldest living cat
Scooter, a 30-year-old Siamese cat from Mansfield, Texas, has been named the world’s oldest cat. Scooter celebrated his 30th birthday on March 26, 2016. Edit: It appears that just days after being named the world’s oldest cat, Scooter sadly passed away.
September 2017: Nutmeg, the world’s oldest cat, passed away at the ripe age of 34 this week.
Who is now the world’s oldest cat has yet to be announced, but teddy, a 26-year-old cat from werribee, australia, has filed as a candidate.
2019 – rubble, a domestic cat, owned by michelle foster of devon, england, is currently the oldest living cat. Debris was born in May 1988 which makes him 31 years old.
oldest cat ever
The oldest cat was Creme Puff, who was born on August 3, 1967 and passed away in August 2005. Creme Puff was owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas, who also owned Granpa Rexs Allen (below).
also, noteworthy, puss, who was born in 1903. puss was owned by mrs t. devon holland Puss passed away on November 29, 1939, one day after his thirty-sixth birthday.
granpa rexs allen (grandfather for short), a sphynx cat who lived to the ripe old age of 34 years and 2 months.
longer fur on a cat
the longest fur measures a whopping 10.11 (25.6 cm) and belongs to a cat named sophie, from oceanside, california.
heaviest cat
Himmy, who lived in Cairns, Queensland, is the heaviest cat on record, weighing in at a staggering 21.3 kg (46.8 lbs). himmy, a neutered tabby cat, died of respiratory failure at the age of ten.
There’s a new contender for the world’s heaviest cat. five-year-old katy, who lives in russia, reportedly weighs 20kg. Katy’s owners hoped that she would be recognized as the world’s heaviest cat with Guinness World Records. however, they are no longer accepting nominations in this category, as they do not want to encourage pet owners to overfeed their animals.
lighter cat
The smallest cat in the world is a himalayan blue dot named tinker toy from the united states. The toy toy was just 2¾ inches tall (at the shoulder) and 7½ inches long (about the size of a checkbook) and weighed 1 pound 8 ounces. Tinker Toy was featured in an article in the August 31, 1993 issue of the National Enquirer. (If anyone has a copy of this magazine, I’d love to hear from you.)
sadly, tinker toy passed away in november 1997. many thanks to scott and katrina for their help.
smaller cat
mr peebles, a two-year-old house cat from central illinois, holds the guinness world records award for smallest living cat, weighing about 3 pounds and standing 6.1 inches tall.
His small stature is due to a genetic defect.
cat with more fingers
The normal number of toes on a cat is eighteen. A five-year-old domestic shorthair from Ontario, Canada, is in the Guinness World Records for having the most toes. Jake has a total of twenty-seven fingers.
Unofficially, Mooch, who lives with his owners Bob and Becky Duval in Maine, USA, is the winner, with twenty-eight fingers. Mooch’s owners have submitted evidence to Guinness World Records; watch out jake!!!
In July 2010, Rory contacted me and I had written an article about the bandit, a cat with twenty-nine toes. you can read about bandit here.
Cats with more than the “normal” number of toes are called polydactyls. poly comes from the Greek word polis, which means many or more than one. dactyl also comes from the Greek word daktylos or finger. polydactyls are also known as hemingway’s cats.
most kittens produced by a cat
in 1952, dusty, a tabby moggy from texas, had given birth to a total of 420 kittens in her lifetime.
largest litter of kittens
On August 7, 1970, a four-year-old Burmese named Tarawood Antigone, owned by Valerie Gane of Oxfordshire, UK, gave birth to nineteen kittens. the fifteen surviving kittens were one female and fourteen males.
the longest cat tail and the tallest cat
The longest tail of a domestic cat measures 17.58 inches. The cat, a silver Maine Coon named Cygnus, lives with his family in Southfield, Michigan.
Interestingly, Cygnus shares his home with Arcturus Aldebaran, a Savannah who currently holds the world record for the tallest cat at 19.05 inches.
longer cat
Stewie the Maine Coon also holds the world record for the world’s longest cat at 48.5 inches (123 cm).
senior feline mother
kitty, owned by george johnstone of staffordshire, uk, gave birth to two kittens at the ripe age of thirty. During her lifetime, Kitty produced a total of 218 kittens. kitty died two years later. smutty, a tortoise owned by eileen martin from cornwall, had a black and white kitten at the age of 28.
travelling cat
A cat named Hamlet escaped from his carrier during a flight from Toronto, Canada. hamlet was discovered seven weeks later, behind a panel, in this time it had traveled approximately 600,000 km.
most expensive cat
An Asian Leopard Cat (ALC)/Domestic Shorthair (DSH) hybrid, bred by Esmond Gay, is the most expensive cat in the world. zeus, which is 90% alc and 10% dsh, has a starting price of £100,000.00.
higher non-fatal fall
andy, who was owned by a florida senator named ken myer, holds the world record for the longest non-fatal fall. andy fell from the 16th floor (200 feet) of an apartment building.
greater post-earthquake survival
A cat was discovered alive in a collapsed building 80 days after an earthquake in Taiwan in December 1999.
richest cat
ben rea from the uk left his cat blackie £7 million in his will.
greatest number of cats
jack and donna wright of kingston, ontario, set the guinness world record for having the most cats. according to the guinness world records, they have 689 cats.
fastest cat
the cheetah is the fastest cat in the world, capable of reaching speeds of 70 mph.
best mouse
The world’s greatest mouse catcher was Tortoiseshell Moggy Towser (April 21, 1963 – March 20, 1987). in his lifetime, he caught 28,899 mice, in addition to many other unfortunate creatures, such as rats and rabbits. towser worked for the glenturret distillery. A statue has been erected on the distillery grounds in Towser’s honor.
image credit, bruce collier
