This cat is still feline good after all these years.
A ginger and ragdoll mix named Rosie is set to turn 32 in June — but she could already be the oldest cat in the world.
The feline’s owner, Lila Brissett, 72, rescued Rosie way back in 1991 and the pair have been enjoying life together ever since.
The doting owner explained that she brought the kitty home just weeks after she was born. Rosie’s first set of owners had quickly discovered that their daughter was allergic, so Brissett stepped in.
“This beautiful thing was handed to me in a cane basket as a kitten in 1991 and the rest is history,” Englishwoman Brissett told South West News Service in an interview on Thursday.
Given Rosie’s advanced age, which is 144 in human years, Guinness World Records officials are urging owner Brissett to get in touch.
According to the company, the oldest cat currently alive and on record is 27.
However, Rosie is not the oldest cat to have ever lived. That honor goes to Creme Puff of Austin, Texas, who was born on August 3, 1967, and lived until August 6, 2005 — a staggering 38 years and 3 days.
Brissett says Rosie has always been fortunate when it comes to her health.
The cat has only ever been to the vet twice in her long life: once to be spayed in the 1990s and again to get antibiotics for a cyst that was growing on her head.
“All my animals seem to live to a good age,” Brissett stated, saying she’s unsure as to the reason why.
“You tell me! Care and attention? Good food? I don’t know,” she quipped.
Meanwhile, Rosie is still fighting fit as she heads toward 32, with a proud Brissett adding: “She’s quite a character. She’s still got all her teeth!”
Brissett said that Rosie sleeps by the window all day and only gets up to have Purina One cat food and relieve herself.
She joked that there was “no need for an alarm clock” with Rosie.
“I often have to check if she’s still alive and breathing,” Brissett admitted. “I’m worried about the day she crosses over the rainbow bridge. She’ll leave a big void.”
However, she is hopeful that Rosie may be around for several more years yet.
“I’ll miss her when she goes,” Brissett said. “But I’ll never have her put down.”