The fat cat is finally home. The 20 pound stray got stuck in a pet door when he attempted to sneak into a home a steal a dogs food.

Hercules, as the chubby cat is named, went missing when his owner, Geoff Ernest was in Seattle for lung transplant surgery and subsequent recovery 6 months ago.

Imagine being Jadwiga Drozdek who upon arriving at her suburban Portland home one day last week found the chubby cat stuck in her dog door? She managed to free the cat and offered him a plate of food.

She must have then taken the cat to the Humane Society, because while Hercules was there he was diagnosed with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus which is similar to human HIV. Cats with this disease should be kept indoors to help keep it from spreading to other cats. They can also live for years and continue to make good pets.

Hercules, meanwhile, has had his 15 minutes of fame, piling up stacks of hits on YouTube and other Web sites.