A female tabby cat named Creme Puff — who lived in Austin, Texas, for a record-breaking 38 years and 3 days in human years (266 in cat years) — was born on August 3, 1967, and died on August 6, 2005. Owner Jake Perry attributes Creme Puff’s ability to live to such a ripe old […]

The Oldest Cat Ever Lived for Nearly 4 Decades


A female tabby cat named Creme Puff — who lived in Austin, Texas, for a record-breaking 38 years and 3 days in human years (266 in cat years) — was born on August 3, 1967, and died on August 6, 2005.

Owner Jake Perry attributes Creme Puff’s ability to live to such a ripe old age to her healthy, active lifestyle and a unique diet consisting of dry cat food supplemented with broccoli, eggs, bacon, coffee with cream and an eyedropper of red wine every few days.