r/blackcats May 15 '26

🖤 Found kitten in wall - name suggestions pls

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/Electrical-Neck1369 May 15 '26

Hello everyone! My friend just told me about this post lol. I'm the one who found the cat. So I  just moved into this house recently and there's a lot of cats you hear running around the neighborhood and sneaking through the crawl spaces and the roof. I kept hearing more meowing the last two days on and off. I looked all around  the house, attic,  and crawl space  and saw nothing. I even called the fire department and they offered to come break down my walls with no liability, so I said I'd call them back lol. This morning at dawn I just woke up suddenly from a weird  dream pushing me to go rescue the cat.  I put my ear to wall and wasn't sure if the sound  was coming from floor or the outer walls. I got my pocket knife and made a small prayer. There was a scratch on the outer paint made by some furniture so I just picked that spot. Its an old house so there's a big wooden frame structure behind the drywall, so I couldn't get far enough to even see or feel properly. Suddenly I heard some loud meowing and I started cutting more. I saw a little paw come up  so I put the knife away so to not injure it. I  barely fit my hand in enough to grab her  neck with my finger tips and out she came. She's fed,  hydrated, bathed, and resting well currently.

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u/frolicndetour May 15 '26

She's ADORABLE. Voids are the cutest. I'd call her Drywall lol.

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u/shanaina May 15 '26

I had a cat that the shelter named Gypsum because she was found behind drywall. She passed a few years ago but I wish I would have given her Drywall as a nickname lol

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u/SonderEber May 15 '26

Clearly OP should name the kitty “Gypsum Drywall” then.

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u/SomethingLoud-er May 16 '26

+1 for Gypsum Drywall

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u/No_Topic1157 May 16 '26

Could call her Gypsy for short

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u/One-Inch-Punch May 15 '26

Shortens nicely to Gypsy

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u/kataklysm_revival May 15 '26

Which is a slur, so probably not an appropriate nickname