One-Eared Kitten Living In a Drain Befriends Hooman, Kitten is Recruited Into Her Furever Family 9 Weeks Later

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Feb 18, 2025 11:00 PM EST

The cat distribution system works in mysterious (yet necessary) ways. One moment, you're cleaning your front porch thinking nothing of it, simply gandering at the bright blue sky without a care in the world. The next, you're trying to befriend a one-eared kitten who has clearly taken a bit of a liking to you! When you're chosen by a purrfect kitten, you have no choice but to choose them back. We don't make the rules, the cat distribution system does. So, when you're blessed with the opportunity to be a cat pawrent to a fur baby in need, you jump on that opportunity and give it all you got!

In this heartwarming story, a hooman finds out that a kitten with one ear has been living in the drain in front of their house. Over a nine-week period, they befriend and gain the trust of this one-eared purry baby and show her what the good life looks like. Now, this cat "Wilbur" has a hooman baby friend, too!

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  • This one-eared kitten was a mystery to her hooman savior. The hooman didn't know how this ear condition happened, nor did they care for this unconventional cosmetic difference from most cats. They could tell she was looking for a new friend, perhaps a new pawrent… and this hooman kindly obliged. The cat distribution system picks ‘em well, doesn’t it?

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  • "From a lonely one eared stray to a beloved family pet"

    6 years ago a shy, skinny, one eared kitten was living in a drain out the front of my house. One day they came into my backyard so I started leaving food out. We named them Wilbur Wilde.
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  • After 2 weeks they would eat with me present if I was sitting on the ground on the other side of the deck and didn't move.
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  • After 5 weeks they would come close enough for me to give them a treat. After 6 weeks they poked their head inside the house for the first time.
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  • After 7 weeks they finally let me pat/pet them and they realised how much they enjoyed them. Around week 8 we realised Wilbur was in fact a girl!
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  • By 9 weeks she was sleeping on our bed and would regularly headbutt my face in the middle of the night for a pat.
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  • 6 years later she's still sleeping on our bed. She's still very shy and skittish around sudden movements, it took about 2 years for her to get used
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  • to having a baby in the house and finally began to acknowledge them once the 2nd child came along! She no longer wakes me up for pats which I kinda miss but I'm so glad she chose me.
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  • Chrisaudi27t Wilbur is a beautiful lady who you have taken in and made part of your family. That's such a good story to hear. Hope you have many more. years with her.
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  • Purrilla This is what Winning really looks like A happy family
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  • Designer-Biscotti... She is like "this is my baby! I'm just letting you hold her a bit!"
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