UPDATE: Hooman instantly bonds with a loving cat they find in the street, then, after finding ‘Lost Pet’ signs in their neighborhood, reluctantly return him to the original owner: ‘A happy ending to the story!’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Apr 24, 2025 4:00 AM EDT

The bond between a hooman and their favorite cat will never break, even if that kitty is not actually yours. 

Finding a stray on the street is always a heartbreaking experience for a cat lover. Desperately skinny, meowing for help, and likely covered in indignant clouds of dirt, outdoor cats cling to the nearest hooman servant, hoping for a cuddle, a pet, or even a tin of tuna to aid their kitty quest. But not every cat out there is on some kind of quest; in fact, many cats simply get lost, hoping to find their way home somehow. 

But when you're sharing a brain cell with your other kitty brethren, finding home all by your lonesome isn't so easy. So when this kind hooman found a lost cat out in the wild, she gleefully brought it under her wing. However, less than 24 hours later, and after sleeping on the bathroom floor with her new favorite cat, the original owner was found. What's a cat lover to do? Well, the "right thing," of course. 

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  • "I may have hit the CDS jackpot. And I have so many questions!"

    Whether or not we get to keep this sweetie, I am so happy he followed us home tonight. My husband and I went for a late walk and happened upon a very loving little guy. He chatters back
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  • at us and went all floppy when I picked him up to be safe from traffic. → Even buried his head in my neck. I really don't think he's a stray, because he knows how to use a litter box, but he's also confused by kibble and a water
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  • bowl. (My husband got him some wet food, so now he's fed.) I'm also a bit worried because he seems to have a respiratory infection (listen to his breathing in the video + mucousy sneezes), and we have two old lady
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  • cats and birds living here. We plan on keeping him in the bathroom tonight (with all the amenities for feline royalty of course), and tomorrow I'm going to take him to the vet to see if he's chipped or needs meds. Honestly, this
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  • feels so dreamy. This morning, I was told a loved one has cancer, and while I cried in my bed, I said out loud to the universe, "okay I'll take a kitten now" half-joking lol. What a stellar
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  • surprise! Anyway question: aside from posting on socials and taking him to the vet, what else should I do to find his home? If he doesn't have one, he is welcome here.
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  • Wanderer617508 You can contact local shelters. People will often call the local shelters looking for a lost pet and they can help connect you with the owners if the owners are looking for him.
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  • UPDATE! He has been reunited with his human! :) His name is David Rose, after the Schitt's Creek legend lol, and he's 10 years old! We found missing cat posters this morning, and his person was at my door within minutes of texting. I'll miss
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  • him, but I got plenty of cuddles all night long (I slept in the bathroom with him ), and it was so lovely seeing them reunite this morning! It's clear he has a very good and loving home, and his human immediately got him an ID tag in
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  • case he escapes again! Also he's not sick after all; he has allergies. A happy ending to the story! Thank you all so much for your advice and kind words!! It helped put us at ease! (And don't worry, we ended up dumping the wet food on a plate. My girls don't like canned food, so I didn't know about the cutting risk!)
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  • LOST CAT الكــ DAVID ROSE 10 YEAR OLD WHITE WITH ORANGE ON HEAD MALE SHORT HAIR. LAST SEEN 9 Missing since Monday evening! He is extremely friendly but certainly terrified. Please contact immediately if you spot him! CAL *24Petwatch.
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  • PegasusWrangler If anyone ever were to save my lost kitty and get them back to me, theyd be on the xmas gift list. Id worship at their feets and
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  • Dull-Ad-1258 Cat Parent Slept in the bathroom with him. Now that is dedication to being a kind host. Really pretty cat. Glad you were able to get him off the street and back home.
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  • tengallonfishtank a kitty savior! any lost pets would be lucky to come across a good human like you. i'd imagine David's family was so worried about him while he thinks he just stayed at a lovely bed and breakfast.
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