Target shopper finds tuxedo cat in the store's parking lot and takes him to the shelter, only to fold a few days later and adopt him furever: ‘I [thought] and [talked] about him all week’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Oct 14, 2025 5:00 AM EDT

That awkward moment when you go to Target for paper towels and toothpaste, and you come back with a tuxedo cat (and not paper towels or toothpaste).

When the CDS calls, you answer. That's the name of the game for feline lovers all over the world, and even when you try to push the CDS away, it reels you back in. Felines are persuasive in that way, even when they don't try to be. I guess that's just the magic of a furry coat of fur and a purr that can heal us all. What a world we live in, am I right?

While this human was leaving Target, they saw a glimpse of a black and white furry fella who seemed out of place. They write it off, but the next day, they see the fuzzy guy again. They decide to take him to the vet, and then to the shelter… Their first mistake. You simply don't give back a cat that the CDS gifted you. It's almost sacrilegious. That decision didn't last long, if you couldn't tell…

It's nice to know that the CDS always ensures a catto in need gets the happy ending they deserve—and pet parents are to thank for that!

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  • "Last week found this guy in a Target parking lot. He’s home now."

    Last week I found this guy at a target parking lot. Snapped a photo and thought "oh maybe I can let his humans know where he is." (Very rare to
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  • see stray or feral cats where I live.) Nothing online so next day I go back and he's sure there.
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  • Not microchipped so he spends the night at my house. (Text is to my brother who went to Target with me.)
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  • I've spent the last week thinking about him. I got kittens in august that are pretty feral. I'm hoping he can be a good dad figure to them eventually.
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  • Maybe help them feel safer. It feels so right to have him back. Last two pics from today. Taking names!
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  • Monday 08:50 וע Remember the cat at target? Yes Is it at your house?? It's at my house!! Dr Teak
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  • His tentative name is Charlie Moonstone. My kittens are named after nature, Skye, Ivy. (Which also happens to both be Kristen Cashore book characters. lol so bonus
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  • points if you can fit that in ). He's this beautiful sturdy mountain! He's been so brave. I like the idea of naming him after a rock. My kiddo wants him to have a tree name.
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  • Potential names (edited): 1. Charlie 2. Moonstone 3. Jasper
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  • 4. Sapphire (also book character name! Haha) 5. Bumi 6. Rainier (local mountain)
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  • 7. Roots 8. Obsidian 9. Simon 10. Onyx
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  • 11. Charlie Jasper Moonstone the First (should he have a rank too? Captain? Leutenant?)
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  • Edit TLDR: Oct 4 I saw this cat at Target. Oct 5 I went back, sure 'nuff he was still there. I trapped him and took him to vet (no chip) and then home for that night. Oct 6 I took
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  • him to the shelter (he wasn't safe to have around my feral-ish kittens). Oct 6-11 I'm thinking and talking about him all week. Oct 11 he
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  • went up for adoption at the shelter. Oct 12 my kid and I went to go see him and decided to adopt him. forever.
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