The oldest cat to ever live

The oldest cat to ever live

In general, you can expect domesticated cats to live around 15 years if they live a good and healthy life. However, some go to extreme ages and can live for more than twice as long! There is no way of knowing if cats have lived longer because of a lack of evidence-based records. This article bases its information on previously acknowledged cats that have made headlines for their long-lived lives!

Related topics:

- Cat years: Average lifetime

- Cat years in human years

The oldest cat to ever live | Strict requirements for new potential record breakers!

For a new record to be approved, there are strict requirements that need the following. The owner of the potentially ‘oldest cat ever’ needs to provide clear evidence documenting the cat’s birth. Pictures of adaption documents or official veterinarian birth certificates are valid too.

The oldest cat to ever live | Rubble, 31

In 2020 the oldest cat alive was Rubble, who unfortunately left us just before reaching his 32nd birthday, which would have been in May 2020. Rubble lived a long and happy life in Exeter, England. Michele Heritage got little kitten Rubble as a gift when she was 20 years old. She reached the age of 52 by the time Rubble was deceased.

The oldest cat to ever live | Crème Puff – old but not grumpy!

According to Gunnies World Records, the current record holder as the ‘oldest cat ever’ is Crème Puff. A cat from Texas, USA, born in 1967 and died in 2005 at the ground-breaking age of 38 years old! In comparison, that amounts to over 170 human years. The same owner also claimed to have another cat that lived to be 34 years old, but he never provided the required evidence to a jury.

Oldest cat alive today - could it be your cat?

The oldest cat alive today is not known. If you have an old grumpy cat with a valid birth certificate, maybe your cat will end up in the record books next?