'This little guy kept showing up at our door': Vacationing couple falls in love with local stray kitten, girlfriend flies back 3 weeks later to bring the sweet cat home

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kalila courban
Feb 6, 2025 5:00 PM EST

Greetings and salutations, friends! Isn't it wonderful when a human becomes a cat parent? The journey to cat parenthood can take many forms—sometimes, cats adopt their humans, and other times, humans are inspired to adopt after their friend's supposedly fixed cat has an unexpected litter. No matter how it happens, it's always something special.

Today, we're featuring the heartwarming adoption story of a sweet Bulgarian stray who found his humans by persistently meowing at their apartment door while they were vacationing in the area, demanding wet food. Naturally, they fell head over heels for this tiny, charming kitten. And who could blame them? Cat charm is an undeniable force. Although the little one couldn't fly home with them immediately due to travel restrictions and vaccination requirements, the original poster's (OP's) girlfriend returned to Bulgaria a few weeks later to bring their beloved kitten home to the Netherlands. We can't resist a wholesome adoption story like this!

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    From the garbage in Bulgaria, to thriving in the Netherlands
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  • This sweet baby looks so anxious. That is the unfortunate fate of so many stray cats around the world. We always encourage you to bring or buy a bag of dry cat food while vacationing if you spot any strays in the area. We might not be able to adopt all of the stray cats in the world, but we can feed quite a few!

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    Sorry for all the pictures, we just love him so much
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    Toonces348. Top 1% Commenter That is one happy kitteh in his new home with his new sister. Thank you for saving him. How did he find his way from Bulgaria to the Netherlands?
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    allardOwnz OP ⚫ My girlfriend is Bulgarian! When we are in the summer at the sea side you always see so many stray cats and kittens. This little guy kept showing up at our appartment door wanting some wet food. We took him in my gf's grandmother's appartment and then brought him to a friend of my gf who just had an accidental litter that we were already taking a kitten from (his turtle sister you can see in the picture). After waiting back in the Netherlands for 3 weeks (for rabies vaccines to k
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    Specialist-Topic-399 . Top 1% Commenter Your sweet kitty is literally smiling in all the pictures (except in pic 1 pre-rescue where he looks so nervous and sad,) what an expressive kitty you have, thank you for sharing your smiley boi! And he's smiling so hard because he's finally with his true family, love this for y'all! A→
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    DiveCat That is one very happy kitty! Thanks for going through the lengths to bring him back home with you!
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    Roubaix62454 There can never be too many cat pictures What a great story! Thanks for rescuing this handsome boy and giving him a loving home.
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  • That is what a sweet, peaceful, content kitty cat looks like. We are so happy that this little one found a loving forever home and he will never have to worry about anything ever again!

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    WhoYesMe. Such a happy, smiley kitty! The second pic is so lovely huge eyes full of love for you.
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    PrettyBlueFlower "Ok, it's hard work, but accept your worship"
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    VoidmasterCZE · What a hard life it got itself into... All those naps and bellyrubs won't do themselves. Hard work isn't for everyone. Love it!
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    MikeTheDude23. If 'being content' had a face this would be it. What a cute lil cat.
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