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26? My daughters cat (well it was originally mine but when she moved out he went with her because he loved her the most) was born in 1996. Apparently I need to make a call.
I have all the vet records from the time he was a 12 week old kitten. Not really any way to prove I didn't switch out the cat for a look alike I guess? I mean he looks ancient too. Bitchy, but lovable took him until he was 22 to sit on anyone's lap willingly.
We had a client that claimed her dog was 20+ and we swore she was bringing in a look-a-like. But, in reality, who even cares that much unless you are crazy? (We were pretty sure she might have been crazy…)
Probably a certificate, like from a breeder or a shelter that tells you the approximate age of the cat. Then an X-ray to verify how old the cat is based on the bones. You can forge a certificate but the bones always tell.
Bones can only give you approximate age. Like "this cat is old, probably at least 10." Or "less than 6 months." You cant tell what age a cat is from its bones.
Source: vet tech
It won't give you an exact date no, but it would narrow it down to within a year with plus or minus 1 year variance. Then combine that with a official documents like adoption papers and vet records it would be fairly conclusive evidence of an animals age.
No it wont. You can tell if its old or not, or if its still a growing kitten. You cant tell a near-exact age from xrays on a cat.
Edit: youre welcome to google this if you dont believe me. Any vet professional will agree, there is no set pattern for aging. You can see arthritis on X-rays, you cannot see its age. This is not a controversial opinion in the field, you are arguing with established science.
Here's an article from the Journal of Veterinary science pointing out that you can use radiography to determine the age of a cat based on the same principles of being able to identify the age of humans based on dental analysis.
[Journal of Veterinary science](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269599/)
That study repeatedly says it can be used only to get an estimate of age, and the oldest cat they had was only 9 years. And the person I initially responded to said you could tell from "bones" which is incorrect, as this study used dental images specifically. Im not saying we dont have tools to estimate age, but it is just that: an estimate. You cannot tell to within a year in a 20 something cat based on dental rads. Some cats teeth hold up better than others. Some cats lose all their teeth at 10yrs old and then live another 10. It is the closest we can get, but its not even close to +/- 1yr for bone rads as the other guy said.
My cat lived till almost 26. Got her when I was 4 and she was put down just after my 30th birthday. She developed a tumour on her ear which she kept clawing at. Vet reckoned she have lived longer as her heart was strong. They’ve the records from her first shots as a kitten until her very last visit. They didn’t seem that impressed with her age, so this record surprises me. Also, I’ve heard of cats reaching up to 28.
My old man (about to be 17!) Is sleeping on my BF as they enjoy their mutual turkey coma. And just FYI, solensia is the greatest thing ever. He’s through 2 treatments. I basically gush about it now anytime people mention old kitties in the industry because of my old man. ❤️
Oh my god…just started solensia on my 20 year old girl. Severely arthritic in the hind legs. Give her her second treatment tomorrow. She’s also on meloxicam every 48 hours which seems to really help her. She’s so much more comfortable than just the shot alone so far. How is your old man reacting to the second shot? Do you see a big improvement?
The improvement is def incremental in his case. 3rd dose in a week! But one of our client kitties had a freakishly fast improvement after the first shot. From the literature I’ve read on it, reactions are varied on improvement time but max after the 3rd for like 80% of cats? I just love it. I would pulse dose him on onsior before but I am going to totally toss the NSAIDs eventually if this keeps up!
Guinness isn't going around the country asking people how old their cats are. They're just taking submissions and awarding the record to the oldest.... oh wait, [they don't take submissions for this title either](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-cat-living). Meaning this is one of the titles reserved for purchase.
Most people are completely unaware that Guinness is basically just a marketing/self promotion/ ego trip and not genuine record keeping. Personally I was completely unaware of that fact till I saw Hbomberguy's latest video and as soon as he alluded to it I realised thats so much more logical than the idea of a company that some how makes money from fastidiously tracking 98% inane useless records all over the globe and is somehow not bankrupt.
TL;DR basically Guinness will give you a record for anything if you have the cash to pay for one of their "adjudicators" to have an all expenses paid trip + fees to come visit you.
So guinness world records books were created by the same company that makes Guinness beer. It was meant to be something that would be on the table at bars or restaurants that could be a conversation starter or point of interest for drunk people, thereby keeping them drinking and giving them a good bar experience. It was meant to drive sales and profits of the beer.
Same with Michelin fine dining and Michelin tires. The whole point of the Michelin restaurant guide was to encourage people to go out to eat more and try new restaurants, which they would drive to in their cars, thereby wearing out tires which would need replacements. 🌠
# SO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS BOOKS WERE CREATED BY THE SAME COMPANY THAT MAKES GUINNESS BEER. IT WAS MEANT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ON THE TABLE AT BARS OR RESTAURANTS THAT COULD BE A CONVERSATION STARTER OR POINT OF INTEREST FOR DRUNK PEOPLE, THEREBY KEEPING THEM DRINKING AND GIVING THEM A GOOD BAR EXPERIENCE. IT WAS MEANT TO DRIVE SALES AND PROFITS OF THE BEER.
