Florida woman leaves $2.5M mansion and inheritance to 7 cats

Now they’re fat cats!

An eccentric Florida woman left her $2.5 million mansion and a hefty inheritance to her seven beloved felines when she died last year, according to a report.

In her will, Nancy Sauer declared that her horde of Persian cats — Cleopatra, Goldfinger, Leo, Midnight, Napoleon, Snowball and Squeaky — must remain at the sprawling Tampa abode because separating would upset them, the Tampa Bay Times said.

“The deal is that the house was not to be sold until the last cat passed,”  her friend, Yana Alban, told the paper. “She loved them so much.”

Sauer, who died in November at age 84, also bequeathed the kitties an “unspecified” inheritance meant to cover their expenses for life, said Sherry Silk, executive director of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.

“[It was] substantial … enough to cover the cats’ food, medical and grooming bills forever. They’re young. They’re only 5 years old. Persians can be expensive and persnickety,” Silk said.

The cats lived high on the hog, alone in the home, for six months until a Hillsborough County probate judge ruled recently that they should be moved to a spot where they could be better cared for, Silk said.

“Cats shouldn’t be left by themselves in a big house. I am going to personally make sure that we can keep as many together as we can and that they go to the perfect house,” Silk said.

The cats will now go up for adoption this week, she said.

Sauer was a businesswoman and a proud mom  known for her quirky taste and love of shopping, Alban said.

“Probably the main thing,” Alban said, “is [she was] a cat lover.”

In 2007, New York real estate baroness Leona Helmsley left her dog $12 million in a trust fund.

It was later reduced to $2 million.