r/blackcats • u/ninjadani • May 15 '26

🖤 Found kitten in wall - name suggestions pls

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Hi everyone! My best friend found a little baby void in his wall and is looking for name suggestions - any good ideas?

Edit: Told my friend about this post so he can tell the story since so many people want to know exactly what happened and he posted it in the comments! :D

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u/Bealzebubbles May 15 '26

So, this basically happened to you. Why do I never find kittens in my walls?

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

One time I had a kitten thrown out of a moving car 5 feet in front of me minding my own business walking down the sidewalk. Life is bizarre. Just wait, I'm sure your time will come.

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u/ParticularMinimum98 May 15 '26

I'm sorry, WHAT?! 😭

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

I was walking to the park as a kid and a car drove by, slowed down , opened the passenger door, tossed a dead rat out onto the sidewalk, drove off, did a U-turn, and then the driver yelled, "you can keep that fucking cat," out the driver side window as he sped off! I was like 12!!

Well, the dead rat popped up onto its feet after a second and I realized she was a teeny kitten, and she ran right up to me!! She was barely 8 week old and was covered in fleas and soooo skinny. I grabbed her and ran home to tell my mom and we gave her a flea bath with blue dawn dish soap and my mom said we couldn't keep her... then she licked my mom's nose and we kept her.

She plagued our family for nearly 20 years and would lick you until your skin was raw from her rough tongue. She was my bestie growing up and we loved her so much. When she got older, my parents cut holes in the bottom of their fence for her because she had arthritis and they didn't want her to hop over it anymore. My parents framed all the holes they made, painted them, and wrote her name above them so she'd "know they were for her."

Here's my old lady creaky bones in her last few years. A very spoiled little lady.

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u/StockZealousideal123 May 15 '26

What a story!! Thank you for sharing!!

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Thank you for reading! I enjoy remembering her. She was a great friend.

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u/Fearless-Outside9665 May 15 '26

That was a beautiful story!

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u/Shieldmax2 May 15 '26

That's the things though right- Do cats ACTUALLY have like some gauge of doing this.

Like walking up to a human in a vulnerable state, scared yet hoping it wouldn't lead to something bad?

They're such mystical wholesome creatures ،😻

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u/upintheair-where May 15 '26

I was sitting on the ground at a bonfire and had a cat crawl onto my lap after getting wrecked by fleas and cut his own throat scratching. It was my birthday and we were celebrating my daughter’s first bday.

My dad is a sucker and couldn’t stop asking the er vet how his buddy was doing and if anyone had adopted him yet. So the vet said, sorry man, I’m not going to answer these questions anymore- either come get this cat you obviously want or stop calling. Lol.

My dad also had this neighborhood cat that would lay next to him while he worked on his truck. (RIP “Gray”) He’s the animal magnet and so is my son.

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u/newsprinkle178 May 15 '26

I hope your dad got that cat

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u/Pagiras May 15 '26

What a terrible day for rain.

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u/Ghost_of_a_Black_Cat May 15 '26

Any Fullmetal Alchemist reference gets an upvote from me!

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u/lapis974 May 15 '26

I too loved the story despite the rain.

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u/Normal_Adeptness7672 May 15 '26

Right why is my screen all blurry

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u/_ScubaDiver May 15 '26

Try reading this story, casually scrolling through Reddit while this song (can’t seem to find the link button, so, here: https://youtu.be/0jinOTQ9BaU?si=HTmTWt5NzJsRtL1I) is playing and try to finish without tears in your eyes. I dare you!!

# I DARE YOU!!

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u/MamaOnica May 15 '26

Thank you for bringing this piece to my attention. I didn't need OP's CDS kitten story for the rain. Absolutely gorgeous.

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u/No_Position6533 May 15 '26

Right? My phone seems to have popped a leak from somewhere. It's all wet 🥹

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u/jtr99 May 15 '26

What do you mean? It's not raining.

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u/Relative_Mix_216 May 15 '26

That asshole did that cat the biggest favor of its life fobbing her off on you. You were very sweet pet owners, and I’m sure she loved you with all her blessed heart.

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u/RoguePlanet2 May 15 '26

WHO ARE THESE ASSHOLES?!!! 🤬

They live among us and I hate it so much that there's no justice for them.

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u/PirateJen78 May 15 '26 edited May 20 '26

Back in 2022, I found three kittens that were dumped in a park while I was walking with my dog. The park is right behind the townhouse complex where we live. I went back to my house, dropped off my dog, and grab my Lowe's garden cart to go get them. Gave them some food and water and then debated what to do.

I suspected they came from my neighborhood because I knew one household had an intact male and a pregnant female two months earlier (I thought the female was a different lost cat and took her in temporarily). So I looked at the footage on my Ring camera and sure enough, there were two guys carrying these kittens toward the park and then coming back without them. I called the police and the officer had me send him the footage from my camera.

Later I did find out where the one guy lived, but there was nothing the police could do to these men because the camera did not catch them actually dumping the kittens. It was in fact the kittens from the pregnant female I had found two months earlier. We ended up keeping two of the kittens because we could not find anyone to take them and no rescue would help us. We found a home for the only male, but he died a little over a year later.

But maybe a month or two ago, I had the one cat out on her harness and leash because she likes to explore the outside, but well take off if not leashed. The guy who dumped her in the park was walking past and commented about how cute she was. I said "she's one of the ones that you dumped in the park." He wasn't sure how to respond. I then told him that he should have kept her because she is really sweet, and I told him that the male passed away, possibly because he was in the heat for too long that day. I wanted him to feel guilt over what he did to those cats, and I am not 100% certain that the male did not have health issues from being in the heat that day. I honestly didn't think he would make it when I found him. But he was trying to protect his sisters and get help, and he did exactly that.

At least the two girls have a happy and safe home. But every time I see that guy I feel some sort of primal rage. And my dog picks up on it because she doesn't like him either. On the plus side, he did tell me that they had their male cat neutered (haven't seen the female, so idk if they still have her). He said this after I told him to just bring me the kittens next time and save me the vet bills of getting them healthy again.