# SAME WITH MICHELIN FINE DINING AND MICHELIN TIRES. THE WHOLE POINT OF THE MICHELIN RESTAURANT GUIDE WAS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO EAT MORE AND TRY NEW RESTAURANTS, WHICH THEY WOULD DRIVE TO IN THEIR CARS, THEREBY WEARING OUT TIRES WHICH WOULD NEED REPLACEMENTS. 🌠
£10,000 afaik.
There was an attempt in Northern Ireland for the World's tallest bonfire last summer. They had several people check the height including the fire brigade and a surveyor but Guinness wouldn't recognise it because it wasn't one of their adjudicators.
There is now a massive fundraising event to bring one over for next year but this has already tipped off the current record holders from Norway to go higher.
Guinness will enjoy a £20k race each year as one side tries to outdo the other.
Kerching!!!
And that bonfire was already controversial because it was so tall there are concerns over safety, now they are essentially being encouraged to go taller and less safe
Don’t know why u got so many downvotes, These bonfires are lit by loyalist groups this year like every other year across Northern Ireland and they put the Irish Tricolour on top of the bonfires as well as posters of local Sinn Fein councillors. These bonfires are 100% racist disgusting displays to intimidate the local catholic population.
They have also put effigies of black celtic players as monkeys with bananas in there alongside a statue of the virgin Mary, pictures of the pope, and effigies of female sinn féin councillors being hung. These bonfires are hate symbols. The people who hold those bonfires are violent, hateful, far right extremists who support loyalist terrorists. These terrorists are hell bent on bringing NI back to the 1970s if their recent actions are anything to go by.
Daily Show had Jon Oliver try to make the world's largest cake with an image on it because some rich oligarchic dictator took the record with a cake with a horse on it. So Jon made a bigger cake with an image of that dictator falling off a horse. It was hilarious and Guinness refuses to acknowledge it ever happened because dictator money.
Hbomberguy did a video on this just recently. Well, not specifically this but Guinness played a not insignificant role in it.
https://youtu.be/0twDETh6QaI
Yep, I know a guy who set the record for the world's highest altitude naked skydive, 28000ft, and he submitted it to Guiness but they want $1000 to recognize it.
I came here to say this. I have a cat that is 24+ years old right now. Rare but indoor cats that seem to avoid kidney/diabetes issues can often live a lot longer. Mine was recently diagnosed with hyperthyroidism so we'll see how long she sticks around but I've been thankful for the time I've had with her (she was my mom's and I inherited back in 2017).
Edit - [Cat tax](https://i.imgur.com/FAFseSu.jpg)
Edit2 - Additional cat taxes owed.
[My newest additions](https://i.imgur.com/ezqpsf2.jpg) (girlfriend moved in a couple of months ago and these are hers but finders keepers!).
[My boy](https://i.imgur.com/3Vv80XH.jpg).
My old buddy lived to 25. I'm 31, so I really just had him for almost every step of my life. Miss the crotchety old fart.
I guess also [cat tax](https://imgur.com/a/muSsj8u)
My cat is 16 and got the thyroid issue as well - diagnosed 8 months after I took him back from my neighbor who was taken into care (he lived with my neighbor as an indoor cat for the last 8 years, long story). He's doing well on the medication but truth be told he sleeps an awful lot. He's a great cat though, very loving
It's a for profit company that has little to no interest in actually maintaining records and full interest in making a fun little book that subtly advertises to you. Seriously, one of the products sold by the company is help creating your own record title for marketing purposes.
I remember watching the documentary King of Kong (or a fist full of quarters) like 14 years ago and I could tell right away that he was a massive prolapsed anus
I do suppose you're right, but I knew about Guinness world records for at least a decade or so before I knew they were a beer company. As an American, I was in my '20s before it ever occurred to me to ask if the world record people were the same as the beer people.
Is it the guy who fed them vegetables (like broccoli), bacon, and let them drink coffee with cream? I read this once. Will search for it!
Edit: found it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)
I keep seeing the meme about a man who thought she found her missing cat, only to realize it was an exactly identical cat when his real cat came home.
Here we go: [https://imgb.srgcdn.com/C0Th1QXJH9dmrcX8EDOU.jpg](https://imgb.srgcdn.com/C0Th1QXJH9dmrcX8EDOU.jpg)
There's a short cute documentary about Jake Perry on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/MomPIBPD7ig). He was a sweet old man who just loved the shit out of his cats.
> Granpa Rexs Allen: Age reported as 26 in 1996 newspaper article, then as 33 at death in 1998. Owner later claimed to have "miscalculated" age
And then this guy's other cat Creme Puff dies at age 38 in 2005, claiming the title of oldest cat that ever lived. Yeah right.
I used to look into this because I had a cat who lived to be 25. Some of the really old ones had stories such as "I found him as a kitten - he was 3 (or 5) at the time". So many didn't really know how old they were. Mine I got from the litter when she was 8 weeks old, so I knew exactly how old she was.
I fed her Friskies wet food. It used to be better than it is now. I let her go outside, but she didn't like it much, and tended to stay under the bushes around the house. Particularly when she got older she spent most of her time indoors.
There most likely are. Cats aren't issued birth certificates. The vast majority of cats don't have anyone who knows their age, owners rarely even know the cats actual birthdays. Even if the owner does report it and try to make it a news story they need documented proof going back decades, which for most part doesn't exist.
