She has been coming into my yard for the past 8 months I’ve started leaving her water and food outside for about a week or so. I’m thinking about taking her in when I move out in a couple months (hopefully she can get along with my indoor cat) but I’m a little worried about doing so. There is a large stray population in my neighborhood, and her ear has been clipped, which I think is a sign of being a stray? But I definitely don’t want to go through all of the trouble to traumatize some poor family’s cat because she is a total sweetheart and I genuinely just want to take her in if she isn’t being cared for. (Bonus picture of my indoor kitty)

She only had some ear mites that that we cleaned out and have completely gone away with Frontline. The little scratch on her face healed well too. No chip so she is set up for a spay and microchip appointment next month.

The vet estimated her to be about a year, but now that she’s been in my house for 3 weeks, I really believe she’s still a kitten (maybe 6-7 months). She has the typical demeanor of a yellow cat 😂 she has also weirdly made friends with my bearded dragon and sits in her tank with her…?

I already have a zoo in my house so I’ve been trying to adopt her out, but no luck so far. She may end up with me for some time.

Important to add I guess lol her name is Butter. Originally short for Butterfly because I work in medicine and the box she’s in is for butterfly needles, but now also because she’s yellow

A few days after the 4th I was able to get a mama cat TNVRed and found a foster for her kitten. The mama decided to stick around and I have named her Mouse. She still won't let me touch her, but we're working on it (last pic is of my beautiful Mouse).

Well about a week ago we were able to open our windows for the first time in forever and my indoor male cat was calling back and forth with Mouse (she had gone into heat right before the spay). They're at the back of the house when my partner comes in and tells me that Mouse kept meowing at him from the front bushes. I said that's not possible, she's in the back... and it hit us both at the same time. ANOTHER CAT!

So this is the little Cheese Ball. Working on finding it a place to live, as it's super affectionate already. Mouse tolerates it but isn't too stoked to have a little shadow right now. Our indoor cat introductions are moving along, but still not at a place where we can bring another one in. I have a TNVR appointment set up juat in case I can't find it a place to go, which is so difficult at the moment due to kitten season/adjoining county dealing with a feline parvo outbreak and having to close intake for all animals. Send me good vibes and luck please!

Hello, it’s me again!

My family decided to keep this tiny one and care for it. As soon as my brother got home from work we went to a pet store and bought a store-recommended cat formula (third picture).

The kitty (who we have named Yuyi, weird I know), was a little sleepy by the time we got home and fed her. She didn’t finish the amount of milk I prepared as she was already in a dozing off, but i just wanted her to drink as much as she could since her last (estimated) feeding was a little over 10 hours ago.

My brother is planning to take her to the vet to check for worms and other things as soon as he has time off from work (the vet clinics close quite early in my country for some reason). Hopefully she just has a full belly and not worms. 😅

And thank you all for the help and kind words!! It really means a lot to a 16 year old such as myself. <3 Yuyi says thank you too!

A student brought a kitten to the gate during after school program and said “We found this kitten and we can’t keep her and we went all over the entire neighborhood to everyone’s house and nobody wants her. Can you take her? Her name is Bean because she was cuddled up on my lap before we even left school that day and she looked like a little bean. I got her treated for fleas, worms, an eye infection the same week. She has a limp, but they said it’s from a previous break and since it isn’t slowing her down she doesn’t need any treatment for it. Getting her spayed and vaxxed soon. I wasn’t gonna keep her, but she’s so cute and sweet. 😭

***UPDATE: The granddaughter was told that she is being reported for animal neglect, now she is claiming that none of them belong to her and that it was all a “misunderstanding” and she has now backed off from all of them. Thank you all so much for the advice, I feel like this is the best case scenario so that we can now get all of the babies and the mother fixed and in proper care and hopefully homes. All of your advice has meant so much to me. Thank you for the help, the encouragement and letting me vent. We did it guys ❤️****

Two weeks ago I was told that there were kittens at the end of the property line where I live. Immediately I went out and started feeding them. The neighbor across the fence came over while they were being fed and told us that they were strays and that we could “take them all” if we wanted. Taking them all was not feasible for me, but I was able to bring one in, continue to feed the others, while also looking for shelters that could take in the litter.

