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Heaviest and longest.

Cloudybutnice — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:06:55 +0000

The heaviest recorded cat was an Australian cat called Himmy. The tabby tom Himmy weighed in at 21.3kg (46.9lb) when he died of respiratory failure, on March 12th 1986 aged 10 years.

The new heaviest cat is Snowbie, who weighed in at 44kg (98lb) in 1977. Snowbie is owned by Lorna Sutherland. Snowbie is also the longest cat and measured 103 cm (40.8 inches) from his nose to the tip of his tail, on November 21, 1997, when he was four years old.

Best Mouser.

Cloudybutnice — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:58:56 +0000

Towser, who worked for the Famous Grouse distillery in Perthshire, Scotland, racked up an impressive 30,000 mice in his 24 years there, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Sadly he passed away, but will never be forgotten, as a statue of him has been erected in the grounds of the distillery.

The Oldest Cat.

Cloudybutnice — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:51:27 +0000

The life expectancy of a feral cat is less than 10 years, domestic cats enjoy an expectancy of 10 to 15 years, but once in a while a remarkable feline reaches more than double this age. The oldest cat ever recorded was Creme Puff of Austin Texas. Born on August 3rd 1967, Creme Puff celebrated her 38th birthday in August 2005.