Forest Fungus Forager Finds Abandoned Cat While Collecting Mushrooms, She Gets Adorably Adopted By His Giant Newfoundland Doggo Who Becomes Her Big Dog Dad

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Aug 11, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

Happy Sunday, feline friends. We love a good trip to the forest - some fresh air, all that greenery, and the peaceful sounds of nature. One thing you don't expect to hear while you're out on the trails, though, is incessant meowing! One forest fungus forager (and avid animal lover) was out collecting mushrooms recently and found not only some feisty fungi, but also an abandoned cute kitty! Naturally, as any animal lover would do, he scooped the kitty up, took her home, and named her Tulip.

He thought they would keep her long enough to get her healthy, and then find a proper home for her. His Newfoundland, on the other hand, had other ideas. This big dog dad stepped up and adopted the cat for them and now the two are best friends. Could you pawssibly say no to such a purrfect pairing? We couldn't. Well, welcome to family, Tulilp! Scroll down to see more pictures and read the whole story below, it's simply un-fungi-ttable.

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    This pairing is just too cute - the doggo is literally 20x bigger than the cat, and yet, they make the purrfect fluffy family together! He's not the dog dad, but he's the dad who stepped up.

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    Matt Kasson, PhD @ImperfectFunGuy ÷ Just over a week ago, I found an abandoned young cat in my local foraging spot. Because we love animals, we brought Tulip (that's what we are calling her now) to our covered back porch until we figured out if someone might adopt her. She almost certainly would have been hit by a car if she stayed at the forest.
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    Over the past week but quarantined from our indoor pets, she used her porch litter box, showed interest in our large newfs, and generally acted so sweet and grateful. Well it turns out Tulip wanted our family and our family wanted her as well! Tulip and Max are now besties!
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    What a score! Going out for mushrooms and coming back with a cute cat. Looks like they also found some cool mushrooms too - why do other people get all of the good luck?

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    Matt Kasson, @Imperf Aug 4 We are at full capacity: 2 newfs, 2 cats, a red footed tortoise, and a tank of fish.
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    Matt Kasson, @Imperf. Aug 5 Maude was feeling like she was completely left out of all the cat praise!
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    ... Deb Mann RN @DebManr • Aug 4 Thank you for saving this kitty! 3 weeks ago, a kitten showed up at our house. Only 1 #5oz and had a nasty bite on his leg. Gave him antibiotics, daily wound care, and so much love. Meet Ozzy. Local rescue will have him up for adoption soon! Our house is full too.
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    Pack Mam: @holly4okstat Aug 4 Now someone else is contemplating a kitty friend... FOUNDER
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    Erin C. Sanders, MSN @Eri Aug 4 Awww this happened to us exactly 10 years ago. He fit right in and is now spoiled rotten and completely incapable of surviving in the wild. Congrats on the new addition
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    Amanda @Erudite Elf • Aug 4 I have 2 Tabby cats and they're the best. Simon is a total himbo, and Inara is my spicy girl.
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    Sarafina @Sarafina7707 Aug 4 Oh! If she likes your doggies then it's done
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    Sara Stein MI @sarasteinn Aug 4 We approve of this new toy!
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    Phoenix520 @Phoenix52 Aug 4 When you say she might have been hit by a car...in the woods... what??? Bless you for accepting the Universe's offering. She is pretty cute.
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    Matt Kasson, @Imperf. Aug 4 The forest is right off a busy paved road and once she found me she wouldn't stop following me even to my car across the road!
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    Andrea Dekeser @AndieY Cat distribution system
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    Matt Kasson, @Imperf. Aug 5 It's funny I never had heard that term before this post but I didn't grow up in a cat house so that's probably why! Our other cats we've owned are adopted shelter cats!
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    Jen- #ImWithHer # @v: • Aug 4
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    Jenelle @JenelleCome ⚫ Congrats to you and Tulip!!
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    Dawn Tepper | Win @Wine Aug 5 You knew it would end this way!
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    @AnnaBasic Aug 5 Anna Basi Oh Matt my heart is melting. You are incredible for saving Tulips life. I love reading how she wanted your family. So sweet. I'm so glad Tulip and Max are besties as what an incredible cute photo of them two.
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    Liz @ElizabethSol · Aug 5 She is beautiful! So glad Tulip found a loving home and a best friend! Animals are the best
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    Kyle D. Long @Blatherscribe Aug 4 That's wonderful! I found my first cat a little like that, a kitten crawling out of the woods at the side of the road. I worried about our two huge dogs, but within a week he was one of them (not a cat! what's a cat?). His bowlegged bulldog swagger earned him the name Spike.
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    Screaming inside my@CalliopeJane · Aug 4 Desperately need to be adopted by a wild forest kitten
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    Church of the Almighty F @blu_noz_pi. Aug 4 I love this SO much! Thank you for saving Tulip. Stripey-pants kittens are the best. She is cute! Smart cat!
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    Amanda @MushroomWeekly • Aug 5 She looks so much like my woods gremlin! He found my boyfriend and I while we were hunting for mushrooms almost two years ago!
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