Young boy falls in love with "stray" cat who visits him daily; vet finds his microchip and reveals he's been abandoned for almost a year, so his new family fights landlord to keep him: 'He is the greatest cat I've ever had'

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jul 26, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Stories like these are why we both love hoomanity and also think that most of it should be thrown in the garbage with yesterday's tuna.

The good news, feline fam, is that this story has a purrfectly happy ending. The kitty below has expurrienced both the best hoomans and also the worst ones. They've seen what happens to cats when people don't care about them, and they've also seen what true love looks like. We hope their rough days on the streets are finally over!

They thought he was just a neighborhood stray, but he wiggled his way into their hearts, especially the heart of the family's young son. They had daily play sessions in the yard, but they noticed he kept getting thinner. So, they took him to the vet, and it turned out that he actually belonged to someone. Thus began this family's fight to adopt this cute kitty. They fought with the previous owners, and then with their landlord. But in the end… we think it was all worth it.

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    Look at this cat. LOOK AT HIM. He is the sweetest, the snuggliest, the chillest, most good natured cat ever to cat. He was a stray. At first, we thought he was someone's cat they just let outside. But he started getting thinner. He had a flea collar. He is declawed.
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    Our lease said NO PETS. We still fed him. He was here all the time. My son and I played with him, we pet him.and sprawled out in the grass on the front lawn with him.
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    We tried to find the owner. Contacted shelters, social media posts, asked around the neighborhood. We BEGGED the landlord. PLEASE, landlord, he is Best Cat EverTM
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  • Come on, Mr. Landlord, please! We pawmise he won't ruin the house. He's The Best Cat EverTM. That means that he's purrfectly suited for families and pawsitively respectful. We'll even let you pet him when you're feeling sad!

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    Landlord said YES! We take the cat to the vet. He has a microchip. Vet says they'll keep him while they try to contact the owner. We go home in tears, we love him already.
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    Vet calls the next morning. Which was this morning. They tried many times to call the owner, who just kept hanging up on them. They came in this morning to a voice message from the owner saying they gave the cat to someone else, and that person just "let him go" BACK IN OCTOBER. This sweet, innocent, DECLAWED HOUSE CAT was outside for almost a whole year!
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    I have my doubts about their story. I'm willing to bet there is no other person and the owner made up that story to avoid abandonment charges, which come with a hefty fine and potential jail time where I'm from.
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    Anyway, this is our new cat. His name is Ghost. He is the greatest cat I've ever had. He's almost 6 years old. He shows some behavioral signs of ab e which does not surprise me after all this. We love him. We hate people.
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    I hope they get everything they deserve in life. I hope they walk barefoot down a hallway of Legos. I hope all their shopping carts have janky wheels. I hope they never find good parking spots. I hope they always have an itch they can't reach. Most of all, I hope they never own another pet.
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  • A lot of people have pets that don't deserve them. That's the unfortunate truth of the world. All we can do is hope that they try their best to give them the best life pawssible. And for the ones who don't, we'll always be there to rescue them if they need it.

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    Entilda Designs .7h ago Thank you for giving him a good home and advocating for him to the landlord! Hope you have many great years together. (I low key want to find those people and dox them and put sugar in their gas tank)
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    Immediate Pickle_788 7h ago People who declaw are monsters. People who throw their declawed cats outside can h I.
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    ExcaliburVader 7h ago • We ended up with a declawed cat the same way. He was about a year old. He lived with us for 24 years. He was the best. And some people are good too, like you.
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    Dakirran 7h ago Declawing needs to become illegal
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    Constant-Direction45 7h ago I love the worst cat on the planet more than the best person on the planet.
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    CathouLaGa • 7h ago . Humans can really be horrible. Poor thing. At least he's safe and loved with you 60
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    MrsBarker76 .7h ago So happy your landlord said yes and that you and your son Rescued him!
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    yarn_slinger • 7h ago Similar to how I ended up with my sweet tuxie
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    Big EvilDoer 7h ago You and your family are amazing human beings for taking care of this poor innocent soul. Thank you so much!
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    Ineedmoreparts • 6h ago Tell your landlord that we all collectively love him. Tell your new cat the same thing
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    Spiritual_Being 5845 .7h ago Get the chip number from the veterinarian and then contact the microchip company about transferring ownership to your name. The company will contact the previous owners for permission, but if they don't want the cat back they should agree pretty quickly.
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