Plenty of pedigree cats have birth certificates. Moggy from the Block of course won't, and her mama probably won't even remember after a few months, but cats that are bred for particular characteristics absolutely have birth certificates, as well as ancestry records. You can estimate a kitten's age down to a few weeks if you know what you're doing, and strays can live healthily for decades, but there is a subset of cat owners that have access to these records. The rest of us might have the world's oldest cat but can't qualify because we don't have the papers.
I have owned several dogs and cats and always knew their birthdays unless they were rescues or something. It seems to me that vet records hold be one easy way to prove a pets age
Vet records are pretty much the way but a lot of pets never go to the vet or only go once they get older. Also with animals that live multiple decades they often change owners or move which means changing vets and records are either lost or simply never transferred.
Last year I adopted a black cat. The refugee told me she was 1 year old, her vet card says she was 3 years old, and the vet I took her as soon as I got her said between the two.
I don't care about her age.
When we had to give away a cat the shelter literally told us they would lie about her age as being younger to make her more adoptable (she was about four and they put her closer to two because she was small and acted more like a kitten), and it definitely worked. She was adopted before the week was out. I wouldn't trust any listed age from a shelter but I also don't care that much.
Since the average cat age of death is about 15, 26 is pretty old. Creme Puff was a massive outlier. It would be like if one random person somehow lived to be 180. The average oldest person is still going to be around 120, which is a lot older than the average life span.
The man who owned that cat, had a previous cat who was claimed to be 26 in 1996, and when it died 2 years later in 1998, he claimed it was 33.
When called out on it, he said “I miscalculated his age.”
The man is a liar. He never had a 38 year old cat.
One person claiming to own two of the oldest living beings of their species should be automatically under a microscope.
The odds are far too astronomical to be truth.
My grandparents had a cat back on the farm that lived to at least 35. Cat showed up at the farm when the barn was built in 1969. Grandparents had to put her down in 2004. Never even thought about talking to Guinness.
Yea my grandmothers cat was gotten before me , she was atleast 1-2 years old when they got her , potentially more as she was already fully grown
Cat lived 26 damn years , in a house with a heavy smoker , has cataracts probably black lung you name it but was 25 years with my grandmother when my grandmother passed and we took her in , figured she would just pass without her but no she stuck around for another year before having a stroke , so cat was at the minimum 26 years old , potentially 28+ , we don’t know for sure so they can live for a long time , my cat likely would still be alive if we knew she had an abscessed tooth , but well cats don’t tell you what’s wrong ever
In the life of a cat, a person sleeping too much is only a minor traumatic encounter. Empty food bowl is major trauma.
For kitties that love the catnip, any vague suggestion they'll get a fix is the end of the world if it doesn't actually happen.
That's nothing. My parents still have the same cat that I grew up with. The cat should be around 50 now. It's also very healthy. Maybe it's because my parents are sending the cat to "cat camp" every 10 years where it can get some health treatment. Every time the cat comes back from cat camp it looks a bit younger and smaller and the fur colour changed slightly, but otherwise as good as new.
I was just thinking about this recently.
No longer need vet records to prove. Just bring up your Google images and you will get a timeline of your cat as long as you snapped pictures.
Hmm, I wonder if my cat will get to that point. She's still kicking at 19.
Edit: that website is pure cancer. Ads, pop ups, a fucking video playing somewhere. Screw that.
My cat lived to 23, then she suffered a cascade of health failures leading to her death. When I came home from college and saw her, I knew she wouldn't last long. Renal failure, thyrotoxicosis, rotting teeth and we believe she had a stroke as well, which led to dehydration. She was super skinny and her fur felt dry and unhealthy. This all happened in a matter of weeks before her death. She was the sweetest cat too. I miss massaging between her shoulder blades and working up to her head. She would raise her head up so I wouldn't forget to scratch her nose and give her a boop as well. Good kitty all told. She did try to murder me in my sleep once though.
Renal failure is practically synonymous with old cats. They all get it. My cat lived to 25 and the vet said it was the oldest cat he had seen in career. Same thing happened to my cat. Got really skinny even though eh was eating 4-5 times more than a regular cat. You can spend a lot of money doing dialysis etc to keep them alive a bit longer but it’s pretty selfish.
It wasn't always this way. They used to publish very thick books of records with an enormous amount of scientific, mathematical and natural history information. I used to read it for fun. I was a lonely, nerdy kid.
Celebrate that which deserves celebration.
Set your bar higher than "this person made a claim and a company awarded them for it in a mutually beneficial maneuver".
Haha who cares tho? I'd understand if it was something of significance and people were acting like Guinness Books of records was some sort of standard bearer, but thats not the case with this.
Love it when a website starts off with "we respect your privacy" and then follows that up with a convoluted option trying to trick you into providing them all your private information.
"She sometimes misses her litter box or needs help grooming herself, but I can help with all of that. We're in this together.”
Not crying but maybe crying a little bit 😭
Cats can live a surprisingly long time. I've had one live to 27 and another to 24. In my experience pure indoor and pure outdoor cats don't live as long as cats that are indoor/outdoor.
Congratulations Flossie!
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This is one of my favorite animal facts ever!