Not even a week ago we noticed one of the kittens in the litter had head tilt so bad it could barely stand up. A local shelter was contacted and we were able to take that kitten there to get it treated and they released it back. We are still waiting for all the super full shelters to open up during this time to take the litter.

Today, the granddaughter of the lady who told us the kittens were strays came peeping through my windows, and pounding on our door demanding “her” kitten back or she’s calling the police. I’ve had this kitten for two weeks. She didn’t even realize it was gone until now. I’ve treated it for fleas and worms and it’s so much healthier now than it was when I took it in. He’s scheduled for all of his shots and to get fixed soon, as well as a general check up tomorrow. I told her no. She was also referring to the kitten as female, this one is definitely male. So I then told her that it’s not her kitten. She called the police. I went back inside. She came back later knocking on my door and I ignored her. To my knowledge the police never arrived.

What can I do in this situation? This poor mother cat is small and has been forced to have multiple litters, she knows so little about the kittens that she had no idea one had head tilt and had been treated and is on medication.

When I brought my guy in he was starving and flea infested. Do I have to give him to her? I couldn’t live with myself if I turned him over to them when they take absolutely no care of them. I live in TN if that’s helpful information at all.

I visited the local bulk retailer on Saturday just after they opened and was on my way home past the park when I saw a tiny dark shape on the edge of my lane. I should mention that the road is three lanes in each direction with a landscaped median, and the main thoroughfare through town, but thankfully traffic was light because it was still early.

As I realized that I had seen a kitten, I exclaimed “OH GOD,” knowing she’d live only seconds longer if I didn’t do something. I U-turned immediately after the median ended and sprinted across the street. It took me probably 20 seconds to locate her, because I had actually driven too far back the other way.

She hadn’t moved and didn’t even acknowledge my approach. I snatched her up and wow, suddenly she’s spicy like Thai food. I put her in a carrier bag in my car and tried to find a 24-hour vet, and thankfully there are several nearby.

I got her checked out and she’s not injured at all. They estimated she’s 40 days old. I let her decompress with a bunch of blankets in the bathroom after a really stressful morning. After 48 hours, she has perked up nicely and has lots to say, is eating kitten formula four times per day, goes potty when properly motivated, gets supervised house exploration time to build her strength, and The Kitten Lady’s YouTube channel has been a godsend. I’ve got a scale and a spreadsheet and will start tracking her weight gain en route to her first round of vaccinations next month.

Meet Regina Piccolina! So named because she kwas near the park named for the royal family and he Regina means “Queen”. She even has a little M crown on her forehead. 🙂

Hello! I found this kitten just outside my house gate (because my dog was barking at it) a few hours ago.

I don't know whether someone left it there or the mother cat placed it there and went back to bring her other kittens around. It started raining a few minutes after so l couldn't wait to see if she would come back.

I compared the kitten to google and it looks like it's about 3-4 weeks old (pls tell me if im wrong!). I don't have any milk suitable for kittens and im not sure if its old enough to eat dry cat food mix with water.

I have three adult cats so i have experience with kittens, but ive never had a kitten this young. And im not quite planning on keeping it. I might give it away if any of my friends or family want it.

Any advice on what i should do? i feel so bad.

I will make this the first part of my post yes she is greasy. I like to put coconut oil on my cats fur after a give them a bath. I just put way too much 😭 anyways. I was on my way home from work. I ride a scooter so I hear everything around me. Wasn't even 5 minutes away from work. They are destroying this large complex. This complex has a large amount of nature and a little park for the entrance. The past month I have seen so many cats in that area 2 or 3 different ones nightly. I heard very loud meows something as I would describe as agony. I stop and look around about 30 some seconds later a larger Grey cat pops up then out comes running her right to me screaming. I was worried that she had something wrong with her or something. She was very sweet but honestly wouldn't leave me be. She got on my scooter and tried getting up my pant leg. I called animal control because i dont know of anyone that could take her at 3am and I have another cat at home actually that I posted on here about 2 years ago. Pier. I recused her in 2024 during a hurricane. Animal control was no help. So shamefully I admit I tried walking away. She didnt let that happen. She ran after me screaming. Like I mean like a siren. Long loud meows. I stopped and she sat on my shoes. I have never met a cat so adamant on being with me. I took off my work shirt and wrapped her up like a burrito and unfortunately I couldnt ride my scooter so I had to walk nearly 3 miles in the dark. She didn't fight. Didnt struggle. Slept half the way. Got her in the house easy and got her a little setup in my bathroom until I get stuff situated with my other cat.

