Oldest Cat in the World?

i once had 2 cats, one became 19 and the other 21 years old,we eventually had to put them asleep becuz they were so old and had alot of pain

💋 Hey,I have cat and I don't know exactly how old she is...but anyways here is her story:):)
When my mom was 17 she found Zoe (my cat) in Beban park, so she broat her to her house and put ads in the news paper and no one called so she kept her.At that time Zoe was an adult cat.A few months later so had kittens,my mom kept one and gave away the rest.She named that cat cody, anyways a few years ago Cody died :shut: but Zoe is still alive, now I think she's about twenty, she has all her teeth, can see and hear,she loves me ive know her all my life and I know shes going to die soon,but shes lived a long life:):):):(:(:(I love her so much!I love catz their the best!It's kinda funny shes so old because my mom says shes going to outlive us all hahaha!!!
Today my friends cat died:(But it had a good life:(:(:(::):):)anyways hope you guys read this
-Sky
xox

my cat is currently 20 years old my dad found him in the snow after a snowmobiler through him there my dad rode up on his 3 wheeler and grabbed him he is very fiesty my dad found him the year of 1986 in michigan

My cat, Tequila, died today. She was the most beautiful calico. She was nearly 17 years old. I delivered her myself on Aug. 16, 1989. I kept her indoors and gave her regular veterinary care. I looked up this site to see what her life span should have been. I miss her so much. I feel a huge weight on my heart right now. I tried to so hard to make her comfortable in the end. We had lots of adventures together.

Sarah & Maegan ~ I definitely advocate human neutering. So many people breed and reproduce who should not. All sex offenders should be castrated.

hey i was jk about that last comment it only lived to be 300,000,000,000,000 years old!!!! LOL JK!! anyways it was my grandmas and it lived to be 20.....BECOME PRO ANIMAL!!!!

Whooo yah! im the cat lady of Senlac!

what duz that meen Teagan?

Hi,
my Cat is a siamise female, i think she will reach nearly 26 old, is it really luck or something like that ? the good part is that she has not to much problems for the moment, apart a very bad vision, and still a very strong voice when she mades a vocalist session. I though i could put her in the guinness book but it seems that it's not the oldest of all, but anyway it begins to be a rare case.
I would be please to hear about any of your eventual comments. Markus, malagny, france

my god i do not belive you i am 54 years old older then that cat

My cat is nineteen years young and spunky and playful to this day. She has had two serious close calls and now only ventures outdoors with an escort.

I have two 17 years old cats. I plan to keep them going as long as they continue to desire life, but it gets harder and harder. They are like two old people. Picky eaters, poor eyesight, etc. I'd like to hear more about what all of you feed your cats who live into their 20's.

I read recently the oldest cat was 37 years. They said they weren't sure because they didn't have the exact birth date. There is the exact bieth date of a cat that lived 34 years.

Oreo is 22 years old - her Mom and brother were put down last summer. She is amazing - recently went outside (supervised by me) and hunted a garden snake. I don't let her stay outside by herself - we live in an area with many wild animals. She has lost much of her hearing , can't groom herself the way she used to (my younger cat and I do it for her) - we live on a very proctected lane, so cars aren't an issue. She has outlived 5 other cats - including two that died of feline leukemia. As old as she is, she is still incredibly beautiful and as sweet as the day she was born. She sleeps alot, always looking for the warmest place in our home. My hope for her is a mild winter, a warm hearth. I so love my Oreo.

My cat is almost 21. I got him at a year old when I was 10 and I'll be 30 in 2007. I found this page wondering how old the oldest cat lived to be. I see Ceazer has a long way to go to beat the record. I can't imagine losing him after all these years.

I have a female Tonkinese who will be 20 in March...She's still spunky, very loud & demands affection! =)...Good genes & lots of love & care got her to the ripe old age...I've had her since I was 10 so the thought of losing her is very traumatic!

My cat Baby I got her from a friend in the year 1988.. Baby is 2 years younger than my nephew who was born in 1986... Baby will be 19 come springtime... she was diagnosed with Renal Failure, but with recent blood testing she is fine on her kidneys.. but tested positive for Thyroid disease.. she was an indoor/outdoor cat all her life... actually I think in her mind she thought she was a dog.. due to meowing at the door to go out.. but now since she is sick and my Mom passed away (she was taking care of her for a few years) so now she is with me as a strictly indoor cat.. and I hope for her to thrive as she has been for the past 19 years...

I have an indoor/outdoor cat that is at least 20 years old. When I adopted him in 1987 he was full grown so he was at least 8-12 months old. He was hit by a car when he was 2 years old and one of his rear legs was broken in multiple places (thigh bone section) and had to be held together with pins. He has had 90% of his colon surgically removed because of chronic constipation (megacolon). Other than the constipation problem he is in excellent health. He still will attack strange dogs that try to come into our yard and likes to play.

