Missing cat back in Calif. home after 13 years

Cat resurfaces when manager of mobile home park traps the sickly feline

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updated 8:29 a.m. ET Nov. 12, 2008

SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A California couple recently had an unexpected reunion with an old housemate: their pet cat who went missing more than 13 years ago.

The cat, named George, was last seen by Melinda Merman and Frank Walburg in 1995. He recently resurfaced when the manager of a mobile home park trapped the sickly feline and gave him to an animal hospital.

A microchip implanted in George allowed him to be traced back to his owners.

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Merman said after George went missing she visited animal shelters and wrote to veterinarians in search of the gray, yellow-eyed cat, who now weighs less than half his original 14-pounds.

But Merman and Walburg said George is eating well and displaying some of his old behavior, like jumping at flickering light on the wall.