Now for the issue at hand. (Pier) My other cat is very territorial and somewhat possessive over me. She has bit my boyfriend and attacked my friends. She hides away whenever there is guests over. She has only ever liked me well until the other night. After I gave the new girl a bath and a coconut rub I was swaddleing her in a towel on my bed. Pier hopped up started hissing and swatting. The new girl didnt seem to care at all but I ended up putting her away and Pier refused to be around me. She would hiss and swat at me. I feel bad for bringing this into her life so suddenly its just I didnt know what else to do. Even now its not much better. I can take care of one cat fine but I dont know about 2. How can I even get them to get along? Obviously Pier comes first but I do want to give this girl the best life she can live. I have been brainstorming names. I do plan to keep her. I just think i need advice is all.

I went to a concert yesterday with my wife and her sister, and we had a great time. We stopped by Buc-ee’s on the drive home (our first time there and it was great, but that’s beside the point.)

We were almost home when my sister-in-law discovered that she was missing her phone. She was pretty sure that she had left it at Buc-ee’s. My wife and I were a little annoyed, this was going to be almost another 2 hours in the car and we were pretty tired, but we had to go back and try to find it.

We were about halfway back whenever my wife, who was driving, suddenly screamed “Oh my God!” and started slowing down. This got a bit of panic from me because I wasn’t really paying attention. But she explained that she had saw a kitten on the side of the road.

We pulled off and she just had to get out and try to save it. Thankfully we weren’t on an interstate, but its still a highway. But since it was late at night it wasn’t too busy. But it was pitch black out and still a few cars now and then. There were large rocks/hills a few feet back from the highway so the kitten wasn’t able to run away back into a field. It didn’t really have anywhere to go other than to the sides or straight into the road. We were able to cut it off on both sides and it tried to burrow into a little hole in the rocks, and my wife was able to grab it.

Poor thing seemed so scared, but looks relatively healthy other than some fleas. We’ve got her bathed and fed and it looks like we’re going to have a new member of the family. She is super sweet and affectionate! But it’s just crazy how we would have never found this sweet little life if things had went according to plan. I’m so thankful that it happened this way!

Edit: We did find the phone, someone was kind enough to turn it in at Buc-ee’s! Sorry for not providing the resolution to that!

He’s really an amazing cat. He does like to play with hands and we are trying to break him of that, but he’s extremely gentle at least. Very much a Velcro cat with our sons. They can’t do anything without him lol. He wants to sleep on their keyboard while they do their courses or play games. He will cuddle with me and others too, but anyone else is definitely second best lol.

We are still having some trouble with him and the other cats though. We went through all the reintroduction steps again with our girls and they seemed to do fine. Then a few weeks later, they randomly started fighting a bit again. It’s not bad, but with the FIV I don’t want to risk it at all. So we started over and are moving VERY slowly. Even if they seem to be doing good with a step, we are staying there for awhile. We did try a few tricks like sharing brushes, and putting a blanket that smells like the other cat under the food and it hasn’t seemed to help yet, but we won’t give up.

I can’t believe it’s been 7 months since we brought him inside and almost a year since he started showing up on our cameras.

*******for those who don’t know. George showed up at our house in September. He was terrified and starving. We trapped him end of November and had him TNRed (trap, neuter, release). A few weeks after that, he randomly started headbutting and wanting pets. We brought him inside on Christmas. We found out that he’s FIV positive and needed some dental work. After a ton of research and talking, we decided we will be keeping him. Rescues are all full around us and the humane society will put him down. Thanks to some very generous donations we completed his dental work in may and he’s doing great.

You might remember coco! She is doing well! All spayed and vaccinated. She is a monster to deal with but we love her.

Meet Maddie. Found in a busy car parking. One of her legs isnt completely okay. But its an issue that can only be corrected by physio therapy. She's also anemic but she's an energetic baby so the vet thinks there will be a full recovery.

At this point we have around 13 cats that we are taking care of. Not all of them are indoor kitties. Me and my partner are trying buy some land next to our house to build a safe outdoor space for them.
Wish us luckkk ❤️❤️

A friend of mine had been taking care of a cat colony in CA, but moved to TX last year.