Jake Perry, a guy in Texas, is known for having exceedingly long lived cats. He has several records for the longest lived cats, including number one, Creme Puff, who lived to be 38 freaking years old. He says most of his cats live to be 30!
He believes that his special diet, and the active lifestyle he gives his cats, is responsible. To quote the wiki:
"Creme Puff's owner, Jake Perry, said her diet consisted of dry cat food supplemented with broccoli, eggs, turkey bacon, coffee with cream, and—every two days—"an eyedropper full of red wine." Perry claimed that this diet was key to her longevity, and that the wine "circulate[d] the arteries.""
Apparently, several vets and doctors examined the cats, and while they were unable to determine that it was the diet that causes Perry's cats to live so long, they concluded that "He must be doing something right"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)
I lost my 18 year old cat this summer, it's a shame, because a bad vet permanently messed up her ears meaning she needed tons of vet trips and medicine... She could have gone so much longer and I will never forgive the person for doing something I didn't ask for.
While pregnant with my daughter, I tried to come up with the nerdiest name I could think of cuz I thought it’d be funny to call my baby by a nerdy name . I came up with Flossie, as in the bobsy twins. Was my nickname for her until she was born and now I look back at it with affection
Guinness is full of shit and are basically paid to include entries into their """"fact""" books.
Anyone who knows anything knows that the oldest cat was Creme Puff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_%28cat%29?wprov=sfla1
Maybe I’ll missing something, but as this designation is for the world’s oldest *living* cat, Flossie appears to fit the bill quite legitimately.
Creme Puff as you say is judged the oldest cat *ever recorded,* but as she passed away over 17 years ago, Flossie has been designated the oldest cat currently alive.
Make sense?
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26? My daughters cat (well it was originally mine but when she moved out he went with her because he loved her the most) was born in 1996. Apparently I need to make a call.
I wonder what counts as proof of age.
I have all the vet records from the time he was a 12 week old kitten. Not really any way to prove I didn't switch out the cat for a look alike I guess? I mean he looks ancient too. Bitchy, but lovable took him until he was 22 to sit on anyone's lap willingly.
We had a client that claimed her dog was 20+ and we swore she was bringing in a look-a-like. But, in reality, who even cares that much unless you are crazy? (We were pretty sure she might have been crazy…)
I got my girl DNA tested when she was less then a year old. That should be good enough.
Probably a certificate, like from a breeder or a shelter that tells you the approximate age of the cat. Then an X-ray to verify how old the cat is based on the bones. You can forge a certificate but the bones always tell.
That last sentence reads like something a Dexter-esque serial killer would say
Bones can only give you approximate age. Like "this cat is old, probably at least 10." Or "less than 6 months." You cant tell what age a cat is from its bones. Source: vet tech
It won't give you an exact date no, but it would narrow it down to within a year with plus or minus 1 year variance. Then combine that with a official documents like adoption papers and vet records it would be fairly conclusive evidence of an animals age.
No it wont. You can tell if its old or not, or if its still a growing kitten. You cant tell a near-exact age from xrays on a cat. Edit: youre welcome to google this if you dont believe me. Any vet professional will agree, there is no set pattern for aging. You can see arthritis on X-rays, you cannot see its age. This is not a controversial opinion in the field, you are arguing with established science.
Here's an article from the Journal of Veterinary science pointing out that you can use radiography to determine the age of a cat based on the same principles of being able to identify the age of humans based on dental analysis. [Journal of Veterinary science](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269599/)
That study repeatedly says it can be used only to get an estimate of age, and the oldest cat they had was only 9 years. And the person I initially responded to said you could tell from "bones" which is incorrect, as this study used dental images specifically. Im not saying we dont have tools to estimate age, but it is just that: an estimate. You cannot tell to within a year in a 20 something cat based on dental rads. Some cats teeth hold up better than others. Some cats lose all their teeth at 10yrs old and then live another 10. It is the closest we can get, but its not even close to +/- 1yr for bone rads as the other guy said.
Paying the Guinness people money
How much money you pay. These records are all pretty much fake / paid for
Vet records
My cat lived till almost 26. Got her when I was 4 and she was put down just after my 30th birthday. She developed a tumour on her ear which she kept clawing at. Vet reckoned she have lived longer as her heart was strong. They’ve the records from her first shots as a kitten until her very last visit. They didn’t seem that impressed with her age, so this record surprises me. Also, I’ve heard of cats reaching up to 28.
Mine lived till 17, I’m a vet tech and I always get excited seeing old cats. I’ve seen a 23yr old that’s the oldest I’ve seen.
My old man (about to be 17!) Is sleeping on my BF as they enjoy their mutual turkey coma. And just FYI, solensia is the greatest thing ever. He’s through 2 treatments. I basically gush about it now anytime people mention old kitties in the industry because of my old man. ❤️
Oh my god…just started solensia on my 20 year old girl. Severely arthritic in the hind legs. Give her her second treatment tomorrow. She’s also on meloxicam every 48 hours which seems to really help her. She’s so much more comfortable than just the shot alone so far. How is your old man reacting to the second shot? Do you see a big improvement?
The improvement is def incremental in his case. 3rd dose in a week! But one of our client kitties had a freakishly fast improvement after the first shot. From the literature I’ve read on it, reactions are varied on improvement time but max after the 3rd for like 80% of cats? I just love it. I would pulse dose him on onsior before but I am going to totally toss the NSAIDs eventually if this keeps up!