My boyfriend has a cat that's 17 1/2 years old and in pretty good health. He can still see although he has a little bit of trouble hearing sometimes. Anyways I was looking on the internet to find out how old the oldest cat was and according to one site, the Guiness Book of World Records says that the oldest cat was 31 years two months and 4 hours old.

My cat Kika turned 18 last October, and she's still going, aaaand well: all teeth, good vision/smell/appetite, occasional fur balls, very loud (maybe she's not hearing that well), and playing still, when feels like it

My cat, Mugsy, was born just before my parental units were married, almost twenty years ago. HE WILL BE 20 IN APRIL.

our cat is 18 and he just died last night my dad got him for my mom he was a stry cat and he would have been 19 in feb.he has been my cat all my life!

My cat, Whiskey, turned 23 on February 14, 2007. She isn't doing as well as she has, but at 23, she's doing quite well. She loves to cuddle up with me when I'm on the couch. She has given me so much comfort these 23 years and I hope every day she can be with me longer. I know she is winding down, but this time with her is very special ... for both of us. Every vet she's been to has said the same thing: good care, spaying and a caring environment will prolong your pet's life. I've been very lucky with my friend!

I have a cat, which I adopted, and who has been "tossed from pillar to post," as the saying goes...She originally belonged to a young girl who had her for 10-15 years. The young girl eventually went away to college and her mother was left with the cat, who promptly had her declawed and then stuck her in the basement and ignored her. My sister took her because she felt the woman disliked the cat and was neglecting her (the cat is very "needy" and wants to be petted continually, although she does NOT like to be picked up). She will sit in laps, but only if she jumps there - not if she is placed there.

At any rate...my sister, Terry, had the cat for a couple of years and ended up giving her to my other sister, Nancy, who had her for about 5 years. Then, Nancy sold her house and could not take the cat with her, so she asked me to take her (I am so glad I did). I have had her for over 10 years. She is a wonderful cat, VERY intelligent - just wants to be scratched about her head all the time! Also, now she is deaf as a doornail (whatever that is), but she seems to read lips.

She, just in the past few days, has developed a raspy purr with heavy breathing and I fear she is not long for this world.

The fact of the matter is, that with her age, I have felt for a long time that I might come home and find her curled up in a ball, dead.

Fortunately, she has lived a long life, and at least happy the last 15 years or so, even if the first few years weren't so happy....

My cat is 20... he seriously is like indestructable... my 9 year old brother swings him upside down and never listens when we say stop, and still the cats in perfect condition. I dont get it lol

Caitlin, Now that your cat is 20 I doubt he is indestructable so you really need to make sure your brother no longer swings him upside down. I realize he is only 9 but he needs to understand that what he is doing is animal cruelty and he has to stop. Can't your parents do something? Perhaps you could enlist him in your effort to have the oldest cat in world. Or you could explain to him that he could be arrested by the ASPCA police. I hope your cat makes it to 21 and beyond. Best of luck.

Currently, my cat Alister is 18and still has all of his teeth and is FIT as a 3yr old cat. So in due time we will see.

hi everybody,

Grandao is 19 yrs old, and now , after taking vaccinations, what was a big mistake, he developed a severe gengivitis, estomatite, and (we do not know yet) posssible fibrose sarcoma.

I know he could leave much longer, I was not aware of the bad effects of vaccinations, he took
many of them in a check up few months ago, I hope I had this info before.

We are waiting for the lab exams , and I hope that
it is not cancer,

Anyway, I just discover this , and want to share,
it is common sense , take your pet for vaccination every year, but many vets says it is a mistake, in Grandao's case was. He was fine before, now we are spending thousands of dollars with vets, and he is in a lot of pain.

Please read this article, share with other pet's owners, I decided to advocate against vaccination
for older pets, on the end, pet's visit and vaccinations makes small clinics survive, don't you think?

Check this out and please pray for Grandao, he was my first cat , I do not want him to die now.

Sabrina

http://www.holisticat.com/vaccinations.html

If you want to share your experience of having an older cat, please email me .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Blessings,

Sabrina

Hi Sabrina,
Sorry to hear about your cat. I've had 2 cats that lived to be 21 and 18 and died of natural causes. No problems with vaccinations. I have heard of animals developing tumors at the injection site. Perhaps when cats get real old it would be best to keep them inside and skip the vaccinations. My old cats still went out to go to the bathroom but otherwise they stayed in most of the time. I have one now who is almost 15 and she stays in 95% of the time. In a few years I can probably get a litter box and keep her inside and stop having her vaccinated. I don't have any other cats for her to catch something from so she should be fine. Maybe that would be best for old cats. I doubt veterinarians would agree. I hope your cat will be okay.

