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Cat Survives 2 Months Alone in La. House

Posted on: Thursday, 25 September 2003, 06:00 CDT

A cat locked in a house for two months without food or water was rescued after concerned citizens searched the home one last time.

Cecil the cat was "nothing but skin and bones" when rescuers found him hiding under a chair last month.

"He was so little and weak," said Elizabeth Hollenberg.

Cecil was treated at a veterinarian's office, where he was weighed at five pounds.

Veterinarian Dr. Clark Cooper of West Monroe said it is possible for a cat to survive without food and water for more than eight weeks. "But he would have had to have been one fat son-of-gun to start with," Cooper said.

Cecil and more than 30 other cats and a dog became orphans when their owner, Mary Ethridge Dean, died June 19 after a lengthy illness.

Dean didn't have children, and before her death she made arrangements to ensure her animals were cared for.

Rescuers were able to save the other animals, but Cecil was the only one to remain undetected.

Dean left $30,000 for a coffin and headstone for each animal.

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