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Emmy's amazing survival

Emmy is now at the Blue Cross adoption centre in Torbay, looking for a new home.

Emmy survived by licking condensation

A cat that was accidentally locked in a garden shed survived for two months - by licking condensation off the windows.

Emmy, a black and white cat, went missing and her owners had given her up for dead when they at last received a call from the RSPCA. Emmy must have wandered into the wooden shed on a nearby allotment and became trapped after getting inside.

The lickiest cat alive

Inside, the shed owner found Emmy - skeletal and almost dead - but remarkably still alive from her nightmare ordeal in Torquay, Devon. The shed owner then immediately called the RSPCA.

The RSPCA say the ten-year-old cat can only survived by licking the windows that were covered in lick marks. Luckily Emmy had been microchipped which meant her owners were able to be reunited with her. Since then, her owners circumstances have changed and are unable to look after her, so brought her cat to The Blue Cross to find a new home. She is currently living at the Blue Cross animal adoption centre in Torbay, Devon, where staff are now trying to find her a new home.

Centre manager Laura Valentine said: "The RSPCA say she survived by licking condensation off the windows in the shed. It is remarkable - she must have been in torment in there. Her owner really had no idea where she was. They didn't think she would survive because she was so skeletal but she's fine now. She's a real fighter and cats are very hardy animals."

Overcoming the ordeal

Laura added: "Emmy is still traumatised and has a fear of tight spaces and of being left alone. She has recovered physically but mentally she is still a bit fragile. She also seems to have lost the ability or the will to jump and won't even hop on or off things.

"Emmy survived a nightmare ordeal and lived to tell the tale and now needs a good home. Whoever adopts her will have a loving cat who needs constant attention and care. If only she could speak and let us know how she got through it because she has an amazing story to tell."

Anyone who wants to adopt Emmy should call Blue Cross Torbay on 01803 327728.

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