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| A listing of cats world records breakers like the biggest
feline facts, largest kitty litter plus other strange pets oddities and trivia info. |
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Oldest Cat
The oldest reliably recorded cat
was a female tabby named Ma, owned by Alice St. George Moore of Drewsteignton, England. This cat was put to sleep on November
5, 1957 at the age of 34 years. |
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Largest Cat Breed
The largest cat breed is the Ragdoll. Males weigh 12 to 20 pounds, with females weighing 10 to 15 pounds. |
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Fattest Cat
The worlds fattest cat was a neutered male tabby named "Himmey" When
Himmey died of respiratory failure he weighed a whopping 46 lbs 15.5 ounces! He had a 15 inch neck, was 38 inches long, and
had a 33 inch waist. |
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Best Climber
On September 6, 1950, a 4 month-old kitten belonging to Josephine
Aufdenblatten of Geneva, Switzerland followed a group of climbers to the top of the 14,691 foot Matterhorn in the Alps. |
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Most Kittens In A Lifetime
A tabby named "Dusty" gave birth to 420 documented
kittens in her lifetime. Let's hope that nobody else attempts this record. Like Bob Barker says, "Have your pet spayed or
neutered!" |
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Largest Domestic Cat
The heaviest domestic cat was a neutered male tabby named Himmy,
owned by Thomas Vyse of Redlynch, Queensland, Australia. When Himmy died of respiratory failure on March 12, 1986 at the age
of 10 years, 4 months, he weighed 46lb 15 ¼ oz. (neck 15 inches, waist 33 inches, length 38 inches.) |
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Largest Litter
The largest litter was produced by a Burmese\Siamese mother. There were
19 kittens. However, 4 of the kittens were stillborn. |
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Smallest Cat
A male blue point Himalayan-Persian cat named Tinker Toy., owned
by Katrina and Scott Forbes of Taylorville, IL, USA, is just 2 ¾ inches tall and 7 ½ inches long. |
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Most Popular House Pets
Cats
outnumber dogs by millions as house pets in USA , UK and many countries of Europe. In USA alone, there are about sixty million
cats kept as pets. In the USA, thirty seven percent of houses have at least one pet cat. In the UK about twenty five percent
of houses have at least one pet cat. In Australia, about twenty six percent of houses have at least one pet cat. There are
more than seven million pet cats in the UK. In Canada, there are about five million domestic cats. There are about five hundred
million pet cats in the world. Cats are also widely domesticated in other parts of the world such as Russia, Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, Brazil, Israel, Japan, South Africa, all European Countries and many other countries of the world. In India
also, many people are keeping cats as pets. |
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