The oldest cat in the world has sadly died at the age of 31, his heartbroken owner revealed.
52-year-old Michele Heritage said she received the fluffy Main Coon named Rubble as a kitten on her 20th birthday.
The adorable feline became the oldest cat in the world after celebrating his 31st birthday in May 2019.
“He would have been 32 in May so it was such an achievement. He was an amazing companion that I had the pleasure to live with for such a long time,” Michele from Exeter shared.
“I got him just before my 20th birthday when he was a kitten.”
She added: “We never went down the route of Guinness Book of Records. I didn’t want to do that given his age. The record wasn’t of interest to us.
“He grew old very quickly towards the end, I said to my husband at Christmas that I think it would be last we spend with Rubble. He had started to stop eating and only drank water.
“He became very thin. I went to work as usual and when I got home my husband said Rubble had gone over the road as he did every day and never came back, so we believe he went off to die as cats do.
“He was a creature of habit, had his favourite places to sleep and liked his food so when that stopped happening, we knew.”
Rubble beat the previous oldest living cat named Scooter, who died at the age of 30 in 2016, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The oldest cat of all time is Crème Puff, who enjoyed an incredible 38 years and 3 days.
Michele also said that Rubble was “part of a litter cat that my sister’s friend had and I had just left home. I was lonely living on my own so got him in as a kitten. It was in May 1988.
“I have always treated him like a child – I don’t have any children and had another cat called Meg – who passed at the age of 25.”
She added: “If you care about something, no matter what it is, it does last.”
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