HE'S lived at The Lodge, featured in a book and his little furry ears have been privvy to some very intriguing conversations (although he may have been fast asleep at the time).

But now Kevin Rudd's pet Jasper the Wonder Cat, 8, is poorly.

And it's not looking good.

"To all cat lovers out there in the Twittersphere, Jasper the Wonder Cat is back at the cat clinic," the former prime minister wrote on Twitter.