This is Poppy, the current title holder of the world's oldest living cat. Poppy has been alive on earth for 24 years, which puts her real age at about 114 in cat years.

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So what's her secret? Besides water and portion control, Poppy's owners say she enjoys snacking on things like "KFC chicken, fish and chips and even the odd bit of kebab meat."

So what's it like having an old cat hanging around at home? Depressing apparently, as Poppy's owners are expecting her to be heading to the big scratching post in the sky real soon.
"She's deaf and blind and meows for everything. We call her stroppy Poppy sometimes. She can get up the stairs but we won't let her walk down. Over the last year her health has gone down and we know the end is near."
But Poppy is still nowhere near to the oldest cat to have ever existed. That title goes to another feline named Head Cat Creme Puff, who lived to a ripe old age of 38.