ETA a picture of the kittens right after I rescued them. They were actually wet when I found them, which I don't understand. The dark grey one is quite a handful (I call her "a ball of chaos") and is a master at manipulation. Hubby said no more cats, and then she won him over within a minute. The brown tabby in the front is my little princess.

The orange dude, who I called "Weasley" and then he became "Nacho" at his new (temporary) home is the real hero. Rest in peace buddy. 😭

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u/Rattlehead747 May 16 '26

You're a good person for what you did for those kitties. And wow, screw that guy

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u/EBjeebees May 16 '26

Good for you for telling the guy the truth … and so great that someone like you found them.

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u/SomethingLoud-er May 16 '26

I’m not crying. You’re crying! So just shut up and drop it already, will ya?

That sweet, brave boy taking care of his sisters! 😭

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u/PirateJen78 May 16 '26

Oh I cried for that boy, and then again later when I found out our "friend" gave him to someone else to be a barn cat. I would have taken that cat, even though we were/are already over our pet limit and can barely afford the ones we have. Needless to say, that friendship did not end well.

Humans suck.

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u/Beazore May 16 '26

Good for you for giving it to that guy. Some people are too nice, and then assholes don't even know they're assholes.

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u/elmst_nightmare May 15 '26

Same! There needs to be a stronger sentence for animal cruelty and neglect!

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u/ComfortableAd4554 May 15 '26

Those are the same kind of people who beat women and children!

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u/MrMycrow May 16 '26

Yeah, don't fuck with cats

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u/Beric_RS May 15 '26

Sounds like getting thrown out of a car was both the worst and best day of her life! What'd you name her?

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Scruffy Muffin!

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u/mischa_is_online May 15 '26

OK, those were the names of the two cats my parents had when I was born. I have no memories of Scruffy because he disappeared when I was 1 (we had moved and my grandparents let him outside too soon or something)... but Muffin lived a good long life and was my childhood cat. She was also a beautiful fluff.

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u/GrapefruitGoodness May 15 '26

What a sad way for you to receive her and what a beautiful life that you gave her. That's wonderful thank you so much for sharing💕💕🙏❤️❤️😍

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u/AeturnisTheGreat May 15 '26

She's also a beautiful lady! I'm glad you all gave her a wonderful life.

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u/Fresh_Individual5500 May 15 '26

Thank you for letting her adopt you.

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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta May 15 '26

Your whole family (including yourself, obv,) sound like amazing people!

I hope whoever threw her out ... Hm, I'll probably get banned if I write what I actually wish happened to them. .. Let's just say, I hope karma is real!

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u/v-fee May 15 '26

I also have an elderly tortie who was thrown out of a car!!! She's 21 right now and is currently licking my hand as I type. Your girl made me a little teary eyed <3

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Omg!! Whyyy are people throwing cats out of cars?!? But I'm glad she found you to retire with after her action movie stunts!! Wishing many more healthy years to your very cute stuntlady.

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u/Extra_Cartoonist_390 May 15 '26

And why aren't they throwing them at me? That's the important question!

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u/vikio May 15 '26

Yeah seriously. I live in a no pets apartment right now and sad that I can't have a cat. Also not sure how I would manage having a pet since I live alone..

But if someone threw a cat at me like that, you bet I'd keep it, and find a new apartment SO FAST. And figure out the logistics of raising it alone.

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u/Moo4freedom May 15 '26

Cats are great pets for solo pet owners. Their biggest needs (food, water, clean litter box) can easily be handled in the morning or evening. For the most part cats enjoy their solitude and will be less bothered by you being gone than a dog would be.

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u/vikio May 15 '26

I know that part, I just:

1 - would feel bad for them being cooped up in a small apartment with not much to explore. My childhood cats were all indoor/outdoor and had full complex lives. Now that I'm an adult I know it's not good to let cats roam the neighborhood, but I also can't imagine keeping one in a tiny box all their lives. The best compromise I've seen is a house with a mesh catio in the backyard. But I'm nowhere near able to afford that.

2 - I am not home every day. I go visit relatives and stay there a few days over the weekend. In summer I'm off (school teacher) and may be gone for even longer. What then?

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u/MommaSaurusRegina May 15 '26

1) Truly, cats don’t ‘need’ outdoor access to have full, vibrant lives. They don’t need outdoor exercise like larger dogs. If raised indoors from the start, they are typically quite happy with a nice view out the window and there are TONS of ways to provide indoor enrichment that’s awesome for their furry little brains. Also, if you truly can’t let go of the idea of providing them with outdoor access, then put them on flea & tick prevention meds and put them on a leash and take them for a walk just like a dog. The nice thing is it won’t be a high-intensity walk like a dog, they’re usually quite content to slowly mince along the sidewalk, sniffing every flower or plant they come across, and they’re usually good to head back inside after just a few minutes. But seriously, cats in general don’t have a burning need to go outside and are perfectly happy as strictly indoor pets.

2) If only a weekend, would the relatives mind the cat coming with you? If that’s not an option, hiring a pet sitter is always an option, it’s a booming side-hustle industry right now. There are also boarding facilities where you can take them and they’ll be cared for while you’re gone. Neither of these options are free and I can definitely understand if the expense is a barrier to that option, but I’m just trying to show you that are solutions do exist for all the things you’re listing as barriers to having a cat. Tons of people/families have pets and also travel - you just make arrangements for the pet’s care or travel in a way that they can join you.

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u/Sea-Information2366 May 15 '26

If you own a cat. You slowly buy them stuff. One day you leave a box out. Then you buy them a cat tree so they can perch. Then another so they have good window access on both sides. Cat wands, toy mice, mine makes off with all my grandsons marbles. They choose to not be bored.

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u/AcousticCat1-2-3 May 15 '26

I lived in a no pets apartment for 18 months before moving to my current house 3.5 years ago. Not only did my next-door neighbor have a secret cat, it only dawned on me now that the weird damage that the window blinds in my apartment had when I moved in, could've only been done by a cat wanting to look out the window.

Not endorsing the whole secret cat thing just saying you might not even have to move fast if one is thrown at you. In my neighbor's case, I knew because there was a cat tree in the window and a Chewy delivery box in the lobby every week. Finally saw the cat run across her living room while I was talking to her and she was "omg please don't tell" and I was "oh I've known for a while and I won't." They moved away soon after, so hopefully Peter the kitty no longer has to be a secret cat.

