Cat is safe after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly 8 weeks

A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks Cat is safe after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly 8 weeks DULUTH, Minn. — A cat aptly named Drifter is safe at home after sneaking outside and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly eight weeks. The 3-year-old tabby — an indoor feline who had aspirations of being an outdoor cat — went missing from the home of Clifton Nesseth and Ashley Comstock in the northeastern Minnesota city of Duluth on July 18. “A little paw shot out of a tear in the fabric,” Nesseth said. We tore the fabric more and then his head popped through.” A neighbor, Dahlia Boberg, 16, captured the reunion on video. “Drifter!” Nesseth is seen exclaiming as he lifts the cat high, while neighbors who are gathered around laugh with delight and amazement. He’s really skinny.” Drifter was still wearing his collar, confirming his identity. After his sojourn in the underworld, he weighed 6 1/2 pounds (2.9 kilograms), about 8 1/2 (3.9 kilograms) pounds less. Nesseth and Comstock guessed that Drifter explored a hole that got sealed up with him inside and that he had been living underground eating and drinking whatever he could find, perhaps mice and sewer water. April had gone out for a walk that morning and called out Drifter’s name, and they think the cat heard the calls through the sewer pipes and went to a spot where he could be found. “He’s a foodie, if a cat ever was,” Nesseth said. “We’re trying to give him fluids and he wants to eat the syringe.” The family adopted Drifter after finding him while on vacation in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/cat-named-drifter-safe-after-sneaking-trapped-sewer-113667802