World’s Oldest Cat Turns 125 in Cat Years

1. raina_c
   December 5th, 2008 at 1:41 am

   Awwww…very cute!!! And I thought my cat was old at 19 years young

2. stacyj
   December 5th, 2008 at 2:22 am

   Aww, I wish dogs lived that long, too <=(

   At any rate, I -love- the name “Mischief” for a cat, that’s very cute. Many happy returns, Mischief!

3. Corinne
   December 5th, 2008 at 2:28 am

   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060713-whale-eyes.html

   Bowhead whales can live to be 200.

4. Evil Pundit
   December 5th, 2008 at 2:40 am

   Boy, we animals don’t last very long, do we?

5. Evilbeagle
   December 5th, 2008 at 3:28 am

   Cool!! The oldest cat I knew died at the age of 22 and I thought that was amazing.

   I’m with stacyj on this. I wish dogs lived that long.

6. ted
   December 5th, 2008 at 7:32 am

   To everything there is a season.

7. Skipweasel
   December 5th, 2008 at 9:23 am

   We’ve had our cat 18 years next Spring, and we have good reason to believe she was about three years old when she wandered in. She’s a bit slow, these days, and I’ve had to make a step so she can get off the sofa without going all splay-legged and hurting herself, but she seems happy enough, particualarly when there’s a warm lap to sit on.
   She doesn’t like wet weather though - she only goes out under hydraulic pressure.

8. Miramon
   December 5th, 2008 at 10:24 am

   You might want to check your arithmetic with respect to that tortoise, which I suppose is now around 183 years old.

   27 + 98 != 183.

   Of course the tortoise would have to die for the cat to ever catch it anyway, which is really a different sort of race than the tortoise had with the hare

9. Dana
   December 5th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

   If that’s a current picture of the 27 year old cat, I’m beyond impressed. My neighbor’s cat lasted past 22 and it was little more than some tufts of matted fur over bone, limping sadly around the house.

10. Johh Doe
    December 5th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Actually, the oldest cat ever was Creme Puff. She lived to be 38 years old and before that it was Grampa who lived to be 34 years old. Both were in the guiness book, both owned by the same man.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff

    Here’s a documentary about the man and has both cats in it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MomPIBPD7ig&feature=related

11. liphttam1
    December 5th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    Oh, he called mischeif because he messes with things. You know like mother nature perhaps?

12. Sid Morrison
    December 6th, 2008 at 12:42 am

    The post here is a little misleading, but the link clears it up. If this cat (from Cornwall) makes it another 2 years, it will reach the *UK* (not world) record of 29.

    If one considers Guinness to be the keeper of records on such things, this cat is not currently the world “oldest cat”, nor even the current UK “oldest cat” because such a claim hasn’t been officially made to them yet. That’s where in the article, the Guinness guy encourages the owners to give Guinness a call. If Guinness accepts the claim, it sounds like it would be the current UK senior cat.

    As the link notes, Creme Puff made it to 38 and is the world record holder but was a US based feline. Mischief needs to worry about the UK record first…

    I’ve had a couple of 19 year old cats, one of which could have been older. My current geezer will by 18 in the Spring and is doing pretty well. Indoor cats generally live a LOT longer than outdoor-only or indoor/outdoor.

13. Bret Hammond
    December 6th, 2008 at 11:31 am

    Back in 1990 or so I was in a vets office in Central Illinois and was introduced to his cat that was supposedly 30 years old. The cat was obviously old, but the fur was every bit as soft as a younger cat. I wondered if it was more of a project than a pet.

14. Laurel
    December 6th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    I work in a vet office as well and every 3 weeks or so a very sweet old lady brings her 29 year old cat in for enemas…he’s old the crapper doesn’t work like it used to. He lookes pretty sad but…still alive.

15. Jeanette
    March 5th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    Hey I just stumbled on this site after looking up how old cats live. My kitty just turned 19 and I thought that was a miracle! She still looks great and walks around like a teenager

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