Wholesome hooman rescues kitten under dumpster, worried when she doesn't eat initially, but kitty ends up eating all her food: 'I'm super relieved'

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Molly Vincent
Aug 14, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Stray animals are everywhere, and as big as one's heart may be, their home and ability to care for animals is finite. When this woman in the story below finds a stray kitten under a dumpster, she tries everything in her power to help the poor baby. She claims she's rusty when it comes to pet adoption, as it's been many years since she dealt with anything like that. After 36 hours of the skittish kitten hiding in crevices and corners, she finally starts to open up a bit. She wasn't eating initially, worrying the protagonist. But once the kitten started opening up, she devoured her portion of food, relieving the hooman who saved her. 

I've never had the experience of taking an animal right off the street, but my parents did. When I was a little girl they adopted a calico cat from the streets. We named her Kiki, but I honestly don't remember much, only that she stayed pretty sick. Hopefully the kitten in this story regains her health. 

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    HELBE
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    She seems old enough that she doesnt need to be bottle fed anymore but im not sure. Its been over 15 years since we last
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    rescued a kitten so I don't remember. She had a few nibbles of her food and took like a few licks of water yesterday but that
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  • It's so wholesome to see the people online kick into gear to give advice to a stranger about a stray kitty. This is what the internet is for, for building community to help animals and people. 

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    was it. Im going to call a vet but I don't know how long til they'll be able to get her in.
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    pgercak 13h ago UPDATE: I just went into her room to check on her and it appears she ate her entire plate of wet food that I left
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    out for her! Im super releived. I still will be calling the vet tomorrow to see when the nearest
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    appointment is available. Im glad she's finally seems to be getting more comfortable.
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    Beneficial_Bug_97... • 15h ago Try giving it Royal Canin mother and baby cat.
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    Its for kittens under 2 months and that little guy seems to be under 2 months. (its a bit more expencive than normal brands, but not that much)
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    ScarL3tt-L3tt3rs • 14h ago Awh poor thing! Calling the vet is a good move, until you get an appointment,
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    just keep encouraging her and make sure she has a little hiding place/ somewhere to nestle and
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    cuddle. She's only a baby and you won't know what she's been through in loosing her mum or her siblings. It may take a few
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    more days for her to settle. If you have a quiet room to put her litter and food in -
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    so she can settle that should also help, she may just be worried and scared.
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    Sir_Bud_44 • 16h ago 1: get to a vet now, you have no idea if there may be a unseen sickness, probably not but safer to check.
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    2: make sure she has a place to hide when she feels scared. When we found our boy, we kept him in the
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    bathroom with his litter box and used a cardboard box with a small blanket for bedding.
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    Pspaughtamus • 13h ago Li'l Void is dwarfed by that litter box.
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