Cola the black cat was born in November 1985 at a time when “Back to the Future” was topping the box office and the “Miami Vice Theme” was a number-one single.
Now she’s about to be crowned Britain’s oldest feline, a title she’ll take from a 27-year-old cat named Wadsworth who was thought to be the country’s oldest cat until recently.
Born at the bottom of a wardrobe, Cola was adopted by Mary Goldsmith and has since had three litters of kittens.
Goldsmith says the secret to Cola’s extraordinarily long life is exercise and lots of treats.
“She loves her luxuries like cream, custard and salmon. She always has a good nibble from my plate as well as her own cat food,” she told the Daily Mail. “And I’ve got children, grandchildren and great grandchildren who come over to play with her and keep her busy.”
Although she suffers from arthritis these days, Cola has always been healthy. In fact, she’s been to the vet only once — to get spayed.
“She has lived to such a grand age,” Goldsmith said. “Perhaps she really does have nine lives? She is a lucky black cat, that’s for sure.”
Cola may be the oldest cat in Britain, but she still has a decade to go if she wants to hold the Guinness World Record for oldest cat. A cat named Crème Puff from Austin, Texas, is the current record holder.
Creme Puff lived with her owner, Jake Perry, in Austin, Texas. Perry also owned Granpa Rexs Allen, who was claimed to have been born in Paris, in 1964 and died 1998, aged 34 years and 2 months. Granpa was posthumously awarded 1999 Cat of the Year by Cats & Kittens magazine. Granpa was featured in an earlier edition of Guinness World Records. The co-authors of at least one book have pondered whether the longevity of Perry's cats may have had something to do with an unusual diet of, among other things, bacon and eggs, asparagus, and broccoli, concluding that Perry "must be doing something right
(SORRY~ CAN'T FIND A PHOTO OF CREAM PUFF)
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