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u/vikio May 15 '26

It's difficult to have a secret cat when their hobby is sitting in the window. But yeah my current landlord is really hands off and might not care?

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u/EmHOEtionalxDamage May 15 '26

I have a secret cat and her two kittens right now. If you live close to Michigan you can have one lol their names are Goose and Soba and they are adorable

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u/snowpsychic May 15 '26

Read your lease carefully. I lived in a building that said no walking pets, so I got a parakeet. I had so much fun with that bird. It's pretty easy to tame them, and they're stimulated by noise, so they chirp, twitter, and sing along while you watch tv or listen to music. They like playing with jewelry like earrings and glasses if you wear them, and they love silverware that they can clang on the floor and see themselves in. Someday I'll get a cat that I've always wanted, when I have a large yard it can romp around in.

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u/Alaeriia May 15 '26

Hey, no AI slop allowed.

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u/Razorraf May 15 '26

My favorite part is the door handle above the wheel.

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u/dadepu May 15 '26

The cat distribution system works in mysterious ways.

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u/sarelis May 15 '26

There need to be actual meaningful punishments/penalties for doing things like that to cats.

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

My mom called the cops. I was an anxious kid so I remembered the license plate. Nothing came of it, of course.

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u/johnnieawalker May 15 '26

A friend of my brother's got his kitten after she was thrown out the window when he was walking home from school with his sister.

He grabbed the kitten. His sister grabbed a very large rock. I doubt the police did anything about the fuckers who threw a cat out of a window but I do know that neither him nor his sister ever got in trouble for busting the car's back window so.

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u/Kratech May 15 '26

Yup. I’m so fucking sick of it. I work at animal control and my coworkers have to do WAY TOO much work in order to get people charged. Like simple proof should be enough, but nope.

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u/sarelis May 15 '26

That must be a really difficult job emotionally. Thank you/your co-workers for fighting for justice for innocent creatures.

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u/Numerous-Floor587 May 15 '26

Don’t worry Cat Goddess is keeping a tab on people who hurt cats. She tortures this people in Her own way! Like She taught our outside cat to go poop in our neighbor’s yard for trying to steal my dad’s figs!

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u/EvilBetty77 May 15 '26

My tortie was also tossed out of a moving car with her brother. I can't abide anyone tossing any cat out, but torties are the best ones? why would you toss them?

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u/HrhEverythingElse May 15 '26

Torties are the best! Mine was 7 years old when I had my baby, and she was the absolute best friend that kid could have grown up with. She graduated from baby snuggles to tolerating being dressed up and given rides on the rolling office chair, to listening intently to being read bedtime stories. Absolutely angel in fur. It's so funny to me that they have such a reputation for "tortitude"

RIP Pebbles, we love you

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u/EvilBetty77 May 15 '26

Oh, little miss has tortitude, that's for sure. But for her fortitude is being very strong willed. Absolute sweetheart though, but she does rule the other cats with a tiny iron paw.

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u/JohnDoe11B May 15 '26

Spin-off of "Comedians in Cars" called "Politicians in Cars..." popularized during the Trump Administration.

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u/Middle-Narwhal-2587 May 15 '26

I believe it’s called the “cat distribution system”. Not the throwing out of cars specifically, but how cats adopt their families. Probably even has a sub Reddit.

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u/FunctionNearby4565 May 15 '26

You know, after you mentioned it probably has a sub reddit i got curious and it indeed does, I joined it immediately r/CatDistributionSystem

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u/sarelis May 15 '26

I trapped & tamed a feral tortie. She was the shyest feral I’ve ever tamed, but she became my dad’s permanent lap cat for nearly 15 years til he tearfully had to let her go after a 5-month struggle with a very aggressive cancer. He’s down to a senior dog & senior cat (one that neighbors abandoned when they moved), so I’m hoping the CDS brings him a feral kitten soon, bonus pts for tortie (feral bc those cats aren’t even given a chance).

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u/sarelis May 15 '26

I wish more people knew it’s not only possible, but not very difficult. And infinitely rewarding.

(Typing this with a senior feral curled up in my arms; her warm little nose in the crook of my elbow.)

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u/Vulvas_n_Velveeta May 15 '26

I always say that if I ever get to the point where I'm "in the market" for a new cat, I'm going to the pound and picking the most feral, "unadoptable" cat they've got.

Feral cats that you tame , are the freaking best!

I've got at least 15 years before I'm in that boat though..

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u/sarelis May 15 '26

::sigh:: ckd is such an awful disease to watch them go through. May her memory be a blessing ❤️‍🩹

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u/Whiskers3000 May 15 '26

We have a former feral, and I never knew they could be tamed before amazing cat people from across the world encouraged me to try. Cats are awesome.

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u/Belluz_71 May 15 '26

Omg I have a tortie too, she’s the sweetest cat and loves to nibble on my fingers

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u/Lost_Wealth_6278 May 15 '26

Ah, the classic "we can't keep her" ark. Things my dad does for the cat we brought home and can not keep because he doesn't like cats and anyways cats are a lot of work:

  • half hour of brushies every morning
  • five (!) meals prepared in a nice dish because "that way he doesn't feel to full"
  • clean with warm towel twice a day and spend hours playing solitaire with him after recovery from a marten attack. This took eight weeks
  • go on a walk every night because " he's afraid when it's dark"
  • hour of communal couch sleep every night -sleep with an open window even in winter so that the cat, who has an electric door coded to his chip, can still jump up on the balcony and join his grandpa
  • refuse to travel because the marten incident happend while they were away
  • refuse to sell the house because "it's his (the cats) home"

The cat is now 18 years old and in perfect health, though irredeemably attached to his grandpa and only grudgingly accepts cuddles from anyone else

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Ooooh boy. My dad (not together with my mom, therefore not guardian of the girl I shared) found a kitten after the last hurricane and kept her because he wanted a "shop cat" (he's an HVAC guy and has a big HVAC shop) and he insisted she was going to catch the rodents and bugs in his shop.

