'I got the cat no one wanted': Caring person takes a chance on adopting 2-year-old cat with health issues that kept getting overlooked, the cat immediately embraces them and now they cuddle 24/7

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Mar 23, 2025 12:00 PM EDT

If you ask us, feline fam, there are too many cats out there that need saving. We wish to live in a world where each fluffy feline has a safe home to sleep in every night and where animal shelters would be a thing of the past. We're not quite there yet, but thanks to people like the one in this post, we're getting closer and closer every day. 

If you're looking for a new cat, please consider going to a shelter and adopting one. Get a kitten, get an adult, or even better yet, get a sweet senior cat that just wants to love you. While you're at it, take a chance and adopt one with special needs. It will be more work on your end, but the rewards you get are 100% worth it. That animal will be more grateful to you than you can ever imagine.

That's exactly what happened to the caring hooman below - they adopted a two-year-old cat with health issues that no one wanted, and now they cuddle 24/7. Read the whole heartwarming awwdoption story below!

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    I just wanted to share how cute she is. I went to the local shelter 2 days ago and adopted this 2yo tiny tiny cat (she weights 2kg ) that has some conditions and lost a kidney. Nobody even wanted to meet her on the adoption day because of her conditions and the "SOS"
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    status. She turned out to be the cutest cat I've ever met. Since we brought her home she's been cuddling 24/7 Btw we ran some blod tests and she's doing 100% fine!
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    Past-Anything9789 • 20h ago The unwanted ones tend to have the biggest hearts once they understand they are loved.
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    . TangeloImpossible686 • 20h ago It's good to have wonderful people like you, you have gained boundless love
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    torithescorey 20h ago • That's so sweet of you, she looks really cute
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  • We wish our cats were cuddlers. Every once in a while they will loaf on top of us, but it's not a daily occurrence. They tolerate our petting when we're on the couch. Sigh. maybe our next cat will be a little love-bug.

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    stillbref • 20h ago She chose the right people after all, methinks.
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    : flyingdemoncat • 20h ago Calico I was told not to keep my new kitten. I picked her out when she was only 2 days old and with time she turned into this absolute feral bundle of hate. She would scream, scratch and bite if you ever dared to touch her or pick her up.
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    I took her in anyways and within 2 weeks of just sitting near her and playing with her she warmed up. One day she was hissing and me and the next she climbed onto my shoulder and started purring. Its like a switch flipped.
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    Now she always purrs and runs after me. She also sleeps in my arms every night. Some cats just need to find the right person. Glad it worked out for you and your cat
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    . thCowboyZ 19h ago CND DMG Resist 36 $36++> Weight 7.00 Weight In Stash 7.00 936 C Value 25 STORE INSPECT CONTAINER STORE ALL JUNK SORT EXT
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    My sweet baby has a somewhat similar story as the kitty no one wanted. My wife was randomly scrolling FB one day, and found someone giving her away for free. She learned that this person was already her second owner. This lady was giving her
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    up because no one in her house ever payed attention to her, and the other cats had exiled her from the pack. After two days with her I was heartbroken that anyone would ever be anything but loving to her. She has the gentlest, kindest soul of any
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    animal I've ever encountered and can not fathom any other way, but as I've gone to learn, that's how the CDS system works. I just wish we could save them all
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  • We also wish we could save them all. If we had a million dollars, we would definitely build a cat sanctuary and take all the homeless kitties and give them a home. Just us, a farm, lots of cat toys, and hundreds of cats. Maybe thousands.

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    . eviecanmay 19h ago She's already feeling at home and starts a good start for both of you
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    . sleepygoguma 20h ago Aww, such a lucky kitty to have met you! So sweet and snuggly!
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    . SolarWolf78 · 20h ago She's beautiful. Over the last 25 years we've adopted four cats and it makes me so happy being able to give them a loving home and seeing them thrive.
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    Brooxxklyn • 19h ago Sometimes the ones overlooked have the most love to give .she's so lucky to have you, and you're even luckier to have her!
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    My sweet Leroy Jenkins had the same story. He was an owner surrender due to him not liking dogs and he was at the shelter for over a month until we scooped his sweet self up. He's still adjusting but he's such a sweetie and a cuddle bug!
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