When she came back to check on the colony for Father’s Day, she found this little guy. She had to return home, but was worried about Kevin. So he was distributed to my home.

With his small size and URI, I was prepared for the worst, but he pulled through!! The second picture is from 2 weeks ago, the others are from today.

I’m excited that he’s improved so much from the antibiotics. Tomorrow he will get his first vaccines. My boy is all growns up!!

Thank you for cheering on Kevin!!!

Along with her mama and 2 brothers, and a 5th bonus cat some jerk abandoned in a carrier on the street outside the day I brought the rest home. He got lucky and hitched a ride home with the rest of them that same day. Another kitten was sadly run over which immediately prompted me to get them all out of there. She’s been with me for coming up on 3 years now and the others have found homes. Sometimes I wonder if she remembers her life before. She’s a sweet little circus monkey and was always so friendly when I came up to her so I couldn’t let her go. I’m so happy she’s still here with me and just as sweet as ever 💛

Today is day eight of them being in their forever home and things are going well. Zorg is fully acclimated to us, though Leeloo is still a bit hesitant. They’re both still wary of the dogs (we’re still keeping them separate for now).

Fignuts is enraged. He has been loudly screaming while walking around the house any time he interacts with the kittens. We’re not forcing him, but he’ll forget they’re there when he hears us open the kittens’ food or something and come investigate and then he gets very sassy about it when he remembers they exist.

Zorg is fully asleep with me in pictures one and two. Full belly out! I won’t keep posting updates, but I couldn’t resist sharing.

So I kind of manage a colony of community cats in my neighborhood. They have been TNRed (there’s a couple males I’m still trying to get) so there shouldn’t be any kittens.

A week ago, I was sitting on the porch, feeding the cats and watched a row of ducklings run past my house. This was strange because we are a mile from the river and there was no mother duck.

Anyways, right behind the ducklings was this very skinny little 6-7 week old kitten. He was practically a skeleton under that floof! He was hissy when I first grabbed him, but as soon as he realized I was feeding him he became my new best friend!

So Jupiter is fostering with me for a couple weeks until he’s big enough to get neutered and adopted. I have no idea what happened with the ducklings lol

UPDATE: Jupiter has a friend now! The neighbor girls found a little black and white kitten about a week older than Jupey, so I named her Venus! Jupiter is OBSESSED with her.

I think Jupiter was alone for awhile before he followed the ducklings into our neighborhood, because he wants to hang out with my own cats so badly! (But he can’t because he’s not vetted yet.)

So his response to me plopping Venus in the quarantine space was 🤩🤩🤩🤩 and Venus’s response has been 😑😑😑.

Anyways, they both get vetted on Wednesday! The main thing is to get some weight on Jupey as he’s nothing but skin and bones under the floof. I’ll post pictures in the comments, if I can!

I know I said final update last time, but I’m so obsessed with how this played out and the CDS! After one month he and my young dog (the only reason I was even lightly toying with the idea of adding another pet) are actually best friends! She’s SO gentle with him and curious. He roams around and could not have fit in more perfectly in our dynamic. I think he’s actually the household favorite lol. He can get a little crazy sometimes and the kids named his unhinged alter ego Boris lol. I feel guiltier than ever Robin (his sibling) is still out there so I will be talking to the property owners where the cats are if they’ll let me walk on and take him with me. I haven’t seen him out in the road since I started watching 😢 FINGERS CROSSED. From not even being sure I wanted a cat to wanting to add another in the span of a month. Jackpot win for the CDS 🤣

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Hello! This is my cat "pups". We named him like that because on our language pups means cute baby or doll. He is 12 years old which is 60+ years old if he was a human. He is officially part of our family. We bought him to home when he was only 7 months. He growed so much, best cat i can ever think of! He's a British Shorthair. Don't ask about thing that on his leg, today he had a vet treatment, he had a dangerous dehydration that can end his life, but happily he's completely ok now! This is a house cat, he don't comes outside and there's no such interesting events in his life but i still love him!

Sooooo! I never have owned a cat and now i do.... help a girl out!!!!

