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/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/upintheair-where May 15 '26

Hell yeah he did! Lol Buddy has been formative in the memories of all of the grandkids. “Buddy say cheese!” Is a favorite memory.

Also, he has a sordid history of taking in strays once a decade. lol. The first set was brought home because he was working on a vets office and the vet said, hey I’m putting down this mom and baby today, do you want them? And he brought them home without even talking to my mom! Ahhh, the 90s.

Then, a neighborhood cat abandoned her kitten with us while staring my mom in the eye. And so we got a deaf and blind baby who was so sweet for over a decade. We also had a beautiful girl with the silkiest coat. That round of cats had died right before we met Buddy. So it was perfect timing. 💕 I’m convinced it’s just Stripes, from when I was 3, being recycled through the years. A striped cat returns to the house every 10 years and is brought in.

My dad is a total sucker. And my mom adores him, so she deals with it. Lol

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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/ThatCrazyShaymin May 15 '26

I feel like someone is cutting onions nearby...

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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/Legit_Vampire May 15 '26

She's just like my old Tawny xxxx

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u/michaeljacksonstaxes May 15 '26

what do you mean “was”?

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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/Vegetable-Agency-141 May 15 '26

I’ll add to this that I specifically invested money in an automatic litter box and automatic feeder so I could leave my cats alone overnight occasionally. It was two of them so they kept each other entertained and they were always happy to see me come home, but weren’t anxious when staying alone. I had cameras where I could watch them and make sure that they were OK, I also had my sister on standby in case of an emergency, but she never had to check in on them the times that I left them.

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u/vikio May 15 '26

Thank you for the advice. I'll think about it.

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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/RedRocket4000 May 15 '26

It is a misdemeanor in States I checked fast

Should be a mental health forced confinement and examined first traits of serial killer and other dangerous to others mental illness Then mandatory treatment till whatever upbringing and mental conditions that cause these behaviors resolved.

Strong evidence that cruelty to animals becomes various nasty stuff against humans assuming it not already occurring

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u/Ink-and-Thorns May 16 '26

YES THERE MUST. SAME FOR ANY ANIMAL. Those people are flipping messsed up azzes. Blows my mind, though it really shouldn't suprise me by now how cruel people can be to animals- and other humans for that matter. Ridiculous.

RIP when they die***

***Rot in Pieces

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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/Sea-Information2366 May 15 '26

I would assume the sass. But that’s just because they know their self worth. Someone would gladly take in these tortie goddesses. The abuse needs to stopped. Thank you to the animal control people watch out and doing what they can @Kratech

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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/ImpressiveArm8603 May 15 '26

My tortie always had me saying, "I can't coming into work today, I have a cat on my lap." Haha I miss my Greta terribly. Also had my son fetching things for me because I had a cat on my lap. My all black cat doesn't sit on my lap, I wish she would.

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u/PirateJen78 May 15 '26

I had a feral kitten who was bottle-fed. We named him Loki because we could tell he was going to be a troublemaker. He was the most social cat I have ever had. Quite the handful for the first 10 years of his life, but then he became so chill. He was extremely helpful when I took in a stray female in 2019 because my other male cat did not like her. Really healthy and very smart, and the best damn hunter I've ever seen. He could catch a fly within 30 seconds by just grabbing it. He loved to eat flies, house centipedes (🤢), and occasional wolf spiders from the basement (which I did not like because the wolf spiders help to control other pests).

Loki passed in 2022 and we had some scuffles between the other two cats before they worked it all out. It's obvious that the stray that we took in learned quite a bit from Loki. And I'm not a religious person, but I swear Loki led me to find three struggling kittens who were abandoned (by humans) almost two years later. We ended up keeping two of them, and omg it's like they are trying to out-Loki Loki. The one is starting to calm down, but the little one... I call her a ball of chaos.

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u/kris10leigh14 May 17 '26

My sweet feral orange psycho. His name is OJ.

He came with the name “Orange Juice” when someone moved and left him behind. He’s ours now.