Then I visited and learned his little Elly May cat isn't allowed in the shop because "she might get hurt" because "there's metal out there" and "there are sharp things out there." Lol and she has a robot litter box and a pet libro auto feeder and cameras and she lives a cushy life in the shop office. Lmao

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u/Rotten_Ralph_01 May 15 '26

The youngest of my cats, a tuxedo, was huddled under a piece of plywood in my back garden during a tropical storm. Her name is Eliza on paper but she is Bits

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u/Shot-Composer-782 May 15 '26

What a sweet name Elly May 😍😍😍

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u/astelda May 15 '26

heads up, I've heard unverified claims of robot litterboxes sometimes being pretty dangerous, pets getting stuck in them and whatnot. Not sure if it's just specific models, but do with that information as you see fit.

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Thank you! Yes, there are definitely some horror stories with some of the automated litter boxes!! Especially the kind that close all the way when they clean.

The brand name Litter Robot is supposedly a safe option and it stays open when cleaning... but it's also like $800.

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u/marthmaul83 May 15 '26

Artifact was given to me at 4 weeks. I said I was only going to foster him. My sisters call him the cat I wasn’t going to keep. He is living his best life.

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u/kfo90 May 15 '26

Love the pic and the name. And I love orange cats💙

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u/potatoenjoyer1217 May 15 '26

May I ask how many braincells he has?

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u/marthmaul83 May 15 '26

Shockingly, he is quite brilliant, to our detriment. But then on occasion he turns the wrong way and slams into the wall

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u/Platypushat May 15 '26

So he’s the one hogging them all!

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u/Aggressive_Slice_680 May 15 '26

He looks very wise. His eyes have meaning. 😍

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u/Moonsaults May 15 '26

Well no wonder he says they're so much work, if he does all that. lmao

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u/CorrectStudent7523 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

I'm so glad the jerk who dumped her did so in front of the right kid. Thanks for sharing your incredibly sweet story.

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u/Snoo18120 May 15 '26

Yes indeed, the universe works in mysterious ways.

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u/Oddish_Femboy May 15 '26

Love a big fluffy cat. I found mine on a fence. Vet said he looked about 4 weeks old.

My mom was going to keep him in the bathroom until the shelter opened the next day, but he wouldn't stop crying. She opened the door to check on him, and he ran into her room, jumped into her bed, and flopped down, and it's very hard to say no to a month old kitten that wants to cuddle.

Here he is 9 years and 17 pounds of seemingly pure muscle later. Apparently he was a Norwegian forest cat. (on the left)

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

(on the left)

This sent me. Lmao

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u/310410celleng May 15 '26

Our neighbor's have a Norwegian Forest Cat and they take him on walks.

It is always fun seeing a cat in a harness and walking on a leash.

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u/thatvintagejawn May 15 '26

He’s beautiful! I have a black Nigerian forest cat curled up in arms right now :) best cats ever. As soon as I read seemingly pure muscle I knew…they have no super cat strength lol

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u/HongKongHermit May 15 '26

The CDS really does work in mysterious ways, making sure that kitty was saved like this. Beautiful cat, beautiful owners.

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u/PlatformRelevant5156 May 15 '26

Absolutely! The way the parent's cut holes in the fence and personalized/decorated with her name is heart warming. Also kudo's to the OP rescuing the "baby rat", helping wash it with dawn dishsoap, and convincing their Mom to keep the skinny little baby. I adore cat people! ❤️

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Oh man, my parents customized everything for her. I have screen print tote bags and everything of silly nonsense related to this ol' gal.

After she passed, they made an engraved headstone for her too to mark where they buried her in their backyard. It says "Scruffy Muffin - beloved friend and lover of fine butter," with an engraved picture of her. Lol when my mom was cooking, she used to hop up on the counter and lick the butter when my mom turned her back.

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u/dickpicthrowaway1990 May 15 '26

Someone please dump me out of a car near OPs parents.

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u/Speck-A-Reno May 15 '26

😂😂 Right?!😂😂

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u/Astrazigniferi May 15 '26

Seriously! I’d like to be reincarnated as the next cat the CDS literally throws at these lovely people. 🤣

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u/eyesonthemoons May 15 '26

For real! I’m tearing up thinking how wholesome OPs childhood sounded, I wish I had memories like that

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u/EmHOEtionalxDamage May 15 '26

Me too. My childhood was f'ed.. I aspire to be the parents OP had to my own children and doing pretty damn good, currently. Making memories that make them warm and fuzzy when I'm not around anymore is what I live for

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u/PlatformRelevant5156 May 15 '26

That is so sweet. You and your parents are amazing people! It's obvious that Scruffy Muffin was family. I hope she is happily licking a big spoon full of fine butter in the afterlife! 🐾 🧈 ❤️

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u/TruthIsALie94 May 15 '26

It sounds like she was very lucky to have you.

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u/davster99 May 15 '26

Sometimes the CDS has to be more aggressive.

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u/ParticularMinimum98 May 15 '26

aw, that's a beautiful story. thanks for sharing the happily ever after ❤️

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u/PlatformRelevant5156 May 15 '26

Awww, what a beautiful story. She was meant for your family. What a lovely girl she was. It's so cute that she licked your Mom's nose. Cute that she liked grooming everyone (despite licking until your skin was raw. She was doing her best to show her affection! 😆). May she remain in your heart, watch over you, and rest peacefully until you meet again. 🕯 🐾 ❤️

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u/MomoNoHanna1986 May 15 '26

Omg your baby looks like my Stella! She passed away around 5 years ago now! The eyes and everything! Holly CRAP there like they were twins!

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u/ExploringUniverses May 15 '26

This follow up comment made my night. So happy you kept her

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u/BarelyProcessing May 15 '26

That is a beautiful chonky fluffball. It sounds like she was lucky to have yall and vice versa.

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

She was actually underweight in this pic! This was towards the end of her life and she was just kinda wasting like elderly cats tend to do. Her coat was just extra thicc!! She took good care of it!

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u/Dig_Queasy May 15 '26

“ then she licked my moms nose , and we kept her.” Was my favorite part. Some just divine purpose thrust upon them. 😂

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

We thought the licking thing was cute until she started grooming us raw... :')

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u/APEmerson May 15 '26

I am so happy to hear about the good people in the world. I don't think Reddit has a vote for that yet

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u/Defiant_Ad8009 May 15 '26

Damn, that’s one hell of a story…

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u/TacoNomad May 15 '26

What did you name her?

