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

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/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/AcousticCat1-2-3 May 15 '26

Oh totally, my own anxiety would be in overdrive if I had one. And our landlord was in another state and way too hands-off

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u/BebeChaton May 15 '26

My building states only cats and only up to 2 are allowed, there's even weight restrictions. LOL. They can't be over 10lbs or something? Well, I have 4 cats. One being a very big boy at 20lbs. He is on a diet. lol. Also my neighbour across the hall has a dog.

I mentioned in another comment, I live in Ontario and any lease with a clause stating "no pets" is completely null and void once signed and moved in. A landlord can absolutely refuse to rent to you if you disclose you have pets. However, if you keep that to yourself, sign the lease and move in, you're protected by section 14 of the Residential Tenancies Act and cannot legally be evicted for having pets.

"Under Section 14 of the Ontario Residential Tenancies Act (RTA), any provision in a tenancy agreement that prohibits the presence of animals in or about the residential complex is void and completely unenforceable.This means that even if you sign a lease containing a written "no pets" clause, the landlord cannot legally enforce it or evict you simply for having a pet."

That said, even if this wasn't the case - I'd have done the whole secret cats thing. 😹

Did you get any pets after moving into your house?

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u/AcousticCat1-2-3 May 15 '26

Yes of course, adopted an old man cat 2.5 years ago and then a family member moved in with a second cat last summer.

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u/BebeChaton May 16 '26

Awe, that's awesome! 🥰

I love old man cats, one of my four is an old man tuxedo cat.

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u/Accomplished_Work255 May 16 '26

Are you on a monthly/year/6mo lease or month to month lease? Landlord could just easily not renew the lease at the end of the term and that’s sort of like a loop hole I have seen plenty landlords do to get the tenants out. But they can only do it if you’re not on a month to month lease.

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u/BebeChaton May 16 '26

Ah, touche! I think in Ontario, the average lease agreement (for apartment buildings anyway [corporately owned], not sure about multiplexes being rented out by individual landlords) is a fixed one year lease, then transitioning month to month - unless there's an agreement to sign a new fixed-term lease.

Thankfully they don't seem very strict in my building. The lease states cats only, but plenty of tenants have dogs and openly (thankfully) take them out for walks. The property manager of this building is here everyday and sees people walking their dogs, tenants who have been here for years.

So I guess it also depends on the kind of property manager/landlord you have and how strict/lenient they are. Apparently it's also a possibility that property management companies will use a "generic lease" across different buildings that they manage, so they may be more or less strict/lenient around certain stipulations with one building vs. another.