riane Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Had a lovely mothers day today and celebrated our Cats 20th birthday. He is quite slow and raggy looking but still in good general health. Does anybody know what the record is? british or world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 What a wonderful age, no idea what the record is Let us know if you find out BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 In 1956, British gerontologist (old age expert) Dr Alex Comfort conducted a more scientific study. He located 10 cats confirmed as over 19 years old. The oldest cat found by Comfort was a 27 year old unneutered male who had been purchased as a kitten in 1927 and was alive in 1954. Dunno if that's reliable but seems possible if owned by the one person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 My Tibbles made it to 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 What a great age! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 My Cindy must be about 19 years old She came to live with us in 1989 from a rescue centre. She was about a year old then and the first year of her life had not been good Eighteen months ago she "ran away" to our shed No amount of coaxing would bring her back into the house, she would not let you touch her, she was a different cat Six weeks ago she came home Still not her old self but better than she has been for a while. I was asking a Vet about her a couple of weeks ago and the Vet told me she may be senile She sleeps a lot now, mostly in one of the Dog beds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Just had a search around and found this in the Guiness book of records............The oldest living cat is a 27-year-old Burmese called Kataleena Lady who lives in Melbourne, Australia. Kataleena Lady was born on March 11th 1977. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 looks like he needs to hold out another 7 years then to make a recoed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 I hope my cats live that long .............i love them to bits , especially Poppy who has seen me through some dark times. My whole family know that when she goes, it will be a time of national mourning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazaddress Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 My step mothers cats all made it to around 23 - 24 (she has around 7 cats at a time). I think not living near a main road helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
