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Missing tubby tabby returned to owner (20 pounder got stuck in a pet door)
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| 1/12/07
| AP
Posted on 01/12/2007 11:33:44 AM PST by NormsRevenge
PORTLAND, Ore. - A 20-pound cat whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food was reunited with his owner Thursday.
Owner Geoff Ernest said the tubby tabby, Hercules, went missing while he was in Seattle for a lung transplant six months ago.
Jadwiga Drozdek, who lives in suburban Portland, found the feline stuck in the dog door of her home a few days ago, helped free him and gave him a plate of food on her patio.
While at the Humane Society, Hercules was diagnosed with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, similar to HIV in humans.
The society says cats can live years with the virus and still make good pets, but owners should keep them indoors to keep it from spreading.
Veterinarians say about 40 percent of America's cats are obese, putting them at risk for a variety of diabetes-related disorders.
Hercules, meanwhile, has had his 15 minutes of fame, piling up stacks of hits on YouTube and other Web sites.
TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: tabby; tubby
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Tiffany Noreuil, an animal care technician at the Oregon Humane Society, holds temporarily-named feline Goliath, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, in Portland, Ore. Goliath, a 20-pound stray whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food, is back with his owner. His name isn't really Goliath, but it's close. It's Hercules, says owner Geoff Ernest, who was reunited with his tubby tabby Thursday at the society. Gresham, Ore., resident Jadwiga Drozdek found the feline stuck in the dog door of her home a few days ago, helped free him and gave him a plate of food on her patio. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Benjamin Brink)
To: Slings and Arrows; HairOfTheDog
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posted on
01/12/2007 11:54:57 AM PST
by
mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys
My late Labrador once got stuck in a doggie door, but it was not because he was too fat, it's because the doggie door was too small :~)
Poor guy, I left him at a friends house and we went out to dinner, he got his head and one arm out trying to follow her dog, and got stuck there till we got home ;~\
To: NormsRevenge; Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:03:24 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
("Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." — Aldous Huxley)
To: mom4kittys; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; SandyInSeattle; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Goliath/Hercules ping!
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:06:05 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
To: HairOfTheDog
Awww, poor doggie. I think that if their head goes through they think the rest will follow just fine lol.
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:06:21 PM PST
by
mom4kittys
(If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
To: mom4kittys; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
Goliath / Hercules ping!
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:07:21 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
To: Constitution Day
Looks like she shoved her hand through his chest.
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:07:38 PM PST
by
JJR RNCH
(Your mother doesn't work here!! Clean up after YOURSELF.)
To: JJR RNCH
"I wonder if she tastes like chicken?"
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:10:19 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
To: NormsRevenge
Damn! That is one hefty-looking tabby!
To: NormsRevenge; Slings and Arrows; HairOfTheDog; mom4kittys; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; ...
YES!!!! He is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
We have a cat here who is 24 pounds and 22 years old and happy!
The key (to me) is carrots in the diet!
TRUST ME!!!!
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:12:01 PM PST
by
beyond the sea
( World Ending - Children and The Poor Hit Hardest)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:12:18 PM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the lamestream media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: Slings and Arrows
"I'm not fat. Rosie O'Donnell is FAT!"
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:13:28 PM PST
by
Palladin
("We have not yet begun to fight."--John Paul Jones)
To: Slings and Arrows
If you want to laugh your butt off, go to www.mycathatesyou.com
Some very hilarious stuff there!!!
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:13:31 PM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the lamestream media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: Palladin
In my best Eric Cartman voice "Hey! I'm not fat I'm big boned! Screw you guys, I'm a goin' home!"
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:14:43 PM PST
by
stm
(Believe 1% of what you hear in the lamestream media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
To: Slings and Arrows; Constitution Day; PetroniDE; Lady Jag
To: NormsRevenge
So the question is: how can a stray cat still be 20 lbs after being stray for 6 months? That kitty is one hell of a successful stray!
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:15:57 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: NormsRevenge
I can't find the Youtube video on this. I would love to see it.
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:22:45 PM PST
by
abner
(I have no tagline, therefore no identity.)
To: r9etb
Squirrels and small dogs..
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:24:17 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Hey, you're curious reader #[an error occurred while processing this directive] to reach the end.)
To: JJR RNCH
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posted on
01/12/2007 12:29:39 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
("Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." — Aldous Huxley)
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