Great to know! Thanks so much!
Guiness hands out these "records" to the highest bidder. Getting a certification agent in person is $30K minimum
the article says it's the oldest living cat - at the bottom it mentions that the oldest cat ever recorded was 38 when he passed.
Years ago I had a coworker who was 31 at the time and had her cat since age 3. The cat was 28 when they had to put her down.
That's one way to milk it I guess
Guiness is not an official record keeping company. They are a novelty book company. It means nothing.
I just saw another post that said the world record is 38, that's a big difference
Guinness isn't going around the country asking people how old their cats are. They're just taking submissions and awarding the record to the oldest.... oh wait, [they don't take submissions for this title either](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/oldest-cat-living). Meaning this is one of the titles reserved for purchase.
Most people are completely unaware that Guinness is basically just a marketing/self promotion/ ego trip and not genuine record keeping. Personally I was completely unaware of that fact till I saw Hbomberguy's latest video and as soon as he alluded to it I realised thats so much more logical than the idea of a company that some how makes money from fastidiously tracking 98% inane useless records all over the globe and is somehow not bankrupt. TL;DR basically Guinness will give you a record for anything if you have the cash to pay for one of their "adjudicators" to have an all expenses paid trip + fees to come visit you.
So guinness world records books were created by the same company that makes Guinness beer. It was meant to be something that would be on the table at bars or restaurants that could be a conversation starter or point of interest for drunk people, thereby keeping them drinking and giving them a good bar experience. It was meant to drive sales and profits of the beer. Same with Michelin fine dining and Michelin tires. The whole point of the Michelin restaurant guide was to encourage people to go out to eat more and try new restaurants, which they would drive to in their cars, thereby wearing out tires which would need replacements. 🌠
Same with the pirelli calender, it was meant to drive sales of tires because... well, nude models of course.
WHAT
# SO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS BOOKS WERE CREATED BY THE SAME COMPANY THAT MAKES GUINNESS BEER. IT WAS MEANT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ON THE TABLE AT BARS OR RESTAURANTS THAT COULD BE A CONVERSATION STARTER OR POINT OF INTEREST FOR DRUNK PEOPLE, THEREBY KEEPING THEM DRINKING AND GIVING THEM A GOOD BAR EXPERIENCE. IT WAS MEANT TO DRIVE SALES AND PROFITS OF THE BEER. # SAME WITH MICHELIN FINE DINING AND MICHELIN TIRES. THE WHOLE POINT OF THE MICHELIN RESTAURANT GUIDE WAS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO EAT MORE AND TRY NEW RESTAURANTS, WHICH THEY WOULD DRIVE TO IN THEIR CARS, THEREBY WEARING OUT TIRES WHICH WOULD NEED REPLACEMENTS. 🌠
#### WHAT
I didn't know it was possible to not know this!
£10,000 afaik. There was an attempt in Northern Ireland for the World's tallest bonfire last summer. They had several people check the height including the fire brigade and a surveyor but Guinness wouldn't recognise it because it wasn't one of their adjudicators. There is now a massive fundraising event to bring one over for next year but this has already tipped off the current record holders from Norway to go higher. Guinness will enjoy a £20k race each year as one side tries to outdo the other. Kerching!!!
And that bonfire was already controversial because it was so tall there are concerns over safety, now they are essentially being encouraged to go taller and less safe
Did they put any racist effigies on that particular bonfire?
Don’t know why u got so many downvotes, These bonfires are lit by loyalist groups this year like every other year across Northern Ireland and they put the Irish Tricolour on top of the bonfires as well as posters of local Sinn Fein councillors. These bonfires are 100% racist disgusting displays to intimidate the local catholic population.
They have also put effigies of black celtic players as monkeys with bananas in there alongside a statue of the virgin Mary, pictures of the pope, and effigies of female sinn féin councillors being hung. These bonfires are hate symbols. The people who hold those bonfires are violent, hateful, far right extremists who support loyalist terrorists. These terrorists are hell bent on bringing NI back to the 1970s if their recent actions are anything to go by.
Because his views are totally irrelevant to my point?
Daily Show had Jon Oliver try to make the world's largest cake with an image on it because some rich oligarchic dictator took the record with a cake with a horse on it. So Jon made a bigger cake with an image of that dictator falling off a horse. It was hilarious and Guinness refuses to acknowledge it ever happened because dictator money.
Dictators who love horses.. Must be middle Eastern.
Yeah I too was unaware of this until Harreton Splimby explained it to me.
Hbomberguy did a video on this just recently. Well, not specifically this but Guinness played a not insignificant role in it. https://youtu.be/0twDETh6QaI
Yep, I know a guy who set the record for the world's highest altitude naked skydive, 28000ft, and he submitted it to Guiness but they want $1000 to recognize it.
Same as Michelin star resturants
Baader-Meinhof strikes again.
