Is Peckover Road pet Rosie, 31, the oldest cat in Norwich?

Rosie is far from your average feline friend, as she is approaching her 32nd birthday.

The beloved moggie is now a full-time house cat and lives in Peckover Road, near Eaton Park.

Her owner Lila Brissett adopted Rosie as a kitten from a cat rescue lady in Lakenham because Rosie's first owner found out her daughter was allergic to cats.

"This beautiful thing was handed to me in a cane basket and the rest is history," 71-year-old Lila said.

Rosie's mum was a grey rag doll - which gives Rosie her "bushy squirrel tail" - and her dad is believed to have been a ginger tom.

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31-year-old Rosie with her owner Lila Brissett, 71 (Image: Maya Derrick)

According to Guinness World Records the oldest living cat is 27, but Lila says when she contacted them last year to see if Rosie was a record breaker she was informed of a 34-year-old cat in Oxford and an American feline in the USA who is 38.

"She's only been to the vet twice in her life," Lila added.

All Rosie does is eat, sleep, use the litter tray and repeat, her owner Lila says (Image: Maya Derrick)

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"Once to be spayed in the 90s and five years ago to get antibiotics for a cyst on her head.

"On her birthday and Christmas Day she always has John West red salmon. Purina One is all she will eat.

"You try changing it and she'll kick up a fuss.

Rosie was born on June 1, 1991, making her 32 this coming birthday (Image: Maya Derrick)

"She's quite a character. She's still got all her teeth.

"She sleeps by the window all day and, like clockwork, she will have some food and use the litter tray.

"There's no need for an alarm clock.

Rosie's parents are believed to be a grey ragdoll and ginger tom (Image: Maya Derrick)

"All she does is eat, sleep, use the litter tray and repeat. I often have to check if she's still alive and breathing.

"I'm worried about the day she crosses over the rainbow bridge. She'll leave a big void."

Lila will throw a birthday party to celebrate Rosie turning 32 on June 1 - although the well-loved puss is already used to receiving birthday cards from neighbours each year.

Lila with 31-year-old Rosie (Image: Maya Derrick)

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Although she's tired now, she has a lovely, docile temperament and has lived a long and fulfilled life.

Lila remembers the first winter she had Rosie, where she unsurely navigated her way through the deep snow.

"I'll miss her when she goes," she added. "But I'll never have her put down."

Rosie is now an indoor cat and spends most her days lounging in the sunshine (Image: Maya Derrick)

1991 - the year Rosie was born

• Norwich City finished 15th in the Football League First Division, now known as the Premier League
• "Parents back call on pupil tests" was the front page story on the EDP on June 1, 1991, as some teachers called for primary school exams to be ditched
• Ed Sheeran was born on February 17
• The Soviet Union was dissolved
• The First Gulf War ended on February 28
• John Major was the prime minister
• Construction of Castle Mall was under way. At the time the archaeological dig around its construction was one of the biggest in northern Europe
• The Shoop Shoop Song by Cher was at the top of the UK charts
• A pint of beer cost an average of £1.42 - around £3.11 in today's money