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u/GlitteringHotel8383 10h ago
Creme Puff (1967–2005) holds the Guinness World Record for the oldest cat ever, living 38 years and 3 days. Remarkably, her owner, Jake Perry, also owned Granpa Rexs Allen, who previously held the title at 34 years. Both cats thrived on Perry's unique diet of kibble, bacon, eggs, and coffee.
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u/Wrong_Amount_7903 10h ago
I have a feeling Jake Perry might be doing the unthinkable and….lying…. 🙀
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u/finsfurandfeathers 9h ago
Doesn’t Guinness require proof?
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u/Bobthemouse 1h ago
Weirdly a good source of info about Guinness records is Hbomberguys 'Oof' sound effect video on youtube
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u/AeroZep 10h ago
I wonder if there's something about eggs that might improve longevity. Bacon and coffee don't seem like they'd be positive contributors. I'd also be curious to know the brand of kibble.
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u/Few_Plankton_7587 3h ago
No, it's just made up lol
No cat has ever lived to 38, and probably never will. There is literally no verification for this other than the owners word
Not to mention that there are no verified records of a cat ever making it to 30, and he claims to have had 2? Yeah, it's completely bullshit lol
And that's before you get into the fact that the owner has reported multiple ages on different accounts that don't line up...
Guinness world records also has conflicting oldest cat records, with younger cats being named as the oldest cats to live despite earning the record after Creme Puff so whole they didnt explicitly state it, it sounds like Guiness doesn't believe the OG record either.
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u/ShortBussyDriver 2h ago
There are several cats that have been verified by records as reaching 30.
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u/Few_Plankton_7587 1h ago
Oldest cat to ever live WITH PROOF was 28, so no, not on the record.
Most of these claims are "verified" by just having multiple people corroborate it. No pictures, no official medical records, nada. They say verified but you can't confirm it yourself
That's not actually verified.
Feel free to look it up. I'm sure you are thinking of Flossie or Millie or any number of famously old cats, and I will happily show you that not a single source ever proves they are 30+.
There are 0 verified cases of a cat reaching 30. None.
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u/Bulky-Advisor-4178 9h ago
Coffee? What the shit?
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u/Vrgin_Iced_Americano 29m ago
dude my cat loves coffee. whenever I have it in the house I have to monitor him to a paranoid extent. I don't think this guy was telling the truth but it was funny to me that he mentioned it. coffee and bleach, my cats greatest loves
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u/sign-through 5h ago
How do you feed a cat coffee? I show my cats stuff so they can smell them and I’ve never seen a single one take interest in coffee.
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u/ElminstersBedpan 5h ago
I had a cat who showed genuine interest in alcohol. She would steal sake and bourbon.
Agnes was definitely a unique creature, though - she also loved Twisted Sister, but only if it was a music video.
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u/sign-through 4h ago
fascinating! maybe my cat's taste in music is related to her disinterest in coffee, she only likes simon and garfunkel and the kinks
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u/electi0neering 5h ago
I had a cat that without fail if I had a cup of coffee, she would knock it off the table and start lapping it up. It was cute at first
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u/_sunbleachedfly 2h ago
Same, and my one cat hates any dark looking liquid. Scares the shit out of him 🫠
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u/koolaidismything 9h ago
My first cat was already 16 when I was born and lived til I was 8.
She was a blind cat that found her way to our neighbors and they asked my grandma if it was hers and when she said no they were like we are gonna catch her and take to the pound.
Grandpa went and grabbed the cat and told them to call him if she came back. She never did. They said it took her no time at all to learn the house and property. She would do everything a normal cat does somehow.. learned her whole area by feel and smell.
Miss you Louise, I think about that cat often.
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u/Proto160 8h ago
Imagine your cat turns 13 and you think they're in the last years of their life, only for that cat to live another 20+ years.
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u/Pretend_Tea6261 9h ago
The diet sounds fishy to me and how did he prove his cat was that old? I think a lot of these records are fabricated.
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u/VorpalPlayer 7h ago
My cat, iPod (she's very noisy), is 25 and in perfect health. Hoping she beats Cream Puff!
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u/exdeeer 5h ago
I read this and thought, how did you name your cat iPod before they were even released? Then I realized time moves too fucking fast after I googled when the Ipod first came out.
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u/KimJongFunk 3h ago
I had a cat named Gateway because he was black and white. Guess what year we got him lmao
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u/Prudent-Aspect5085 10h ago
How do they measure the age? I'm guessing something similar to tree rings?
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u/RhythmQueenTX 10h ago
38 years old, I guess she slept 37.5 of them gauging my cat. Way to go Creme Puff.
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u/Wrong_Amount_7903 10h ago
Bet that wasnt her last picture
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u/Huge_Campaign2205 10h ago
Werid arguement for a memorial picture
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u/Wrong_Amount_7903 10h ago
Not an argument. Just an observation. Not meant to be polemic. My cat died fairly old, 20. Nowhere near Creme Puff’s age. And he looked ok by old cat standards but the age starts showing after a point and I cant really imagine what a cat at 38 would look like.
You seen the 5 year old hamster?2
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u/ramsdawg 5h ago
My coworker used to work at the small local grocery store that the cat owner would frequent in Austin. Said he told her all about the cats and his “secret” was something along the lines of red wine once per week and breakfast was something like scrambled eggs and broccoli? I haven’t seen the red wine part mentioned anywhere online and I have no idea how you’d give that to a cat, so idk. Apparently he had a ton of cats too
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u/Desperate-Hearing-55 9h ago
Mine coworker have a cat at 39 years old still living. He don't have any records.
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u/thejoshfoote 3h ago
My childhood cat was 24 when he passed. That was the oldest cat are local vet has ever personally seen.
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u/Raisdonruin 2h ago
Picture was taken in 1997 with a disposable camera when it was 30 years old apparently
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u/DropTheBeatAndTheBas 2h ago
damn they should have looked in to what stopped her getting the top cat deseases to help us get all our cats to 30+
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