"She's MY cat": Feline pawrent forced to temporarily rehome cat to aunt, who refuses to return the kitty by claiming her 15 and 18-year-old daughters will be heartbroken, pawrent decides to steal the cat back anyway

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
May 7, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

Hey there, feline fam! What is a Wednesday without a heroic underdog story of a courageous pawrent facing off against pawsitively unthinkable odds to steal her cat back from family members? And by unthinkable odds, we mean entitled family members who, honestly, we would be fine cutting out of our lives entirely. Family is not always something you're born into, but it can also be chosen, and we love our chosen family of felines. If someone tried to get in the way of keeping us together… well, let's not go there.

After being forced to temporarily rehome her cat to her aunt because of living arrangements, this pawrent was pawsitively devastated. However, after finally finding a place fit for felines, she went back to her aunt and asked to take her cute cat, "Pebbles", home. The aunt refused, claiming her daughters would be heartbroken. So, the pawrent snuck onto their property during her lunch break and stole her cat back. Her family called her selfish, but we call her ameowzing. Read the full story below! 

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    [Am I wrong] for stealing my own cat back?

    'I'm sorry my cousins are sad, but I would do it again'
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    I got Pebbles from a humane society when she was 2 months old. I love her with my whole old, heart. She is now 5 years soon to be 6.
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    14 months ago I had to move to an apartment that didn't allow pets in the contract. I had no choice but to re-home Pebbles and was heart broken. But my grandma ended up taking her for me, so it wasn't so bad, because I could visit Pebbles any time. She was safe in a house, all indoor, and well taken care of.
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    3 months ago, grandma d d. And of course that was hard enough, but on TOP of that, Pebbles got grabbed without anyone consulting me and brought to my uncle and aunt's house to live. They put her
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    outside with their other farm cats. I drove out on my day off to see her, and she was looking scared and bedraggled. But they insisted she was fine. I went home heartbroken and angry.
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    Recently I was able to move into a better apartment that's pet friendly with a roommate. I asked if I could have Pebbles back, but my aunt said no, that my cousin's (F15 & F18) have grown attached. But frankly, oh well?? So I said fine, okay. Then
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    last week during work hours, I took off on my lunch break, drove to the farm while they were at work and school, found Pebbles, put her in my car, and drove home to my new apartment.
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    It took them two days to even figure she was gone :/ then of course Aunt called me and asked if I had taken Pebbles. I said yes. She started to yell, so I just said 'shes MY cat and I gave her to grandma for a while, not you' and then have Ng up.
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    I think I'm legally in the clear because I took Pebbles back to the vet I took her to her whole life for a checkup, got her papers up to date, and microchipped her in my name. But my parents called me and told me they were disappointed in me, that it was immature to steal Pebbles and that the girls are apparently heartbroken.
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    I'm sorry my cousins are sad but I would do it again. Pebbles is MY cat and they weren't taking care of her right. I never wanted to give her up anyway. If I'm the a hole, that's fine.
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    PugRexia NTA Sounds more like you rescued your cat to me..
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  • Even if they are sad, this is a good lesson in the right thing to do. The cat was never theirs in the first place, they were gifted this cat without the consent of the pawrent. If anything, they should be happy to see the cat go back to her momma!

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    bellePunk Your cousins are not sad. They have multiple cats and didn't even notice pebbles was missing, the adults are using this as an excuse to make you feel guilty.
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    NTA Pebbles is your cat and belongs with you. They weren't even taking good care of pebbles, why would you return your cat to people who stole it and didn't take proper care of it?
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    throwaway7381293027 NTA. As you said, you temporarily gave her to grandma not them. They shouldn't have taken Pebbles to begin with. If the cousins are
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    attached that's too bad. It's been 3 months ffs. You and pebbles are more attached to each other. Don't give her back to them. They can go f themselves.
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    Mabelisms NTA. It took them two days to even notice. They aren't heartbroken.
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  • You couldn't stop us with all the power in the world from taking one of our babies back. There is nothing stronger than the love of a pawrent. And that's the truth.

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    [deleted] NTA. How attached could they be, if it took them two days to notice? (If anything, you're the a hole for not taking Pebbles home the first time you saw what kind of shape she was in.)
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    Caspian4136 NTA She's your cat, not theirs. They took her without permission when they knew well it was your cat. I somehow doubt
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    your cousins are as heartbroken as it's made out to be, given they didn't even notice she was gone for two whole days.
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    You saved your cat's life is what you did.
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    MutantsAtTableNine NTA. People are pointing out they didn't care because they didn't notice her missing for 2 days, but I was convinced they were when they TOOK the cat without even telling you
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    and decided their teenagers were too attached to her. You raised that cat for what...4-5 years? That's absolutely insane that they would do that without consulting you. Good for you getting your cat back.
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