'He was homeless for about 5 minutes': Neighbor abandons his declawed loyal cat on the street with a single bowl of food, the cat gets adopted instantly with nothing but love to give

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Aug 31, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

People abandon their cats, can you believe that? Did you know that? We know, factually, that this happens, and yet, we cannot believe it. Look at your cat for a moment - your spoiled loved cat who, over the years, has lost the ability and desire to even chase flies around the house, and imagine it trying to survive on its own for more than a few days outside. Impossible, right? If, for whatever reason, you had to let the cat go, you would find it a new loving home, right? We know that we would. But apparently, that is not true for everyone.

Now, we know that we don't hear about the other stories… the ones that end less well, but it's important to us to showcase the ones who do have a happy ending. Stories where cats who got abandoned get adopted all over again - by better people this time, people who, just like us, would never abandon their cats. We share these stories in the hopes of inspiring more people to do the same - to give these abandoned older cats a second chance. 

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    Neighbor moved and left him on the street with a bowl of food, he was homeless for about 5 minutes. Guess he's mine now, this loud mouth does nothing but eat and aggressively demand love.
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    CrazyCatBreath That sh makes my blod boil. But thankfully for people like you who are looking out. What a sweet looking boy. Here's to new family!!
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    awesomeone6044 Same here, I can't understand anyone who could have a pet, and then just leave them. I once had to leave my cat at the vet for a few hours for a heart test to check for a murmur and I was beside myself with anxiety and was very upset in the fact she might be thinking she was abandoned.
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    TechnoVek1ng It's heartbreaking to think about how some people can just toss aside a pet like that. They don't realize the bond we build. Glad he's found a loving home now!
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    Itsallsomagical I'm not surprised he aggressively demands love- if they were happy to leave without him then he probably wasn't getting the constant snuggles he so rightly deserves. I'm glad you'll be able to remedy that! He's a dreamboat.
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    OfcWaffle I adopted an orange a few weeks ago. His intake paper work said he was a garage/outdoor cat only. He would sometimes be aggressive and would pee/ the litter box. outside of Tell me why in the last month basically he's gone from that terrible environment, went to the shelter and got a cold, came to stay at my parents house while my gf and I were moving and now is in our apartment.
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    He's met probably 40+ people (gf had a birthday party). Everyone had to pet him, if they wanted to or not. He follows you around and will just flop over at your feet and show his belly, it's not a trap. He demands belly rubs. Not once has he soiled outside his litter box with all those stressful environment changes. I can be sure his previous owners were a h_les to him. Their loss, we just gained an awesome cat for what I'm hoping is 20 years.
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    sara_or_stevie I will never understand how some people can treat animals this way. Thank goodness for you. I suppose everyone is better off this way... I still hope your old neighbor steps on lego every day for the rest of their life.
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    Asparagussie People who abandon their animals belong in prison. I trust he's now your cat.
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  • The fact that people actually do this always baffles us. There are simply so many better options. We're talking about a neighbor moving. Moving takes a while. There was time to find this amazingly loving cat a deserving home. There was time to find a shelter, at the very least. There was time, but there was no care, and really, the cat seems to be in much better hands now. 

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    "Neighbor left him on the street and moved, obviously couldn’t let that happen"

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  • Somehow, hearing that the cat is declawed is both shocking and does not surprise us in the slightest. Of course this horrible owner who abandoned him in the middle of the street would do one of the worst things possible to him. Thank god he found you. 

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    So this little man was left on the streets in a major city after a neighbor moved, so I took him in. Turns out he's declawed in the front and already showing some battle wounds from other strays. I need advice on few things: 1. He's flea ridden, but we got him a flea bath, the pill that kills them within hours, and the meds. How long until the little guy can leave bathroom quarantine? (We have a dog in the house)
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    2. Above referenced dog LOVES cats in a sweet way, but this man is understandably not fond of them given his history. Is there any recommendations for how to introduce the two so as to make things go smoothly? Thanks, was not expecting to get a cat but hey everything happens for a reason
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    ausername_8 It's alarming to me the amount of people who move and leave their cats behind. You're their home and you're abandoning them. Good on you OP for doing the right thing.
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    princess_fiona_7437 One of the best things I did when I introduced my cat who is terrified of everything to a new dog is have elevated space for him. I had a cat tree and put up some shelves to make a cat walkway on the wall. It allows them to be in the same room but have space. The second thing I did was make my bedroom my cat's safe space. I put up a baby gate in the doorway to keep the dog out but the cat was able to jump over it to come in and out the bedroom whenever he wanted.
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    DaWarGod2 Introduce slowly, like have to door opened just a little and feed the dog and cat near each other. Maybe have them sleep on blankets and swap them so they get used to each other's smell? More so for the cat to get used to the dog's smell. You'd also have to watch them when they're together to make sure the dog doesn't make the cat uncomfortable. A treat bribe probably wouldn't hurt as well in supervised together time.
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    Jenstomper Your former neighbors are idiots. Thank Bast for people like you.
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