Guinness World Records names ‘world’s oldest living cat’

The “world’s oldest residing cat” is starting up a new chapter.

She’s lived 26 decades and 329 days, and she’s practically 120 in human yrs. And on Thursday, Nov. 24, Guinness Globe Records formally acknowledged her as the oldest cat on the planet.

“Don’t allow appearances fool you: Flossie could possibly nevertheless be as stunning and playful as a kitty, but she’s a senior girl,” Guinness stated in a information release.

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Flossie the British cat has lived a entire everyday living. She was spotted roaming the streets in 1995 and lived in a colony of cats near to a clinic.

Medical center workers decided to give every just one a household. Flossie was adopted by a healthcare facility employee in December of that 12 months and instantly “found herself surrounded by appreciate, warm foods and toys,” Guinness Globe Documents explained.

The cat lived with that owner for a ten years right until she handed away. Then, the owner’s sister took the cat in.

“Sadly, just after 14 yrs of residing in the new household, the kitty located herself nonetheless once more in need of a house when her second proprietor also handed absent,” Guinness stated. “She was then aged 24.”

The previous owner’s son took the cat in, but he resolved he may perhaps not have been the most effective owner for her at the time.

After Flossie lived with him for three decades, the son made a decision to just take the cat to volunteers at the Cats Protection’s Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough and District Department.

“It wasn’t an straightforward choice,” Naomi Rosling at Cats Security stated in the information release. “He sought our assistance when it was in Flossie’s very best passions. Liable cat possession is when somebody thinks about an animal’s desires higher than their thoughts.”

The volunteers, even so, were being “flabbergasted” by Flossie. They did not think the cat was 27 a long time old.

The brown and black cat is in excellent health and fitness for her age. She’s “poorly sighted and deaf,” but she’s however playful and unbothered, her existing operator Vicki Eco-friendly explained to Guinness Globe Data.

Green met Flossie at Cats Protection. She had experience caring for older cats and welcomed Flossie into her dwelling.

“She was loud for the to start with couple evenings due to the fact she just cannot see in the dim and was a bit confused in her new environment, but she sleeps by means of the night now, snuggled on the mattress with me,” Environmentally friendly explained.

Flossie has adapted to her new chapter perfectly. She has a yellow blanket she adores, and she enjoys to cuddle and nap.

“If I’m in these great form when I’m her age with a person who does what’s finest for me when I have to have it most, I shall be a very joyful lady,” Eco-friendly stated.

Flossie could live for a great deal for a longer time. According to Guinness Earth Records, the oldest cat who ever lived was a whole 10 years more mature than Flossie. Creme Puff was born in Texas and lived to be 38 yrs and a few times previous.