FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) --- Tiger, a seven-year-old house cat, curls up on the lap of owners Tim and Angela Caesar.

But two Sundays ago, he went missing after leaving the backyard. The Ceasars say they immediately started searching.

They posted fliers, contacted neighbors and veterinarian offices and started to update information for Tiger's implanted microchip.  They also called the Fairfax County Animal Shelter.

"Frantic! Worried! [I'm thinking] ... does he have any food. He's not eating. It was rainy that day too," says Angela. 

They got no response. The owners thought the worst of their cat, who lives with four other felines in the house.

Three days later, Duane and Holly Hartge, neighbors who live two doors away, called saying they'd found Tiger.

FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA) -- More than 100 cats were seized from a home in Annandale in November, now those cats need medical care and new homes, Fairfax County Animal Shelter Officials said in a news release. 

"The shelter currently has more than 100 cats from the Annandale case in its care. The sick and/or young cats have been sent to shelter-approved foster homes and are receiving medical treatment from the shelter's contract veterinarian," the news release stated.

Most of the seized cats had upper respiratory infections and parasites. Others had slightly more serious medical issues and are being treated, stated officials.

Officials tell 9 News Now 17 of those cats have already been treated, adopted out to homes or transferred to another organization.

Not every cat was so lucky.

"Cats that had untreatable medical illnesses or those that did not get better with medical treatment had to be euthanized for humane reasons," officials said.