Cat miraculously found safe in neighbors' garage after going missing for TWO months



A Florida family is overjoyed after their cat who had been missing for two months was found in a neighbors' garage, it was revealed today.



Jerry and Elizabeth Moore put up fliers throughout the neighborhood and searched for their pet, Tommy, ever since he suddenly disappeared from their St. Augustine home on November 25.

Then suddenly on January 20, a neighbor's daughter rang their doorbell and said she had found the 3-year-old Tabby in her garage.

Safe at home: Tommy had been missing for two months before a neighbor found her hiding in a garage

The Moores rushed Tommy to the vet because he was severely malnourished.

'He couldn’t stand, he was completely out of it,' Jerry told the St. Augustine Record .

'He looked awful,' Elizabeth added.

The feline had lost more than half his body weight while he had been missing, dropping from over 10 pounds to just 4.5.

And when the veterinarian examined him, the doctor found his body temperature had dropped to 94 degrees. A healthy cat is normally between 100.5 and 102.5.

'We pretty much nursed him and held him,' said Elizabeth about the struggle to raise his weight and temperature.

Tommy has responded to their treatment and has gotten his weight to over seven pounds already.

'An animal needs love. That definitely helps,' the veterinarian, Dr. John Yselonia, said.

But he needed more medical care when he received a blood transfusion and stitches for a cut.

The Moores, who picked up Tommy as a stray when he was just a kitten, have spent $2,000 on his recovery.

They still have no idea where he was for the entire two month absence.

Better health: Tommy is seen here before he went missing for two months, when he weighed in at over 10 pounds. After constant care and a blood transfusion, he is gaining weight and should hopefully make a full recovery

Tommy first showed up to their home out of nowhere.



Their son, Evan, took him in and began taking care of him.

'I said ‘He’s our cat now,'' Elizabeth said.

They already owned a dog but there was no rivalry between the two.

'He’d sit there and groom her,' she said of Tommy and their pet Daschund.



