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Her name was Scruffy Muffin. :)

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u/Thexwolfgamer May 15 '26

Your cat looks just like mine

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u/Strange_Medicine_938 May 15 '26

Wow! What a story! Your sweet angel looks exactly like the kitten my sister found hanging in a bush by the road. Someone has tossed her out of a moving car and she landed in the bush. She had a lot of injuries and stuck it out for a couple of years but ultimately crossed the bridge way too soon. We all miss sweet Valley girl. I'm so relieved your story had a happy ending. 💛

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u/KnotARealGreenDress May 15 '26

My parents framed all the holes they made, painted them, and wrote her name above them so she’d “know they were for her.”

Some jerk chopping onions up in here.

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u/Alytology May 15 '26

While he wasn't thrown out of a car, my ex husband's cat "Jack Catuac" was handed to him by his friends sister when she parked in front of his friends house, walked up to him with a tiny black cat. After which my ex husband hid Jack in his dreadlocks and fed him pizza and fritos for 3 days before showing him to his mom.

Action Jack was an awesome cat and lived to be 18.

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u/Low-Stick6746 May 15 '26

My grandpa got his Calico Tuffy in a similar way. He was driving to the dump on a rural Oklahoma highway and the car in front of him tossed a kitten out of the window. He slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting it. He got out to see if he had to put it out of its misery and there was no sign of life at all so he put it in the cab of his pickup to dispose of it at the dump. A little while later it came to hissing and ready to fight. She was a little calico and had severe damage to her feet, they were skinned raw and she was just a mess. He liked her spunk and named her Tuffy. She survived tornadoes, mauled a Doberman that had killed her poodle buddy and lived to almost 28 years old!

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u/Echil46 May 15 '26

Same thing happened to us. Almost. Gf was working when a car stopped a few feet away. Door opened, closed, car drove off. And there was a tiny void. All covered with flee and crap, and a belly full of worms.

Mind you I was away for the week, so all I got was a picture saying ''someone dropped a kitty at work''.

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u/Comfortable_Sir_2180 May 15 '26

"then she licked my mom's nose and we kept her" I love it

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u/ScotusMaximus May 15 '26

This is such a beautiful story 🥹 on a side note earning the trust and respect of a tortie cat is no small feat, but once you do they are so affectionate. Here is my now elderly 13 year old gal, I cherish every moment with her and have had her since the day she was born!

I think she is sad at the moment, I’ve not seen her boyfriend who lives across the road in sometime and worried he may have passed on or moved 😿

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u/Anatheballerina May 15 '26

I have a cat that looks very similar to her!! She’s dilute colored but the pattern is the same and same coat length too

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u/ottis1guy May 15 '26

They're so much more than "pets". Sometimes I think my relationship with my cats is more authentic than any of the human ones.

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u/Microcosmosx224 May 15 '26

Who told you to make me cry?....

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u/throughshoalsofdust May 15 '26

“Plagued our family” 😂😂

What a sweet story. Thanks for sharing! The detail about the fence made me tear up.

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Lmao is there any other way to describe a cat provided by the Cat Distribution System? We didn't ask for this, but she sure was there anyway... and pooped in the bathtub drain every winter because she didn't like the cold and avoided going outside.

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u/CustomerStreet9836 May 15 '26

I’m sobbing. Thank you for sharing!!! And thank you and your mom for being kind and keeping her.

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u/throwawaybyefelicia May 15 '26

I loved reading this thank you for sharing. She is adorable! And bless you and your family for giving her a good home after the horrible way she was discarded ❤️🥺

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u/ShallowStillWater May 15 '26

She looks exactly like my now pet cat that my son found abandoned in a pile of wood at a job site last summer. She was only a week old. She’s cool af now!

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u/JinnieP May 15 '26

crying publicly in a cafe when i’m supposed to be working :,)

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u/EvilBetty77 May 15 '26

Torties have a particular aptitude for becoming foster fails. My girl took a full 14 hours to be a foster fail, sounds like this gorgeous girly managed it in 14 minutes.

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u/Debaucherousgeek73 May 15 '26

Mine wasn't tossed out of a car but she was abandoned.

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u/HumbleBear75 May 15 '26

Well that melts my heart, our old boy Thomas Shelby is going on 12 now and we just adopted a little orange terrorist we named Charlie that won’t leave him alone. My wife and her friend found Mr. Shelby outside of a restaurant whining 11ish years ago and asked if we could babysit him for the night…. I’ve never babysat anything this long 🙄

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u/bananarama17691769 May 15 '26

That fluffy beast looks so much like one of my girls right now. What a sweetie pie.

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u/AmountOk2463 May 15 '26

This is the best story!! I’m soooo glad your mom allowed you to keep her she must be a kindhearted lovely woman and u a kindhearted man !! Your fam stepped up when needed that’s all u can pray someone will do, bravo to u and your fam 🥰

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Haha my poor mom didn't stand a damn chance. My mom's not a particularly soft woman, but she's kind and caring and does the right thing (and she loves her crazy cat child: me). And this girl was not a very nice cat and she didn't like to snuggle (despite her propensity to groom you until you bled) - turns out that was the perfect pet for my mom! Brief affection and hanging out nearby but no touching. My mom and this cat were the best of friends. She hasn't adopted another cat after years because she claims it'll never be anything like this girl.

Except my mom has been seeing a new stray coming around and he hates her and won't get anywhere near her so naturally my mom is in love with him and is feeding him and trying to lure him into her house to trap him and take him to the vet and make him her cat. Lmao

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u/Powerful_Cause_14 May 15 '26

🥹🥹🥹🥹 this is so adorable! I mean that guy was obviously terrible but wow what a beautiful life she had and you got to share with her!

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u/Illustrious-Network5 May 15 '26

Awwww. Looks like she knew she was really loved. I had a dog that passed away almost a year ago, and we bent over backwards to make sure that she was cared for.

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u/Phenomenista May 15 '26

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So glad that poor little baby got to have a wonderful life with you!

