Posted on 05/10/2016 8:24:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Gaze into the eyes of Scooter, the new World’s Oldest Living Cat.
Scooter and his wise old eyes have been around for 30 years, and his achievements in extreme elderliness have now been recognized by Guinness World Records.
Gail Floyd – who generously houses Scooter even though he is a grown adult and should probably get his own place – said her companion has always been a lively people cat.
When he was a kitten, he would play in Gail’s hair and ride on her shoulder.
Now, in his golden years, Scooter still rises at 6 every morning.
If he could talk, the Siamese from Mansfield, Texas would probably credit his geriatric vigor to years of travel and indulgence.
Scooter has been to 45 states and enjoys regular servings of chicken, his favorite protein-packed treat.
A cat also doesn’t live this long without being spoiled.
Scooter fits in his ‘me-time’ with the occasional bath and a blowdry.
He’s earned it.
As a Thirtysomething, Scooter has survived five presidencies, all nine seasons of Seinfeld and is probably almost halfway through repaying his student debts.
Scooter’s achievement eclipses the previous World’s Oldest Cat titleholder Corduroy, who is only in his late twenties and has a lot to learn about life.
[My cat is 21 years old and acts like a kitten.]
Reran the numbers - Madeline is 24 years old and acts like a kitten.
My Siamese was almost 20 when she passed.
Wonderful story about your Cotton.
But I’m finding this bizarre - I have a Cotton and Corduroy here too, but have never encountered anyone with cats with those same names before. And Corduroy is in the article and your Cotton in the comments.
Their sister Cashmere passed away at the young age of 9 1/2:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3409103/posts
My Crookedtail buddy made it to twenty. He’s been over the Rainbow Bridge for four years, but I still miss him a lot.
My daughter, 3 yo old at the time we got him, named him because he was white. We never expected him to change colors to brownish-tan a year later.
Precious. Many more happy years sweetie
Yeah, cats changing colors is weird! although I’ve heard Siamese turn darker if they go out in the sun.
My last kitty made it to 21, about 18 years longer than the rest.
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