Rubble the cat hit a big milestone this week, celebrating his 30th birthday, the Daily Mail reported.
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The feline, one of the oldest cats in the world and the United Kingdom’s oldest cat, had a party at a veterinarian’s office in Exeter, England, the newspaper reported.
The oldest cat on record is Creme Puff of Austin, Texas, who was born Aug. 3, 1967, and died Aug. 6, 2005 -- according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest living cat is Scooter, a Siamese from Mansfield, Texas.
Rubble, who lives with Michele Heritage, got his favorite cat food and a free checkup to mark his big birthday.
“He's a lovely cat, although he has got a little grumpy in his old age,” said Heritage, 50, who works at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
Heritage said she met Rubble when he was a kitten in 1988.
“It was just before my 20th birthday when I got him,” Heritage told the Daily Mail. “He 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.”