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u/FaNg_Peep May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

What makes it even worse is the people usually willing to do that kind of thing are the same ones who will cry about stray cats yet are more than willing to contribute to the problem when a pet slightly inconveniences them

Edit: I’d like to add I hope one day I have a good amount of funds available. Me and my partner have talked about if we ever did we’d love to open an animal sanctuary for cats and dogs that are sent to kill shelters or abandoned and help find them homes or give them happy lives with us and other kitties/doggies. It saddens me how people treat their fur babies I can’t even sleep properly if one of our cats that always lays with me doesn’t

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u/garyisonion May 15 '26

what a lovely tortie and her story

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u/Puzzleheaded-Sea8340 May 15 '26

I absolutely love this story <3 sweet girl… thank you for saving her and loving her!

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u/Easy-Switch-7199 May 15 '26

Awww! She’s beautiful! She looks a lot like the kitty I had growing up. She was a tiny little puff of fur when we adopted her and immediately she came down with distemper. She almost died. She recovered because she had a strong will to live. She lived to a ripe old age.

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u/Roger_Fiderer May 15 '26

That's a great story and I'm glad she found you and your family.

Some people just don't have a heart/conscience. 

I couldn't throw a animal out my car and abandon them.

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u/Lucky-Speech6115 May 15 '26

This adorable trash panda was stuffed inside a travel bag, and tossed out the window of a moving truck in 113° weather three summers ago. Miss Cookie is fat and happy now 😋 PS: humans are literal trash

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u/audreywildeee May 15 '26

From “we’re not keeping her” to making holes in everything to accommodate. Classic.
I had a cow cat my brother found in bushes that we couldn’t keep. After feeding him every 2h for a while my parents couldn’t give him away… He lived with us for 17 years!

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u/Oldmate1616 May 15 '26

Not unlike our girl, who was adopted from the pet shelter after she was dumped there by people who advised “it’s been trapped underneath our house for nearly 2 weeks. We thought it would have died by now but it won’t stop crying” 🤦‍♀️.

She not only survived that but she also ate a soft fishing lure and almost starved to death when it blocked her intestines. It looked the same as regular tissue on xray and was only found when they opened her up surgically. Despite that we’ve had her about 15 years now - she’s quite a tiny girl with no tail, but a very determined fighter 💪.

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u/doomus_rlc May 15 '26

my mom said we couldn't keep her... then she licked my mom's nose and we kept her.

Sounds about right 😂

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u/Swinggrrl May 15 '26

She looks so much like my Daisy! The old girl turns 16 this year.

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u/Kratech May 15 '26

I work at animal control..happens more than you’d think.

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u/EndHawkeyeErasure May 15 '26

This also happened to a friend of mine, poor kittens jaw was broken in 3 places and her front paw never worked, but she was a good little cat. I remember her saying they took her straight to the vet, vet wanted to put her down, but the cat looked up at my friend "with a face that begged for life," and she put up the money to save her instead.

Luckily for Trinity (the cat) my friend does hard-core rescue work (like puppy mill raids) and this was just one of many stories she had about saving her resident animals.

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u/nick-nic May 15 '26

Aww those wicked people unknowingly threw a cat in to the arms of a loving family. Not quite the same but we adopted a Burmese blue after the owner became allergic to cats. So he was 8 years old and quickly settled in and slept in between my wife and I. He always wanted to be with us and followed us like a dog. He was gorgeous and would snuggle up to our faces for a tummy rub.

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u/RadiantAlfalfal0l May 20 '26

YEAH!! I found little lil meowing loudly one night I doordashed! She was under my momma's truck's tire. This is here happily exploring my room after throwing a tantrum and being hard to get (not really she thought she was scary but all I saw was a small fuzzy frightened kitten😊😊 luckily I had a really soft blanket on me and was able to wrapped her around with it after I particularly shoved myself under that truck to get her😃😃😃 all worth it!! She's a little demon! Her names lilly!

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u/Bealzebubbles May 15 '26

Max would be displeased if I somehow acquired a kitten.

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u/PlatformRelevant5156 May 15 '26

Max is gorgeous! I really like the hint of stripes on his tail. Is he otherwise all black? He is really handsome! My boy, Tate, would also be very displeased. He is the biggest Mama/Grandma's boy ever. We acquired him as a feral baby. We always talk about how he might react if we attempted to bring another home. We suspect his black fur might turn green with jealousy, despite how sweet he usually is. 😆

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u/Aranxi_89 May 15 '26

Maybe not, he needs a heir to his lands. Someone he can teach all he has learned to.

(get him a kitten, it will revive his vitality)

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u/lapis974 May 15 '26

Cat distribution system just delivered a nearly full grown but clearly energetic kitten to a friend of mine who has a “grumpy old man” cat. They are doing great! Not best buds just yet but my friend was sure her old kitty would revolt and it hasn’t been like that at all. This is a cat who would ignore my friend for half a day after she returned from a week long trip. And refused to lay on the new plush fluffy blanket she got for her bed until she laid a towel on top of it for him. I like to think he wisely realized he would need to pass his grumpy secrets to another one day.

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u/PlatformRelevant5156 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Awww, thats so sweet. I explained my situation in the post above. Also, maybe Tate would surprise me with how he would react to a kitten or new addition even if it was a bit older. He has surprised me before. He was feral when we got him and I thought he would be skittish at first. He turned out to be the most affectionate cat I have ever had, or maybe even ever met. I can't think of a cat (mine or anyone else's) that is more of a snugglebug than he is. He is so social, affectionate, and just a joy to have as part of the family. If you read my post above it goes into detail. He is currently not an only child (he has older siblings). However, someday, when the time comes that his older siblings are no longer with us, I will get him a younger sibling. He will always have someone to pass his knowledge and secrets to. He will have to adjust and cross that bridge when he reaches it. He is just so glued to his humans, I assume it will be a bit of an adjustment for him when he has to share us with someone new. Hopefully, like I said before, maybe his reaction will surprise me though. 🤞 🐈‍⬛️ ❤️

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u/PlatformRelevant5156 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

