Creme Puff (cat)

Creme Puff
Creme Puff in 1996 (age 28-29)
Other name(s)Crème Puff
SpeciesFelis catus
BreedDomestic short-haired cat
SexFemale
Born(1967-08-03)August 3, 1967
Austin, Texas, U.S.
DiedAugust 6, 2005(2005-08-06) (aged 38)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Known forLongest lived cat certified by Guinness World Records
OwnerJake Perry

Creme Puff (August 3, 1967 – August 6, 2005) was a mixed tabby domestic cat, owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas. She was the oldest cat ever recorded, according to the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records,[1][2][3] when she died aged 38 years and 3 days.

Perry had another cat, Granpa Rexs Allen, who was the sixth oldest cat ever recorded. Perry said Granpa was born in Paris, France, on February 1, 1964, and died aged 34 years and 59 days on April 1, 1998. Granpa was posthumously awarded 1999 Cat of the Year by Cats & Kittens magazine.[4] He was featured in an earlier version of the Guinness World Records as the (then) oldest cat ever.[5]

  1. ^ Guinness World Records 2010. Bantam; Reprint edition. 2010. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-553-59337-2. The oldest cat ever was Creme Puff, who was born on August 3 1967 and lived until August 6 2005—38 years 3 days in total.
  2. ^ Oldest cat ever, Guinness World Records Corporate, retrieved April 20, 2012
  3. ^ Warren, Jessica (October 23, 2009). "Caterack Dies - World's Oldest Cat Was 30!". The National Ledger. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2010. A report from MSNBC News notes that the oldest cat ever recorded was a 36-year-old feline named Creme Puff, according to a rep from Guinness World Records.
  4. ^ "Grandpa Rexs Allen - Cats & Kittens 1999 Cat of the Year", Cats & Kittens Magazine, archived from the original on February 26, 2010, retrieved June 28, 2010
  5. ^ "Oldest cat ever". Guinness World Records. guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.