World's 'Smallest Ever Cat' At Just 5 Inches Tall Is Melting Hearts Across The Globe (Photos)

This adorable tiny kitty with a big heart is set to become the world's smallest cat.
Standing at 5 inches tall, Pixel the munchkin cat has been put forward to be measured by the Guinness Book of Records.

Her mother Fizz Girl holds the previous world record at six inches that she set in 2012 - if it is verified, then Pixel will be the shortest cat to have ever lived.

Speaking from her ranch in Potrero, California, Tiffani said: "They win hearts over like crazy.
"Even people that aren't cat people go crazy for them. They say about how cute they are and how they want to take them straight home with them."

Having such small pets around the house does present a unique set of problems for Tiffani.

"You can't leave doors open, you can't close refrigerator doors too quickly because one of them may have snuck up at the bottom of the door and stuck their head in," she added.
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"We have to move very slowly when we walk so we don't step on anybody."
"Everyone of them has been stepped on or kicked once because it's just what happens in a house of munchkin cats."

But some people believe that breeding the tiny felines is cruel because of their abnormal gene structure that leads to their tiny legs.

Tiffani added: "People who don't understand the gene consider it a genetic defect or mutation or something of an abomination.

"It's very unfair for them to say that. It's natural for these cats to be this tall, just like it's natural for some people to have brown eyes - it wouldn't be wrong for them to have blue eyes.

"It's their build and it's natural for them to be built this way."

Tiffani is now waiting for verification from Guinness before Pixel can enter the record books.