‘Lo and behold, mama comes rushing’: Dumpster kitten is heroically saved after getting trapped in a bottleneck, then the kitty is reunited with its meowther, the matriarch of a friendly neighborhood cat colony

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Apr 15, 2025 5:00 AM EDT

There's nothing more gut-wrenching than the sad little mews of a kitten. Desperately ill-equipped to handle the real world, baby cats and wide-eyed little kittens are the smolest warriors in the greatest battle. Teensy, tiny toe-beans guide them along their curious path, but oftentimes, kittens will use up most of their 9 lives in the first few weeks of their existence! 

With literally zero survival skills, kittens find themselves in purrplexing scenarios—especially this dumpster kimten in this next story! 

After hearing the siren song of kitten meows in the distance, this kind passerby was determined to find the source. Knowing a kitten was likely in danger—albeit by their own doing—the hooman's compassionate heart won over. Following the sound of the kitty cries, they found a desperate feline trapped in a literal bottleneck, and only this kindhearted hooman could save them. Keep scrolling for the entirely heroic kitty story of a 3-week-old dumpster kitten's survival and ultimate reunion with her feline mama. 

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  • Kitten Heard meowing coming from a bin. Went to check and this little fella was stuck in a bottleneck with very little room to wiggle out.
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  • After cutting most of it with scissors, I used oil and shampoo to lubricate its neck and it came out on its own.
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  • Cleaned it up, kept it warm and Igave it a bit of warm milk before heading out to the the colony of friendly ferals that lives next to grandma's. And lo and behold,
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  • mama comes rushing. Gave them a new cardboard box to stay warm and they make biscuits together :)
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  • I was THIS close to keeping it, but I passed by my house with the kitty to get the box and my three teenage cats were NOT happy at the meowing!
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  • TrinuVelour OP Hey there! First of all, I apologize for the typos in my previous post. I wrote it in bed after a long day of dealing with cats!
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  • I definitely thought about keeping the kitten. It was practically a given while I held it in my arms, and it meowed at me while staring with those eyes. I mentally went through the whole checklist:
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  • keeping it in the bathroom for two weeks while I dewormed it and got my other cats used to its scent, litter box training, and so on. I was also fairly sure that even if I found the mother, she wouldn't
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  • recognize it because I had bathed it to remove the oil and shampoo I used to get it out of the bottleneck. When the mom did recognize it, I thought it was best to keep them
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  • together, as I think it's around three weeks old, and my hospital shifts wouldn't allow me to feed it every two to three hours. Plus, the colony is a bunch of very friendly
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  • cats. We're in the middle of TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return) with them, but because we're doing it with the local government and we have to wait for our "vet slot," which comes every few weeks, we're
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  • doing our best. This is the only kitten we've seen in months, so it must be working. I wouldn't even call them feral cats because they just chill outside Grandma's house all day and rub
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  • against our legs when it's feeding time. The house is in the middle of the countryside, and the whole plot is fenced, so there are no predators around that could harm
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  • them. Even our dogs respect their space! I'll definitely keep an eye on this little one and keep you all updated!
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  • Stachemaster86 I'm glad he's back with mama as an alternative to you keeping :)
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  • PaleAmbition Oh no, that poor little goon... he's clearly too stupid to live outside on his own, he needs to find a home that will shelter him from the dangers of the world!
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  • FeralSweater Poor little thing. Caught in a literal bottleneck.
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  • Hali-Gani ⚫ Thank you for saving the little smoland especially for reuniting it with momma
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