Creme Puff (cat) facts for kids
Creme Puff in 1996 (aged 29)
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| Other name(s) | Crème Puff |
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| Species | Felis catus |
| Sex | Female |
| Born | August 3, 1967 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | August 6, 2005 (aged 38) Austin, Texas, U.S. |
| Owner | Jake Perry |
Creme Puff (August 3, 1967 – August 6, 2005) was a 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, when she died aged 38 years and 3 days.
Perry had another cat, Granpa Rex Allen, whom he said was born in Paris, Texas, in 1964 and died aged 34 years and 2 months in 1998; Granpa was posthumously awarded 1999 Cat of the Year by Cats & Kittens magazine, and he was featured in an earlier version of the Guinness World Records as the (then) oldest cat ever.
Lifestyle
Creme Puff's owner, Jake Perry, said her diet consisted of dry cat food supplemented with broccoli, eggs, turkey bacon, coffee with cream, and—every two days—"an eyedropper full of red wine". Perry claimed that this diet was key to her longevity, and that the wine "[circulated] the arteries".
Perry also kept Creme Puff active within the home, turning his garage into a movie theater which played nature documentaries for his cats. Wooden steps were built into the walls of Perry's home for the cats to climb on, and Perry had built a screened enclosure in his backyard for his pets, including Creme Puff, to enjoy the outdoors.
See also
In Spanish: Creme Puff para niños
