<text>  A cat got his head stuck in an outdoor toilet and had to spend a night in subzero temperatures before being rescued by firefighters. The black moggy was discovered in a public toilet in Simferopol, on the Crimean peninsula, by a resident taking her rubbish out to a bin. Rescuers were called quickly - but they had to lift him by the tail and use a pole and hammer to remove him. Scroll down for video . A cat got his head stuck in an outdoor toilet and had to spend a night in subzero temperatures before being rescued in Simferopol, Crimea . Nina Kharitonova, 45, said: I was woken up at night by the sound of a cat meowing but I just assumed it was having a fight or something. The next morning I went out to empty some rubbish and I could still hear it so I followed the noise into the toilet and saw this poor animal with its bottom in the air and its head down the loo. He was shivering with cold. I am surprised he didnt freeze to death during the night as it had been so cold. Rescuers used a long black pole and a small hammer to chip away a section of ceramic. Once they got a section free they delicately tugged the rest of the base from around the cats neck. Once they got a section free they delicately tugged the rest of the base from around the black cats neck . At one point it didnt look like the base of the toilet would ever come off - but luckily it did . One of the rescuers, Alexey Petrenko, said they had to be careful not to break the cats neck. The 53-year-old said: We gently chipped away at the surrounding area and I held him up by his tail while my friend freed him. It took about two minutes and he was so cold he could barely stand so I took him home, gave him some milk and put the fire on to warm him up. After two hours he seemed happy enough and back to normal and I let him go. The whole rescue took about two minutes. The cat was given milk and put near a fire to warm up for two hours afterwards . 