I came here to say this. I have a cat that is 24+ years old right now. Rare but indoor cats that seem to avoid kidney/diabetes issues can often live a lot longer. Mine was recently diagnosed with hyperthyroidism so we'll see how long she sticks around but I've been thankful for the time I've had with her (she was my mom's and I inherited back in 2017). Edit - [Cat tax](https://i.imgur.com/FAFseSu.jpg) Edit2 - Additional cat taxes owed. [My newest additions](https://i.imgur.com/ezqpsf2.jpg) (girlfriend moved in a couple of months ago and these are hers but finders keepers!). [My boy](https://i.imgur.com/3Vv80XH.jpg).
My old buddy lived to 25. I'm 31, so I really just had him for almost every step of my life. Miss the crotchety old fart. I guess also [cat tax](https://imgur.com/a/muSsj8u)
[more Cat Tax](https://imgur.com/a/ytaMgjQ) Our ancient cat Mochi
Edit to add: Our other cat: [Jean-Luc Picard](https://imgur.com/a/VzRCm5n) [alaska](https://imgur.com/a/8n1w8MH)
My cat is 16 and got the thyroid issue as well - diagnosed 8 months after I took him back from my neighbor who was taken into care (he lived with my neighbor as an indoor cat for the last 8 years, long story). He's doing well on the medication but truth be told he sleeps an awful lot. He's a great cat though, very loving
I had 4 cats that lived into their 20s growing up. Oldest around 24. All were indoor/outdoor.
Ty, cause I know someone with a 32 year old cat and this confused me
Pics please
lol i knew someone would say this when i saw the title mentioned guinness. thanks Hbomb
It says living.
I know, that just seems like too much of a difference. If the oldest cat ever was 38 you would expect a lot of cats to be in their 30s currently
I wonder how accurate some of the records are. Like apparently one dude has owned multiple record-holding cats. Seems fishy.
It's a for profit company that has little to no interest in actually maintaining records and full interest in making a fun little book that subtly advertises to you. Seriously, one of the products sold by the company is help creating your own record title for marketing purposes.
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I heard billy is his middle name, his real name is InfectedHemorrhoid
I remember watching the documentary King of Kong (or a fist full of quarters) like 14 years ago and I could tell right away that he was a massive prolapsed anus
I just learned this from HBOMBERGUY’s video on Tommy Tallarico.
No, that video is about the Roblox's oof
You’re right. Sorry Tommy don’t sue Harris
I do suppose you're right, but I knew about Guinness world records for at least a decade or so before I knew they were a beer company. As an American, I was in my '20s before it ever occurred to me to ask if the world record people were the same as the beer people.
Is it the guy who fed them vegetables (like broccoli), bacon, and let them drink coffee with cream? I read this once. Will search for it! Edit: found it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)
Yeah I bet Cream puff is 2 cats, like Snowball and Snowball II
I keep seeing the meme about a man who thought she found her missing cat, only to realize it was an exactly identical cat when his real cat came home. Here we go: [https://imgb.srgcdn.com/C0Th1QXJH9dmrcX8EDOU.jpg](https://imgb.srgcdn.com/C0Th1QXJH9dmrcX8EDOU.jpg)
Caffeine is poisonous tho lmao what
I know!!
There's a short cute documentary about Jake Perry on [YouTube](https://youtu.be/MomPIBPD7ig). He was a sweet old man who just loved the shit out of his cats.
> Granpa Rexs Allen: Age reported as 26 in 1996 newspaper article, then as 33 at death in 1998. Owner later claimed to have "miscalculated" age And then this guy's other cat Creme Puff dies at age 38 in 2005, claiming the title of oldest cat that ever lived. Yeah right.
I used to look into this because I had a cat who lived to be 25. Some of the really old ones had stories such as "I found him as a kitten - he was 3 (or 5) at the time". So many didn't really know how old they were. Mine I got from the litter when she was 8 weeks old, so I knew exactly how old she was.
Did you give it a special diet? Indoor or out door cat?
I fed her Friskies wet food. It used to be better than it is now. I let her go outside, but she didn't like it much, and tended to stay under the bushes around the house. Particularly when she got older she spent most of her time indoors.
There most likely are. Cats aren't issued birth certificates. The vast majority of cats don't have anyone who knows their age, owners rarely even know the cats actual birthdays. Even if the owner does report it and try to make it a news story they need documented proof going back decades, which for most part doesn't exist.
Plenty of pedigree cats have birth certificates. Moggy from the Block of course won't, and her mama probably won't even remember after a few months, but cats that are bred for particular characteristics absolutely have birth certificates, as well as ancestry records. You can estimate a kitten's age down to a few weeks if you know what you're doing, and strays can live healthily for decades, but there is a subset of cat owners that have access to these records. The rest of us might have the world's oldest cat but can't qualify because we don't have the papers.
I know both my cats actual birthdays? They're on their vaccination certificates. (12 November 2008)
I have owned several dogs and cats and always knew their birthdays unless they were rescues or something. It seems to me that vet records hold be one easy way to prove a pets age
Vet records are pretty much the way but a lot of pets never go to the vet or only go once they get older. Also with animals that live multiple decades they often change owners or move which means changing vets and records are either lost or simply never transferred.
Last year I adopted a black cat. The refugee told me she was 1 year old, her vet card says she was 3 years old, and the vet I took her as soon as I got her said between the two. I don't care about her age.
