‘Purring nonstop. And currently sleeping by my pregnant belly.’: The heartfelt story of an unexpected kitten who, found severely underweight at a job site, becomes an instant companion and source of joy for an expectant mother

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Oct 2, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

The Cat Distribution System is truly a curious thing. On the one hand, it seems to strongly favor the timid and otherwise shy cattos who would never find their furever home if it were not for the CDS intervening and matching them up with an appropriate hooman. And in other cases it feels as though incredibly extroverted and clever cattos use it like tinder, swiping through a list of potential pawrents, picking out the one they want and heading out to claim them.

And today's story features the latter kind of catto who rocked up to a job site and was so adamant that it was coming home with its new pawrent that it began climbing up their trousers to make sure that they got a lift home at the end of the day. An impressive and unexpected feat of dominance from a kitten who barely knows anything about the world it lives in.
 

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    I guess about 9:00am my husband and his coworker get out to this job site, and got all set up. Then heard a little high pitch meeeeew, they thought it was a bird mimicking
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    sound, but nope was this little one prancing out of the tall grass to greet them. Very social and vocal.
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    I guess this little one was trying to climb up their pant leg and everything. Their little shadow all day. First picture and second picture is what I got from my
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  • What?! How hecking cute could this kitten be? Seriously we are fully mind blown here to find that this poor abandoned cat child could be so wonderfully social after knowing only of the insensitivity of hoomans in his young age. Thankfully, it seems he has placed his trust in the hands of the right people.

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    husband of his finding. He came home about 6:00pm. I had dinner going and husband was wrapping up some paperwork with his new buddy. Now to the reason i'm here. I had a cat i
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    raised from 5 ish weeks very sick back 2008 (rescued), he passed in 2017 just before my big move. Love and miss him. I havent had a cat or any fur baby since.
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    Looking for some refresher advice as my previous rescue has learned from my old man cat, so basically didnt have to do or get anything.
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    I'm guessing this cat his female, based on not having the balls. She's maybe 5 to 7 weeks old, not sure. Purring nonstop. And currently sleeping my my pregnant belly. We
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    currently have nothing but reptile gear, so what can I get this little one? Ill have to get dry Food, litter box, tonight. and I'll have to call my vet tomorrow to get her checked out.
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    se... So your husband found a kitten riding on top of a drone. Are we entirely sure that your husband didn't
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    just foil that kittens plans for global domination? If that drone was a manual, I think little kitty was just figuring out how the clutch works lol.
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  • You know what, this commenter has a point. It was incredibly suspicious that this cute kitten would be so social and sweet after only knowing these hoomans for a few moments. Maybe it was trying to cover up its plans so that it can carry them out at a later date. Truly suspicious stuff this…

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    Update: went to the vet yesterday at 4:30pm. Based on teeth they're estimating kitty is 5 weeks old. Kitty is underweight and was hard for them to
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    verify gender. Kitty weighted in at 1.1 pounds! Was quite the controversial topic, boy? girl? So with the % of orange cats typically being male, they're going with
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    male, until kitty pumps up for next appointment in 3 weeks, where be easier to tell kitty's gender with some fat on its bones. Per vet instructions, I got some wet
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    kitten food to mix in some dry kitten food. Slow feed 5x a day because he sorta inhales the food. They dont believe he got into anything to give him parasites, but
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    was able to get a stool sample prior to going - I gloved up, used a inside out baggy to pick up the poo and enclose it. Washed my hands and picked the bag up with
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    another bag to be safe for my pregnancy. (Husband was at work yesterday). The vet is processing the stool sample and should get word in a few days (Saturday
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    MONRO
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    or Monday, depending on schedule). But he does have fleas, not infested, though. Gave him a blue dawn dish soap bath last night per a
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    commenter's advice (thank you!), dried him up. Was able to pick off a few fleas by hand and drowned them. Once fully dried, i applied some Revolution on his head/neck
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    where the vet said. Overall, needs to fatten up, kill the fleas, and of course all the love. Thank you all for your kind words, help, and humor. He's definitely
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    swooning all the people he meets - at the vet, at the store when I stopped in to grab the right soap to bathe him. My husband informed me that he's been
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    calling this little kitten, Sparkie. Because of his personality. So I think that'll be his name.
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