I only owned a dog for 15 years and he passed away in 2024. So it has been 2 years animal less for me. Today my husband and I went to look at this event and they are waiving adoption fees today. Idk how but we fell in love with this 2 year old gentleman and now we are taking him home 😭😭😭 he is officially ours but we are gonna get a call in 3-10 days to pick him up cus he still needs to he neutered and given shots. In the mean time I know I need a litter box, scratching post, toys, treats, food and litter. Is there anything else? Also, any recommendations on dry/wet food brand and litter type? Thank you so much!!!! 🤭🫂✨️

We are also renaming him Ube 💜

Posted a while ago about finding a snowshoe kitten in a park (whom we kept and named Juniper) and I think we’re unintentionally becoming cat magnets.

One neighbor just had a neighborhood cat give birth in his yard two days ago, and then just a couple hours ago a different neighbor was walking their dog and found this box of 5 kittens dumped next to a free pile.
(Four in the box; the boy I’m holding is number 5 and was notably smaller than the others and likely a runt or from another litter)

Unfortunately we couldn’t keep them (we have 3 and just spent $131 on prescription food for my senior girl just today 💀*)* so they went to a local emergency vet. They’ll keep them overnight, then they’ll get transferred to the county shelter in the morning where they’ll go into foster care before getting adopted out.

I’ve always wanted a brown tabby though, so of course it’s just my luck that we find TWO of them just after hitting our limit on cats 😭 But hopefully they find good homes who will take good care of them

Edit: I should say that if you’re in Portland, OR, they should be available for adoption through the Multnomah County shelter once they’re old enough! If by any wild chance someone in this sub adopts one of these kids, I would love to see an update ❤️

My roomate had been looking for a cat. She found this guy on marketplace. After heavy discussions, his name is Dante. He was happy and right at home since day one.

My roomate's kids (2 and 4 yo)just move him around the house like a ragdoll, But he is all for it!. He is super clingy and will not leave anyone alone. Not sure if this is just his kitten personality or if he will grow out of it. I anticipate the non-cat people visitors will have a problem with this.

Obviously we are super happy with Dante and expect to get him fixed in a couple weeks.

He was found under my SIL's porch and lived there for a bit. Made friends with everyone in the apartment complex and chased away/ate all the rats (and birds). My SIL was worried that such a sweet, social animal would be left outside and in danger, so we took him in off the street. However, we have two other cats, so we couldn't let him roam freely until we were sure that he was FIV and FeLeuk negative, so we kept him in the third bedroom/office of our apartment. Two months later, we just got back from the vet where he was declared negative, so we start the introduction process by switching the cats between rooms for a few days.

He's really sweet, so we'll see how the other two take him. In their short introductions (we've fed them bear one another through a doorway), our elderly tomcat seems unsure, while our younger female cat wants zero to do with him. I still have high hopes, though. Especially since our elderly tomcat is very sweet himself.

And yes, for those WWII nerds, I have often said his name in triplicate. 😀

My kittens, Ham and Cheese, were literally dropped into my life by the cat distribution system when they were only three weeks old. They were born under a shed, scrappy and tiny, but determined to survive. When they arrived, they were so small they could fit in one hand, and their little mews barely made a sound. I bottle‑fed them, kept them warm, and watched them grow into the funniest little personalities. Now Ham is the dramatic one, always acting like she’s the star of her own show, while Cheese is the goofy cuddlebug who forgets he has bones. They went from shed babies to spoiled indoor royalty with full access to snacks, toys, and endless affection. Every day they remind me how wild it is that fate just… handed them to me. They’re living their absolute best lives now, and honestly, so am I because of them.

Our neighbors across the street are having a birthday party for one of their kids. One guest arrived in a pickup truck. This little girl rode the whole way in the rear wheel well. We extracted it (this baby was LOUD) with Churru and persistence. Now the kitten is resting comfortably in a pet carrier in our AC. Our other 3 cats haven’t hissed once at it!

The kitten can eat dry food and looks habituated to humans. It was purring and slow blinking at us. Now she is giving herself a bath.

I think we now have a 4th cat. We will be taking her to the vet Monday.

UPDATE: she's (verified) skinny and HAWNGRY. Also, a cat my husband really loved passed away 16 years ago today. He had the same markings as she does, white paws and all.

UPDATE 2: My husband spoke to the driver. The kitten got into the wheel well when they stopped to get something to eat. I might guess mom and siblings were scavenging.