'I walked right out with the first one put in my arms': Cat mom saves smol Siamese kitten from kitten mill while on vacation, immediately adopts her into their wholesome feline family

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jan 26, 2025 12:00 PM EST

We hope you're having a sweet, slow Sunday, feline fam. We are currently snuggled up on our couch, surrounded by blankets and fluffy felines, wishing we were somewhere warmer (with our cats, of course). Doesn't a vacation sound just purrfect right now? Some nice, tropical beach or a city where it's above freezing will do. Actually, we'll go anywhere where we're not 2-feet-deep in snow. If we have the chance to encounter the cat distribution system, even better. 

It's important to always be prepurred to welcome a new kitty into your life. Even when you're on vacation. When you see a cat in need, you don't think, you just do. And that's exactly what this loving cat mom did! She found a Siamese kitten in a kitten mill and immediately scooped her up and adopted her. They traveled back to the US together, and now they're one big, fluffy feline family. She got a trip to Mexico and cute cat? We're just a little bit jealous. Okay, more than a little bit. Scroll down to read the full story below!

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    A couple of months ago I rescued a kitten in Mexico.

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  • This cat might actually be one of the cutest kittens we've ever seen. She's so smol. So fluffy. So cute. She's even smaller than the TV remote. It's simply too cute and we wish we could jump through the screen to give her some awwdorable forehead kisses. She deserves it!

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    niccia OP A couple of months ago I posted about rescuing a kitten in Mexico. Someone stole my pics and put them here so maybe some of you are familiar with Sanchito, now Sanchita!
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    We were told she was a he and never questioned it. (Tbf she was suuper tiny and it was hard to tell.) We were also told she was 8 weeks old and obviously no way. Her first visit to my vet told us he was a she and closer to 4 weeks old.
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    This little chick is thrivin! She annoys the crop out of her big brothers and they absolutely adore her. 10/10 would rescue more cats from Mexico.
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    *****FINAL EDIT- Ohh Reddit never change. For those idiots saying I went to some kitten mill to buy a designer breed, please watch this video. NSFL warning. Thanks u/FalxFatalis for posting in a comment. I ended up here while on vacation and once I saw the animals in cages, I walked right out with the first one put in my arms. If you could've ignored these situations, well we aren't the same. You keep on hating and I'll keep on loving my cats. *****
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    ETA: Since this keeps getting asked again... I'm in Portland Oregon. We got her in Mexico City at Mercado Sonora. lykyk.
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    The only trouble we had bringing her back was at the airport in CDMX. It was very scammy. They said we had to have a piece of paper from a vet saying her age. They could not show me in writing where this was a thing and conveniently /s the airline had a vet on call. We paid $100 for a piece of paper saying she was 8 weeks old (she was not) that no one ever asked us for again. Once in the US,
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    <OK 114 hulu sing ROKU
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    us for again. Once in the US, customs was a breeze. No one stopped us at all. The border agent said cute cat and waved us on.
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    I had done my research on bringing animals from Mexico into the US. Dogs had restrictions. There were none with cats. I kinda lost my sh at the airport over all of this. The vet was a joke. He didn't even look at the cat.
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  • We've never traveled internationally with a pet before, but it sounds stressful. So many papers, so many tests that have to be done…but where there's a will, there's a way. We would do anything for our cats, so naturally, it makes sense that she would do it for her newest feline family member.

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    Edit número dos: I have no idea what type of Siamese she is. If you know please tell me! I didn't go in there looking for one specifically but the type of market it was, she possibly could be a fancy something. I honestly just left with the first one. put in my arms.
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    Edit 3: Her name is Sancha. Sanchita for now. It's a Spanish term for little side chick/gf. I just told her she made the front page. She's impressed.
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    fdr-unlimited I love the Roku remote for scale LOL
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    RailSignalDesigner Was there a language barrier?
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    sweetcherrypeach That sweet face! That growth! Thank you for saving her
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    imreallynotthatcool r/FromKittenToCat would love this.
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    ZiggyFromPetTopia Best decision of your life wasn't it? Signed, A cat also rescued
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    omnie_fm Awww :)
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    Atworkwasalreadytake This cat took a hard working American cat's job. (/s)
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    LettersToChester Sanchita es muy bonita!
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    Arcadian DelSol does she meow in spanish?
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    kiwipixi42 First picture is a real contender for cutest picture of a cat I have ever seen.
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    siani_lane What a gorgeous kitty!! She is obviously a queen and it is good and proper that you have conducted her to her inevitable domain.
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