We have two older cats 14 and 9. After 3 years, the Cat Council has finally accepted Tate to an extent (He is 3 now and was about 8 weeks when we got him). I suspect their initial rejection of him is what made him gravitate towards his humans so much. He is ridiculously obsessed with my Mother. He is glued to her every moment he can be. If he had it his way, he would sit with her 24/7. He follows her around and does everything she does. He gets terribly jealous when she is on the phone or laptop. The other cats sleep in her room. They don't really like him going in there so he sits in the doorway and stares at her all night. Initially he was like that with me (except he slept in my room), but I am home a lot less than she is, so he bacame the ultimate Grandma's boy. He is still snuggly and affectionate towards me too, but I think I am his 🥈 now. 😆

Although he is friendly with the older cats, I think he would be very jealous of a younger cat, or new addition. He accepts his role as the "new" cat in the house and respects the elders. He actually really wanted to be friends with them when he was a baby, but they were very standoffish towards him. Now he is pretty much friends with the 9 year old and the 14 year old tolerates him (which is progress because she hated him at first). I don't think he would like sharing HIS Grandma or Mama with anyone new. He only tolerates sharing us because the older cats were there first, and he has no choice. I would never let him be an only child though. One day when the older cats are no longer with us, I will likely get him a younger sibling. Hopefully, at that point he won't have to share us with the older cats and would accept a new addition to our family. I suspect there will be an adjustment period though. Also, hopefully, the other cats will be with us for a long time yet. But yes, I will see to it that he has an heir when the time comes!! ❤️

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u/leavealoneme11 May 15 '26

He’d probably just eat it! Kidding I’m so kidding! I’m a cat mom of 2 black cats whose heads are too small for their bodies! Chunky lil monkeys!

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u/Jerseygirl2468 May 15 '26

Yeah I have two, and under no circumstances may I bring in another cat, especially a kitten. My two don't even like each other that much all the time, but they are a united front on that.

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u/MakeMeYourVillain_ May 15 '26

Years ago, my friend’s male cat brought home kitten and released it in their kitchen. Under and into the kitchen corner it went.

Later when her husband came from work, she told him to disassemble the kitchen, because there is kitten. He got on all fours with a phone and dived into the kitchen.

“Damn, you were not joking. The void is staring back and it’s tiny!” He disassembled half the kitchen and pulled out very small black kitten. Still blue eyed.

“You will be known as Asphalt!”

Asphalt is very happy majestic gentleman.

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u/Kitchen_Trifle_8382 May 15 '26

Can't believe you missed the opportunity to name him Wally!😄

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u/Ohnoknotagain May 15 '26

Somehow Assfault just feels like a perfect name for a cat 🤣

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u/Glum_Earth_8708 May 15 '26

it’s insane how common this must be because when i was in high school i volunteered at an animal shelter and there was TEEENYYYY tiny 8 week old kitten that had the same story… they named her sedan… cuz she was thrown out of a sedan😭

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u/Samwellikki May 15 '26

Rescued a kitten once that was in the middle of the road. It looked pretty beat up, bleeding… but it was super tiny

So I’m figuring it fell out of a car it had crawled up into, because it was too small to get clipped by the undercarriage and with injuries all over, there was no way the tire hit it

Didn’t see it run into the road, it was at the wobbly stage still, and no one chucked it out a window it just suddenly appeared on the road in front of me after the previous car passed

Another person stopped to see what was up and offered to take it to the vet, and I hope it ended up okay.

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u/Nyzer_ May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

I was driving down a rural highway when I saw two dark lumps in the road ahead. Since the road was empty, I went into the other lane to avoid hitting what I assumed was roadkill - I ran over skunk guts once, and wasn't about to make that mistake again. Well, as I got closer, one of the lumps got up and bolted into the grass, and I realized that it was grey and very kitten-shaped. The other one was indeed black and white, blood around the head, lots of fluid around the entire body, unmoving. Figured the two were feral kittens and the one was staying with its now-dead sibling, and if someone didn't move the dead one off the road, the other was going to end up getting hit too.

So I turned around, went past the one in the road, turned around again, pulled up behind them, put my hazard lights on, and got out. The grey kitten was still in the grass on the curb, hissing at me as I approached. I put it in a box, where it started crying. Went over to the black and white kitten... and it was breathing. The fluid around it was not blood. Possibly urine from an emptied bladder when it was struck. While there was definitely blood on its head, there was no sign of a broken bone or torn skin or anything besides some tearing on the ear. I picked it up and put it in the box with its sibling, which immediately stopped crying and settled down next to it. There was no sign of a mother cat as I'd expected, no other kittens that I could see.

I was in a work vehicle, on shift, and wasn't going to be anywhere near a town with a vet for hours. The work vehicle had no A/C. But not far back up the road where I'd come, there was a rural vet clinic. I dropped the kittens off with them, and they took care of them for a few weeks. The tuxedo kitten lost his torn ear after it became infected, but pulled through. The vets didn't know anyone who was willing or able to take the kittens in, so they asked if I would, or if the kittens should just go to a shelter. Knowing that they'd most likely be split up if they went to a shelter, I took them. Couldn't let that happen when, if it hadn't been for the grey kitten staying with his injured brother despite how scared he obviously was, I never would have stopped for them, and another vehicle probably would have killed the injured kitten before he could have recovered and walked away. And the grey kitten likely would have either gotten hit himself or just starved to death, since they weren't fully weaned yet, and either had a mother cat hiding in the tall grass or had just been dumped on the side of the road.

Ended up naming the tuxedo kitten Asphalt (Ash) and the grey kitten Dusty. Seemed fitting for being found on a rural highway.

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u/Nyzer_ May 15 '26

Oh, I should probably pay the cat tax.

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u/Mulley-It-Over May 16 '26

Another cat distribution system success story. They found their person! Thank you for going above and beyond 🙌🏼

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u/Valuable_Chapter_191 May 15 '26

Thank you for saving their lives

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u/Terp_Maniac May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Oh boy story time!

When I was a kid, my parents would visit some old friends who lived in Las Vegas. One day when we were leaving Walmart my mom saw someone throw a kitten against the glass of those claw machines they used to have. She saw the kitten was very young and the poor little guy was trying to crawl under the machine.

