Maine coon cat gets abandoned at emergency vet and loses all hope, but then he finds love with a nurse and gets adopted to a true furrever home

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Mar 2, 2025 12:00 PM EST

Welcome back, feline fam. We're here today with another heartwarming story from the hands of hoomans correcting the errors of bad people. We don't know how anyone could ever abandon a cat - it seems purrfeclty inhoomane to us, but then again, we have no idea what is going on in people's lives. But this cat isn't just any cat, it's a maine coon - one of the most regal and beautiful cats in the whole wide world. Well, if they don't want him, that's one more maine coon that we can take into our fluffy family, right?

This floofball below is called Desmond and he was abandoned at the emergency vet for people to find him. The vets got him checked and cleaned up, but the abandonment left an emotional mark on him. However, things all started to turn around when he and one of the workers at the emergency vet made a meowrvelous connection with this maine coon. Long story short, they're going to adopt him, and now he's going to be treated like the purrfect prince he is for the rest of his days!

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    Abandoned at the emergency vet

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    Kitty_casserole OP 16h ago Top 1% Poster • This handsome dude was abandoned at a Veterinary Emergency Group in Chicago late last week with no information, no microchip, and nobody coming back for him. The sweet care team at VEG got him cleaned up (he was severely matted) and checked out for any medical
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    concerns before reaching out to a local rescue to get him into foster care. I was the lucky human to receive the call asking to go pick him up and he joined us in foster care on Saturday. We are calling him Desmond :) Hopefully his future is brighter than his past!
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    TA_totellornottotell · 16h ago He will get adopted out quickly. Such a handsome devil. How is he doing? So glad there are places like your rescue. And at least the abandoners left him in good hands - far better than dumping in the street.
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    Ancient Database5758 • 15h ago I'm glad they left him at the vet and not dumped at the side of the road or worse like some scumbags do. Don't worry, little buddy, you will be adopted in no time and spoilt by your new family.
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    Kitty_casserole OP 13h ago In our area it's not uncommon for cats to be left at vets, pet shops, or other locations in carriers/cardboard boxes etc. Our last crew of kittens was dropped off at a Petco and got sent to animal control before coming to us. Multiple other cats at our
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    rescue have been left at various pet stores, vets, shelters etc. Releasing cats outside/dumping them is also unfortunately common in Chicago :(
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    Kitty_casserole OP 18h ago . I think someone who works at the emergency vet may be adopting him!
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    Kitty_casserole OP • 15h ago My understanding is that he was in a carrier and left in the vestibule of the vet's building to be "found", so the vet team didn't interact with any human in this case.
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    Interestingly, it's not uncommon for people to abandon pets outside of "animal" type places, or just other stores. I've had fosters come to me after being left outside of Goodwill, multiple petstores, and cats are abandoned outside of animal controls regularly even though they ask people make appointments and come inside to surrender the animal.
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  • We mean, sure, if you must leave your cat somewhere, it's best to do it in a place where animal expurrts can give them the proper care they need. But it's better to not do it all…just a thought.

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    NoSnowAnnie • 15h ago A twin for my Maine Coon girl Ripley
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    cindyyystormz • 16h ago How so cute can i adopt him.
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    Annoying_Assassin · 14h ago • I know the family must have been torn up about making such a hard decision. Rather than putting him to sleep or dumping him somewhere dangerous, they gave up their own happiness and love to keep him alive and get him in good hands that can care for him. My heart goes out to them, Desmond, and your rescue!
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    kickinglassstudios • 14h ago This is how I got my sweet boy! I was working at a vet clinic. and someone just left him outside the door in a carrier. No note, no phone call, no nothing. I've had him now for about 14 years. He's one of the best animals I've ever had in
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    my life. He finds rattlesnakes and will sit just outside their striking range and meow as loud as he can till we hear him and take care of business. He's saved my dad's life once from one. Wouldn't trade the dude for anything!
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    EvanPicSup • 12h ago Some of the best cats I have ever adopted were from on the street
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  • Ours too! The sweetest cat we ever had we found outside a movie theater. She was hiding behind a dumpster and we heard her meowing on our way back to our car after exiting the theater. She was our loving companion for 17 years. Love and miss you, Meow!

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    yarn_slinger 9h ago Years and years ago I took my tiny tabby into the vet for some dental work. When I dropped her off, they took me up to the room with the cages and there were two beautiful boys in a cage together. Turns out they were abandoned by their owner
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    and had been living there for months. Even though they let them roam about for a little while each day, they were weak from lack of exercise. I decided to take them home the next day and we all lived happily together for years.
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