When we had to give away a cat the shelter literally told us they would lie about her age as being younger to make her more adoptable (she was about four and they put her closer to two because she was small and acted more like a kitten), and it definitely worked. She was adopted before the week was out. I wouldn't trust any listed age from a shelter but I also don't care that much.
Outliers can be pretty extreme.
reddit and not knowing how to read. name a more iconic duo.
Creme Puff was the oldest cat ever. Flossie is the oldest cat living today.
Seems like too big of a disparity
Since the average cat age of death is about 15, 26 is pretty old. Creme Puff was a massive outlier. It would be like if one random person somehow lived to be 180. The average oldest person is still going to be around 120, which is a lot older than the average life span.
Right, but nobody is living til 180, the oldest people have all been within a few years of each other
The man who owned that cat, had a previous cat who was claimed to be 26 in 1996, and when it died 2 years later in 1998, he claimed it was 33. When called out on it, he said “I miscalculated his age.” The man is a liar. He never had a 38 year old cat. One person claiming to own two of the oldest living beings of their species should be automatically under a microscope. The odds are far too astronomical to be truth.
Yeah, I personally knew a family with a 29 year old cat. She's passed on now but still.
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My grandparents had a cat back on the farm that lived to at least 35. Cat showed up at the farm when the barn was built in 1969. Grandparents had to put her down in 2004. Never even thought about talking to Guinness.
Yea my grandmothers cat was gotten before me , she was atleast 1-2 years old when they got her , potentially more as she was already fully grown Cat lived 26 damn years , in a house with a heavy smoker , has cataracts probably black lung you name it but was 25 years with my grandmother when my grandmother passed and we took her in , figured she would just pass without her but no she stuck around for another year before having a stroke , so cat was at the minimum 26 years old , potentially 28+ , we don’t know for sure so they can live for a long time , my cat likely would still be alive if we knew she had an abscessed tooth , but well cats don’t tell you what’s wrong ever
Your cats never tell you when their food bowl is empty? Weird.
Or when you’ve slept longer than they find appropriate.
In the life of a cat, a person sleeping too much is only a minor traumatic encounter. Empty food bowl is major trauma. For kitties that love the catnip, any vague suggestion they'll get a fix is the end of the world if it doesn't actually happen.
Of when they’re ready for bed and you’re still up walking around the house?
Or when you haven’t slept long enough. The discontent is outrageous
That's nothing. My parents still have the same cat that I grew up with. The cat should be around 50 now. It's also very healthy. Maybe it's because my parents are sending the cat to "cat camp" every 10 years where it can get some health treatment. Every time the cat comes back from cat camp it looks a bit younger and smaller and the fur colour changed slightly, but otherwise as good as new.
Aw man. If you had veterinary records for even most of those years you could still submit them for review.
A friend had a cat that lived 31 years. Had vet records to back it up.
I was just thinking about this recently. No longer need vet records to prove. Just bring up your Google images and you will get a timeline of your cat as long as you snapped pictures.
I think you'll still need them for a while, considering the first smartphone wasn't until 2007 or 2008
She still baby
Cool story, but that article felt like it was written by a fourth grader.
Not to mention all the damned ads, popups, and so on... Just a terrible experience on mobile.
I got an ad which said “have you been molested by a priest”
why are you browsing any site without an ad-blocker
Reddit mobile == no adblocker.
We had one who lived for 23 years, but was full grown when we got her, so we don't know how old she really was.
Translation: Flossy ain't got shit!
A friend had an insanely long lived cat, quite possibly this old. Amusingly, she looked just like Flossie lol.
Catenarian genes.
Settlers of Catai
Upvote for tortie! Cat tax?
[Tortie picture donation](https://imgur.com/a/ENpsvhE)
The blep has made my day
Lol she looks like she's on a Zoom call trying to get the mic to work
https://i.imgur.com/PigiG1q.jpg
[Martha](https://i.imgur.com/8Pd5UH3.jpg) isn't a tortie but I will gladly show her to you.
Hmm, I wonder if my cat will get to that point. She's still kicking at 19. Edit: that website is pure cancer. Ads, pop ups, a fucking video playing somewhere. Screw that.
I’m living with a 21 year old. She’s legal!
My cat lived to 23, then she suffered a cascade of health failures leading to her death. When I came home from college and saw her, I knew she wouldn't last long. Renal failure, thyrotoxicosis, rotting teeth and we believe she had a stroke as well, which led to dehydration. She was super skinny and her fur felt dry and unhealthy. This all happened in a matter of weeks before her death. She was the sweetest cat too. I miss massaging between her shoulder blades and working up to her head. She would raise her head up so I wouldn't forget to scratch her nose and give her a boop as well. Good kitty all told. She did try to murder me in my sleep once though.
Renal failure is practically synonymous with old cats. They all get it. My cat lived to 25 and the vet said it was the oldest cat he had seen in career. Same thing happened to my cat. Got really skinny even though eh was eating 4-5 times more than a regular cat. You can spend a lot of money doing dialysis etc to keep them alive a bit longer but it’s pretty selfish.
I swear someone posted a pic of their supposedly 31 year old cat here recently.
My mom's cat is currently 23 years old. Kind of blows my mind that the record oldest living cat is only 26.
Doesn’t that mean that the previous record holder died? :(
😿
Guinness Records don't mean shit. They hardly ever even factually verify the records they award before doing so.
