'It was well worth the trouble': Man finds a teeny tiny kitten in friend's garden, adopts him, and over the years he gets the most meowgnificent glow up from simply being loved

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Feb 10, 2025 12:00 PM EST

It's Meownday, feline fam. Meowndays can only mean a few things: 

  1. The work week is starting
  2. We will debate calling in sick to stay home instead of going into work
  3. We will need some heartwarming adoption stories and pictures to help us get through the day

We were already sick last week, so bring on the stories of cute cats finding their furrever homes! This one features a meowgnificent glow up, a garden, and a professional chef. The chef part isn't so impurrtant, but it is cool to say. We don't get many stories about chefs here at the I Can Has Cheezburger offices.

A few years ago, this chef found a teeny, tiny kitten in his friend's garden. After seeing the poor fur baby, his heart couldn't resist doing anything other than loving the heck out of this smol friend. Six years later, and that sad kitten is gone, replaced with a seriously sassy cat and a whole lot of love. The full story is below, enjoy!

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    Found this little guy in my friends garden 6 years ago

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  • Look. At. That. Little. Face! You know how you sometimes you can tell boy cats from girl cats just by their faces? Well, this is a boy cat. We can't tell you how we know, we just do. That is a boy cat face and we just want to love it until the end of time!

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    Roubaix62454 21h ago • Love the last pic! That's definitely a judging side eye look
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    mister---e · 22h ago • Thanks for rescuing him, OP. It was well worth the trouble, wasn't it? May you continue to enjoy many years with him
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    Summer_Sixtine • 22h ago . That last pic is gold!
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    Cleocatra99 • 20h ago Aww such progress! We found 2 kittens one of them looked like him but she was a girl. Filthy lil baby to pretty cat .
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    5043090 21h ago • The 4th pic is an awesome "we're not going to watch this sh, right(?)" pic.
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    HugeAd8872 • 22h ago Thank you for caring. I was really worried when I saw the second picture but then the fourth picture made me really smile
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  • If your pet is comfortable enough with you to be sassy, you know they're feeling purrfectly at home. We can say with 100% certainty that the cat runs the house, the hooman is just living in it because the cat allows it. Classic cat.

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    NightCall79 • 21h ago That side eye for busting out lil man's old pics
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    Hovercraft869 · 17h ago The transformation is perfect. Thank you for your rescue of this sweet baby.
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    Empty-OldWallet • 21h ago And the last pic has a more of a "Look at me now!" Feeling
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    Exotic-Opportunity60 21h ago Thank you for rescuing with LOVE!
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    NitroKrazy • 18h ago
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    brokebackzac • 15h ago Did you just leave the box in the garden overnight and he appeared? Best way to get a cat.
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    muncle2007 • 20h ago And turned out to be a handsome boy
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    Pink_Moonlit_25 20h ago He knows he is the boss of the house lol. But he is adorable! How these creatures look very beautiful when loved
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    bethiepoo4pi • 18h ago Looks like he's not a lil guy now and he's very much at home healthy and happy. Lucky to have landed near you but then again I don't believe in coincidences
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    lightninghazard · 8h ago What a glow-up!
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    Muschka30 21h ago • Amazing what some love and caring can do
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