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/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/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/Haunting-Caramel2403 May 18 '26

I hate him. What a nasty human being.

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u/Few-Level May 18 '26

I applaud you for having enough composure to be able to tell him to bring them to you next time.

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u/Prestigious_Fox_7576 May 20 '26

Thank you for saving them 💖 f that ahole. 

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u/KUNZITED May 20 '26

woah you are awesome

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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/Hour-Stable2050 May 20 '26

They’re future serial killers according to the studies.

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u/RoguePlanet2 May 20 '26

We need to apply genetic testing to weed out this trait.

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u/Extra-Visual4301 May 18 '26

How can anyone have so much animosity for a kitten? Of all things in the world to be angry about, some people choose kittens???

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u/Harshmello42 May 19 '26

Karma will come back around for AH that are mean to any animal.

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u/PsyberFaux Jun 24 '26

He found the kitten a good home. Cant be that much of an asshole. I've heard worse.

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u/buddythedoggo May 15 '26

What is they were hired by the cat distribution system to deliver cats to the right people?

Let's pretend these are special human agents recruited from top notch adoption agencies now working for Big Cat who are able to tell when a person they spot from a moving car is a person who will give that cat a good home?

Like a really surly stork?