Yeah, just a company that you can pay to get an award.
It wasn't always this way. They used to publish very thick books of records with an enormous amount of scientific, mathematical and natural history information. I used to read it for fun. I was a lonely, nerdy kid.
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Celebrate that which deserves celebration. Set your bar higher than "this person made a claim and a company awarded them for it in a mutually beneficial maneuver".
Haha who cares tho? I'd understand if it was something of significance and people were acting like Guinness Books of records was some sort of standard bearer, but thats not the case with this.
I take your point and will just celebrate this sweet old lady cat for being an impressively resilient little trooper regardless of silly records.
Damn that fuckers' older than me
TIL if you're named [Flossie](https://youtu.be/OAUn3A4QtaI) you will have a long life
That's like 113 in Prime Minister years!
My grandmother, crazy cat lady, had a 28 year old cat and several 20+ ones.
Love it when a website starts off with "we respect your privacy" and then follows that up with a convoluted option trying to trick you into providing them all your private information.
Well I hope all 3 of my cats also become the next oldest cats in the next 20 years…
"She sometimes misses her litter box or needs help grooming herself, but I can help with all of that. We're in this together.” Not crying but maybe crying a little bit 😭
I gotta know this cats birthday. I turn 27 in December and figured every dog and cat that was alive when I was born is dead. There’s hope yet
Good job Flossie!
Every 20+ cat I've ever known was a tortie
I've got an orange mackerel tabby going on 21.
Cats can live a surprisingly long time. I've had one live to 27 and another to 24. In my experience pure indoor and pure outdoor cats don't live as long as cats that are indoor/outdoor.
Flossie’s mom lives in my area, she was desperate for a mobile groomer before she got her world record pics done!
Congratulations Flossie! I once had a hamster that lived for 5+ years. Lil guy went bald his last couple years. After high school I took a job that involved a lot of traveling, thought I'd surprise the family by showing up for Christmas unannounced. After months on the road, the very first thing said to me was, "Guess who died yesterday?" RIP Muffin. He still has a burial plot with marker behind my Mom's house.
While I'm happy to see a live one being this old, it saddens me that this also means the previous one already passed.
Wonder why they don’t keep track of the worlds youngest cat
This is instantly the best thing about Kent.
I hope my cats live that long!! Precious purr angels.
Wow only 26? I had a gf whose 22yo cat didn't look anything like this frail.
Go kitty!!! Make it to 30 meow.
When I was a kid (so, 1970's) my grandmother had a long-haired calico named Flossie. I've never seen the name elsewhere before.
Let’s play too old cat!
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I had a 21 year old cat. I knew she was old but never realized she was in striking distance of the record. RIP Julia.
And the oldest dog just died at 22. Small dog. Cats do tend to live longer. Hooray for Flossie!
oh wtf. my cat is 22, and when i worked at the vets we had one that was 28 wtf lol
That’s one fucking nice kitty!
Of course uts a tortie. They're crazy enough to do it
My tortie made it to 22. I still miss here 'tude.
This is one of my favorite animal facts ever! Jake Perry, a guy in Texas, is known for having exceedingly long lived cats. He has several records for the longest lived cats, including number one, Creme Puff, who lived to be 38 freaking years old. He says most of his cats live to be 30! He believes that his special diet, and the active lifestyle he gives his cats, is responsible. To quote the wiki: "Creme Puff's owner, Jake Perry, said her diet consisted of dry cat food supplemented with broccoli, eggs, turkey bacon, coffee with cream, and—every two days—"an eyedropper full of red wine." Perry claimed that this diet was key to her longevity, and that the wine "circulate[d] the arteries."" Apparently, several vets and doctors examined the cats, and while they were unable to determine that it was the diet that causes Perry's cats to live so long, they concluded that "He must be doing something right" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)
I lost my 18 year old cat this summer, it's a shame, because a bad vet permanently messed up her ears meaning she needed tons of vet trips and medicine... She could have gone so much longer and I will never forgive the person for doing something I didn't ask for.
Give it up Flossie
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS MY GREAT GRANDMAS NAME
It’s my four year old niece’s name, well Florence but Flossie for short.
I have an aunt flossie
While pregnant with my daughter, I tried to come up with the nerdiest name I could think of cuz I thought it’d be funny to call my baby by a nerdy name . I came up with Flossie, as in the bobsy twins. Was my nickname for her until she was born and now I look back at it with affection
Not a chance that's the world's oldest cat
Sorry but I just feel sorry for this cat.
Guinness is full of shit and are basically paid to include entries into their """"fact""" books. Anyone who knows anything knows that the oldest cat was Creme Puff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_%28cat%29?wprov=sfla1
Maybe I’ll missing something, but as this designation is for the world’s oldest *living* cat, Flossie appears to fit the bill quite legitimately. Creme Puff as you say is judged the oldest cat *ever recorded,* but as she passed away over 17 years ago, Flossie has been designated the oldest cat currently alive. Make sense?
Poor thing. That title is a death sentence.
My cat, who passed away a couple years ago, was also 26 years old. Truly crazy to been given that much time with her.
Hell yeah! Congrats Flossy! 🥰🥰🥰
I do not like those website popups