Nancy

Hi Nancy,

Thank you for your words. We have now the
biopsy results ( the third one) and he has
oral cancer. They did not advise of surgery
of the big mass that he has in his jaw.

He still eating fine, but the doctor told me
that once he cannot open his mouth any more
he will stop eating and then will be the time
that I most fear.

Regarding the vaccinations and if it is related
to this cancer, I spoke with 3 vets already about
this and all of them said the samethat you'd said, it is related only if appears on the site of the shot.

I still doubt it. You know, many things science
says for sure and then changes their opinion with time. In my case I have 9 cat, do not give them yearly vaccinations and they are all fine. (they range from 10 to 16 yrs old). Grandao was taken for a regular check last nov/2006 up and after these shots he started to have the symptoms and the mass appeared.

I still think no cats should get these vaccinations, only when they are kittens
and never more, like us humans, I got a lot
of shots in my childhood and that was it!

Blessings
Sabrina

tell gary c in texas dated 23 feb 2005 i have a 15 year old feral cat and she still plays like a kitten shes called molly and shas really jolly from paul in chadderton england

My cat did on dec.24.07
( X-mas Eve )

:-( He was 23.

Sorry to hear you lost your baby, mine is hanging
there.
Sabrina

my cat is 16 years old and he runs around like his tail is on fire if he has catnip!!!

Sorry to hear about losing your cat. Losing him on Xmas eve must have been very sad but comforting in a way. 23 years old is wonderful for a cat. You must have taken good care of him. I only have one cat now (and 3 large dogs). She is 15 years old. I got her from the animal control officer when she was about 6 months old. She had climbed up underneath a womans car at a diner and the woman drove about 3 miles shopping etc. and kept hearing her crying but couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Finally when she got home she called the A.C. Officer and he climbed under the car and pulled her out. Her spine was deeply compressed in one spot so he took her to the local vet. They kept her overnight and found nothing else wrong I adopted her the next day. It took a couple of weeks for her spine to return to its normal condition. She stays in now 99% of the time which is probably best. We have a lot of coyotes in the conservation area in back of our house. I had a four year old cat that just disappeared a couple of years ago and I am afraid they got her. I hate to keep a cat inside permanently but it's the best way to keep them safe.

Hello, my cat is 17 years old 😛 and wery healty hope he will live 4 ever i love mih <3 😊

Hello everyone

My old cat, Grandao, just died last monday, Feb/13, 6PM EST.

Even though I had cried a lot, I do realize
that as a 20 yrs old cat he had lived a lot for a cat He had a good one and will be missed and remembered forever in my heart .

I do have 8 more cats now, they are from 11 to 18 yrs old, but they look babies for me.

Sabrina

I have a cat that is 16 yrs old this year and he still gets around very well.he still plays some but not as often as when he was little. I was trying to fined out the avg life for a house cat.

ranger 486

My cat turned 17 in March (our guess atleast). My mom brought him home from the street with 2 other kittens in 1991. The 2 that we didn't keep got sent to a shelter but alvin stayed. He now lives in our home with a 2 yr old and 4 older ones.

My cat lived to be 22 1/2. She was an indoor cat, by the time she passed away she was blind and pretty much deaf, but she still made her way around the house, and loved to spend all day in someone's lap. When the tv shut off at night after the news was over,(11:30ish), she'd meow, stretch, and amble her way into the basement to her little bed, all on her own.

my cat is 18

my cat si 16 and still living perfect
still chaces my dog around the house
he was born in 1992

My family has a cat that is 16. My mom had her ever since she was a kitten.

I have a cat that is 36 years she is a tabby she is a farm cat she lives out side she will be 37 aug 11 2008

I have three cats..George is the oldest going on 15 soon.. He looks great..In doors at night somtimes..but he realy likes the outside gets alot of exercise..cought a huge gofer the other day..We love hi a great deal.. 😊

my cat is nearly twenty, and it seems like she still has alot of living to do

Ii totally wrong that indoor cats live longer. I have been a Vet, for 25 years and most of the older cats I see are outside, or inside outside cats.

Thats cool,i hope my cat will live that long.In June or July my cat will be 12 years old,He is a sweet cat he is very nice,and he is so big,and his fur is so soft.

My BIG black cat, named TAR-BABY will be 23 in June. I know the age because I was there for the birth. I took photos and made a video the following Christmas. I thought he was old until I checked the web. He has no health problems, so who knows.

My cat B.C. is 21-25 years old. My cousin got him when he was 3-7 years old, and that was about 18 years ago. He is still alive, and doing relatively well. He is an all black cat and really loves people (except for children). We see him living for quite a few more years. Its almost to say we joke about him living forever really he is seriously old. He started out as a outside/inside cat but around 8 years ago he started going blind, now he is totally blind and can no longer go outside but he still enjoys life.