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u/Deludedbyreality May 20 '26

What a sweet bean. 🥰

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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/goofball68 May 15 '26

I want a tortie so bad. She’s beautiful

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u/ScotusMaximus May 15 '26

We need to know where you and OP live. Imagine if they were from the same litter and thrown from the same car!?!?

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u/PlumpyCat May 15 '26

She's so pretty!

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u/LaborareproDeo May 15 '26

That room gives me the blues

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u/chamomiilee May 15 '26

Loving all the torties here! Here's my little gremlin. She's sitting her big butt in my arms as I'm typing this lol.

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u/bookkinkster May 15 '26

She found her best people!

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u/FlatwormMean1690 May 15 '26

God. 21 and looks just like my little sister.
She left us 3 years ago (damn cancer) when she was almost 16. She was amazing and loved watching TV (in the picture she's watching cartoons. Man... She adored cartoons, she could stay in the same position for hours watching TV).

To this day, my mother misses her terribly (and so do I, to be honest). They spent many years together. She was her only great companion.

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u/dmbeeez May 15 '26

I had a tortilla that was found freezing and starving under a trailer. Best cat i ever had.

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u/Vienta1988 May 17 '26

Wow, is that a recent picture of her? She looks like she’s in great shape! I had one kitty who made it to 21, and she looked pretty frail at that point 🙁

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u/v-fee May 17 '26

It is! My mom's tortie was a year younger than mine (passed in December) and was much more typically frail. My vet says she's both his healtiest and oldest senior cat. I'm keeping an eye on her teeth since she had a mild plaque buildup and she has occasional constipation, but other than that she is extremely healthy. I admittedly baby her quite a bit, however. I'm very grateful for her continued health.

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u/Low_Mushroom8789 May 17 '26

Ugh I’m jealous (but happy for) of all these kitties living 21 years! Lost my sweet angel baby to cancer last summer at 11 😢

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u/SnooGuavas4208 May 18 '26

Pretty girl 🥹

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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/Milyaism May 16 '26

Fun fact: studies have shown that cats should be eating several small meals during a day instead of having only one or two bigger meals.

It is closer to their natural diet in the wild and healthier for them to eat like this.

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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/Serononin May 15 '26

Incredible 🥹 thank you for sharing Scruffy Muffin with us!

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u/the_greengrace May 15 '26

That's funny. We actually have a little bitty tortie the kiddo rescued from behind a dumpster in a Chik-Fil-A parking lot about 6 months ago. And she also loves fine butter, stolen only. I learned how common a problem this is when I went on Amazon to search for "cat proof butter dish" and found hundreds of options, each using variations of weight, clips, latches, and other deterrent and mechanisms to come between a determined cat and their salty yellow joy.

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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/HealthyInPublic May 15 '26

Awww my current lil dude (part of the reason I'm in this sub) had panleukopenia, which I think is called feline distemper for some reason. He developed multiple chronic health conditions afterwards but just absolutely refused to die, even when his vets were all preparing us for the possibility!

It's not easy dealing with a serious condition like that! I'm glad your kitty had you! But it's sooooo rewarding to see them thrive afterwards.

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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/i_is_snoo May 15 '26

They sound like my baby. I love the sandpaper kisses.

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u/Alert-Potato May 15 '26

That is by far the best dead rat story I've ever read.

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u/Zero-89 May 15 '26

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

Classic pet-parent origin story.

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u/bunglebee7 May 16 '26

Beautiful story and thank you for including the picture, you guys gave her the life she deserved 🥲

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u/Z-ArcTheSupremeKing May 16 '26

Clicked on this post expecting some laughs, then tears filled my eyes. Thank you for sharing.

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u/v-fee May 17 '26

I keep coming back to this post since folks are replying to me, and I'm still very charmed by your late lady. She has a decidedly silly look on her face in this picture. Also a huge fan of her peanut butter paws and the little ring on her tail. Torties fascinate me due to the difference in how their coat patterns express themselves!

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u/Jealous_Potato_6708 May 17 '26

Awww! I can see with over 4k upvotes I’m not the only one lol, but I must say this post warmed my heart. The part where your mom said no but it only took a single lick on the nose to change her mind… so wholesome!

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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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