Everyone thinks my enormous 24.3lbs cat is a LION – and he’s still growing because he’s only 12 months old

A family’s pet cat is so huge people often apparently mistake him for a lion – and he’s still growing as he is only 12 months old.

Owners Sareeta Brewin, 46, and her daughter Tammy Brewin, 14, from Worcester, say they spend a fortune feeding him as he munches through £60 worth of dry food every month.

Murphy the Maine Coon weighs 24.3lbs and measures a whopping 41ins from nose to tail, a whisker away from a world record.

A family’s pet cat (pictured) is so huge people often apparently mistake him for a lion – and he’s still growing as he is only 12 months old

Owners Sareeta Brewin, 46, and her daughter Tammy Brewin (pictured), 14, from Worcester, say they spend a fortune feeding him as he munches through £60 worth of dry food every month

The cat’s owner has even had to buy an extra-large litter tray to accommodate Murphy’s massive bulk.

Sareeta says people often mistake him for a dog and even a lion and often tag her in posts of big cat sightings across Worcestershire.

The mother-of-three said: ‘Murphy is one now and we got him last November. He was about 13 or 14 weeks old and at that stage he was the same size as our regular cat who’s only little.

‘It’s like we’ve got a cat and a mouse with the size of him. She looks so small compared to him.

Murphy the Maine Coon weighs 24.3lbs and measures a whopping 41ins from nose to tail, a whisker away from a world record

Murphy still has some catching up to do to beat world record breaking cat Stewie from Nevada, who measures a whopping 48.4ins long

Mum Sareeta (right) with daughter Tammy Brewin, 14, (left) with their giant Maine Coon cat Murphy, and two rescue dogs from South Korea, Niko, 5, and Konan, 4 ‘Maine Coons grow until they’re about three-years-old so who knows how big Murphy is going to get, he’s already the size of your average dog.

‘I don’t know what I expected with him, I knew he’d be big but I didn’t expect him to be that big. Now other cats look tiny compared to him.

‘People do sometimes mistake him for a dog, they also make remarks about the wild cat on the loose. Others say “bloody hell, is that a lion?” He is very feline looking.’

The cat’s owner has even had to buy an extra-large litter tray to accommodate Murphy’s massive bulk

Last Christmas, Murphy chewed his way through dozens of festive lights and the family’s iPhone cables which cost a total of £300 to replace

Sareeta, a product manager in medical devices, said they call him Thor because he’s ‘very handsome but he is quite dim’

Sareeta says people often mistake him for a dog and even a lion and often tag her in posts of big cat sightings across Worcestershire

His owner said: ‘He goes through a 3kg biscuit bag a month. I’m glad he prefers the dry biscuits as it would be so expensive for the meat.’

The mother-of-three said: ‘Murphy (pictured) is one now and we got him last November. He was about 13 or 14 weeks old and at that stage he was the same size as our regular cat who’s only little’

‘Maine Coons grow until they’re about three-years-old so who knows how big Murphy (pictured as a kitten) is going to get, he’s already the size of your average dog,’ said Sareeta

Sareeta said she’ll be keeping an extra close eye on his length in the coming years to see if he can break the record. Pictured, Murphy, when he was a kitten