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on the forehead and then trapped his owners in a bedroom last week, headed back home Thursday after a stint at the animal shelter.

The cat’s owners told officials they wanted their cat back and picked him up in the morning, said Multnomah County Animal Services spokesman Mike Oswald. The cat is healthy and showed no signs of abuse, he said.

The 4-year-old Himalayan arrived at the county shelter on Monday after his owners, Lee Palmer and Teresa Barker, apparently needed a break. They asked shelter workers to come collect the cat.

Now, a local cat behavior specialist has offered to help Lux’s owners, Oswald said.

Lux also is set to be featured on an episode of the new season of “My Cat from Hell” on Animal Planet. That should add at least another 15 minutes of fame to the cat's resume.

--Stuart Tomlinson