‘We found him in your engine’: Resilient tabby cat turns up in a farmer's tractor then becomes the newest addition to the mechanic's family of 5 felines, turning a routine oil change into a CDS delivery

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 6, 2025 4:00 AM EDT

Blue collar men constantly surprise me. Whether they're fixing my in-home plumbing in an instant, scaling buildings to wash windows, or having a lunch break in the construction site shade, working men seem to always have a goal in mind. This farm hand was working a routine day—maintenancing all of the tractors and testing out the farm facilities—when his entire life shifted, throwing his delicate goal out in the wind. Like all cats do, the tabby cat kitten he discovered in the cogs of his tractor would furever make him think twice before firing up the farming engines. 

By some miracle, the kitty was unhurt, living happily like a pawdorable parasite in the tractor until she realized she could have a plushy indoor life alongside 4 other furry compatriots—and that certainly beats being a farm cat!

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  • So for all of your farm working men out there thinking of getting a kitten, purrhaps your feline bestie is only a stone's throw away from the workplace. Look no further than the seat of your favorite tractor. 

  • Found in tractor suspension, no injuries, parasites, or dirt on her? Kitten
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  • Like the title says, while at the farm cooperative getting my oil changed, one of the mechanics comes in with this little one. Everyone was concerned and confused because she should not
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  • have survived, let alone be in perfect health. No one has claimed her, and the farmer whose tractor they pulled her from had never seen her. She has decided that my two youngest cats are her besties, and the two seniors ignore her.
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  • maintree33 she's perfect! what's her name? Cold-Historian828 OP. Moog, it was the name of the suspension, and it just fits her.
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  • No_Hospital7649. Sometimes I swear the cat gods teleport them to exactly where they need to be for their distribution pickup.
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  • I found mine under a car, clean and fluffy with no hint of upper respiratory infection. She seemed quite confused about how she'd arrived there. Moog is adorable.
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  • unknownpoltroon ⚫ Just figured out a great way to distribute out kittens. Give em to a car mechanic and just have them hand them out saying "we found him in your engine". :)
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  • Cold-Historian828 OP I think that happens too. She was very confused about not being where she should be. She was also spotless and healthy, nothing like the standard kitten found in a barn. The farmer who brought in the tractor was quite befuddled at how she got there too.
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  • Nomoreheroes20 Well this is clearly a sign it was meant to be
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