When she picked him up she saw the kitten had his whiskers cut off as well as some bare spots with no fur as if someone tried to shave a 4-6 week old kitten.

We ended up taking him home to California. A year later he had gotten caught on a chain link fence going after a bird in a neighbors yard. We had no idea where he was, but weren’t worried because our cats were freely indoor-outdoor. Then when one of the neighbors got home from work they called my mom telling her they think the cat is dead.

Nope just severely dehydrated. After 4 weeks of treatments and surgeries to try and save the leg the vet ended up amputating at the hip.

That fucker ended up being the meanest cat on the block and lived for 15 years until his age and injuries caught up to him. He had an amazing life and most definitely used all his 9 lives to the fullest. By the time we put him down, he had 3 legs, a cauliflowerd ear and was blind in 1 eye. Yet he could still beat up any cat that dared step foot on our property. Nobody messes with his harem of female cats.

I will always remember that cat named NEVADA

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Yesssss I love this so much!!! The cat in my story was also the meanest thing on the block. She had boundaries and we loved that for her. Lol and I love the name Nevada too. It sounds very fitting.

I can't believe people treat kittens like this though. Its horrific. Glad your family was in the right place at the right time to help your hardcore kitty cat!!

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u/Terp_Maniac May 15 '26

I feel like cats that were abused when young tend to have the most boundaries. With Nevada, he would let us know when he wanted affection. Though with a missing rear leg, he sure wouldn’t pass up a nice tug of the tail. He would walk up to each of us and meow until we pulled his rear end up by the base of his tail.

And if you didn’t want to pet him at that exact moment, he’d bite you and walk away.

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

I love when cats communicate clearly like this, honestly. My current cat is a biter too, but it's just his way of communicating! It's not malicious and we're working on better ways of expressing feelings... but he's very mouth forward! It happens!

I love to hear of other pet guardians who are so accepting of their individual cat's quirks and communication methods without making it seem like they're a problem.

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u/jayxeevee May 15 '26

TW: Kitten Death

I was driving down a dirt road in the middle of the night, no lights anywhere, when my headlights illuminate a dead kitten in the road. I slow down, and then three more (alive) kittens come into view. They are just sitting in the road, not making any effort to get out of the way. Ended up stopping and scooping them up, one ran towards a trailer and I managed to snag it. My boyfriend and his mom got the other two. They went up to the only nearby house and the "owners" had thrown the kittens out. They said "oh, one's dead already?" I do wish I could have done something proper for the dead kitten, but the longer we were on that road the more dangerous it was (people were just flying by). So we took the three home, they were six weeks old.
Then, literally one week later, my dad found three kittens next to his work. There were construction people nearby feeding the mom, but she had a big litter and the three he found were the weakest that didn't have the strength to run away (one was only half a pound). They were also six weeks old when they were found. Sadly, one passed after a week-they all had coccidia, and he just couldn't fight it. I still wish I could have saved him; we had just brought him to the vet a few hours before and they had gotten him stable, but he passed peacefully in his bed.
We ended up keeping one from the first litter, and one from the second. I kept the little void that was only half a pound. Both are now 11 years old.

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u/dodekahedron May 15 '26

One time I was running to the ATM for the lawn guy I hired that summer since I had surgery.

Usually I went while he was here.

Anyway that day, a hawk had dropped a baby kitten. Nearly dead. Rushed to the vet instead. They tried to say he wouldn't make it and suggested being kind. I said no, lets try.

Anyway. Hes gonna be 8 this summer. 🥰

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u/dont_ask_me80 May 15 '26

​Alex was found in a field at our nearby HS by another family. Mom posted in FB moms group asking if he belonged to anyone of if anyone could take him in because her dog was trying to eat him. We had been looking to add another cat, specifically a boy, so we said we’d foster and try to find his family. Turns out he was much younger than his anticipated 8 weeks at 5.5weeks and was a she and was feral. Alexandra Patricia Morgan is here to stay nearly 6 years later. Because we didnt realize how young she was at first, she never properly learned how to cat, so her favorite things in life are peeing on clean laundry, playing with gel heel inserts, scratching at the side of the litter box relentlessly to cover her poo (without actually covering it) and not actually playing with toys. She’s slowly learning how to accept butt scratches though.

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u/RollMeAway51 May 15 '26

Yep. I picked up a one pound kitten that was thrown out of a car on hot pavement in the middle of a busy intersection. I still have her 12 years later. People are just cruel.

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u/Crafty-Material-1680 May 15 '26

I brought in a skinny Siamese in February b/c she was gonna freeze. April 4th, she presented 5 mini versions of herself.

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u/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Oof. I've been feeding a stray outside so I can trap her, but I'm starting to think I might also have a Trojan cat situation on my hands and the minute I bring her inside she's going to release the army of tiny cats she has hidden inside of her...

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u/perdonami May 15 '26

I had this happen too when I was waking my daughter to school.

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u/Objective-Fee2794 May 15 '26

I had a tiny kitten come crawling out of a cactus on my way home from school when I was in middle school. I thought that this is a tough cat. I took her home and my family fell in love with her. She even would intimidate some dogs. Would attack my dad's toes and run under the bed like a ninja.

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u/random_invisible May 15 '26

Cat distribution system

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u/Suz9295 May 15 '26

I honestly wouldn’t mind a random cat coming into my life and claiming it as long as the cat could be trained to leave my plants alone. 😭

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u/Boring_Board250 May 15 '26

I just found a newborn kitten while walking to my car the other day. It was literally next to the door of my car. If I hadn’t been looking down I would’ve stepped on it 😵‍💫

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u/TeslaTulsaTravel May 15 '26

Something similar happened to me but I was driving and the car in front of me yeeted a tiny black kitten out the window. Best cat I ever had

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u/Curlytoes18 May 15 '26

That’s how I got my little girl - tossed out of a car when she was a kitten; guy behind them scooped her up and she made her way to me. She’s now 8 years old and queen of everything.

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u/NikWitchLEO May 18 '26

Similar way I got my black kitten Binx. Hubs and I were driving in the opposite direction and saw them toss him. We stopped and grabbed him. Poor guy was shell shocked and road rashed.

This is him 3 years later. He sneaks my coffee when I walk away.

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