‘No one claimed him and we fell in love with him, so we chose to keep him!’: The heartwarming tale of a cat found on a doorstep who was mistaken for a kitten, only to be revealed as a two-and-a-half-year-old adult who quickly stole his new owners' hearts

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Nov 1, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

It is not all too often that we have the pleasure of sharing with you one of the sweetest and simplest rescue stories we have ever come across, and that is for good reason, seeing as they are far and few between. But we are delighted to say, that today we have the story of the young adult catto named Socks who waltzed into the lives of his rescuers a well-mannered boy who wanted nothing more than a loving home that would care for him and cuddle him as much as possible.

And boy, oh boy did he find exactly what he was looking for. This is one of those wonderful stories where everything just goes right, or at least everything that needs to go right to correct the wrong that had placed this poor feline out on the street in the first place. 

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    We found this sweet girl at around 9:30 pm tonight. My guess is she's maybe 4-6 months old? We tried knocking on some doors but it was late and we couldn't locate the owner. She is very
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    friendly and has been snuggling with us all night. We gave her some wet food and water and she was incredibly hungry and thirsty, poor thing.
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    We're very confused though. She isn't dirty, injured, or sick and she's very friendly already, which tells me she is used to humans and has been cared for.
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    However, considering how hungry and thirsty she was, we think she was outside for a long time. We live in an urban area and I don't know why an owner would let her
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  • Well, would you talk about some mysterious circumstances to have a cat child come into your life. Who would have thought that such a well-mannered feline fur baby could ever find themselves in a situation where they are roaming the streets pawrentless and alone.

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    out in broad daylight and not bring her back in for several hours. We texted our complex management and are talking about either knocking on more doors
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    tomorrow or taking her to a vet and scanning for a microchip. Considering it's the weekend we don't know what we should do. Should
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    we keep trying to find an owner or have we stumbled upon the cat distribution system?
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    Hi guys! I'm the one who posted about this sweet kitty we found in our apartment complex a couple of months ago, and I wanted to give an update.
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    After a couple of days we noticed that our new friend was not a girl, but a boy! We named him Socks No one claimed him and we fell in love with him, so we chose to keep him!
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    We noticed he was spraying, so we knew we needed to get him neutered. The surgery went great and they also microchipped him, so he's officially
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  • Sometimes, that which seems too good to be true, is simply great. No drama, no difficulties to overcome, just some wonderful respite from the madness of this world. Something which many, if not all of us would pay a handsome fee for. And here these hoomans are getting the best from life for free.

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    ours. He recovered like a champ and has been in great health since! We also discovered that he is in fact not a kitten, but a grown man at 2 1/2!! He is a
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    normal height and weight but I guess he has a much smaller frame than any of the cats I had growing up, if that makes sense.
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    Yes, I just said I had cats growing up, but my dad was the one who maintained their health and all that stuff, so I don't doing. really know what I'm We feed
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    D AIBE2
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    him dry food now and he is absolutely obsessed with chicken. Based on my research we have been feeding him every day at 7 am and 7 pm, give or take a few minutes. I
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    don't really know how much we give him as we just use a scoop and put it in his bowl, but I've gotten a lot of mixed signals about how much we should be feeding him. I wanna say we
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    give him 1/3 to 1/2 a cup each feeding? He seems happy with that amount and doesn't usually beg until maybe 30 minutes before meal time.
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    Now for his behavior. In general, he's such a sweet and social guy. He loves when we have people over. He also loves to wrestle, so we've been working with him on being
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    gentle and respecting our boundaries. He caught on quick and we're so proud of him. The only issue right now is scratching. He
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    scratches the carpet all day and all night, and we live in a rental. We've trimmed his claws, gotten him a few different scratchers, but he insists on scratching the carpet. He seems
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    like he knows we don't like it, because he will sit and act like nothing is happening when we turn to look at him. We try to redirect with toys or attention but it's only a temporary fix.
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    We clean the carpet regularly, but I'm going to try and order a carpet cleaning machine to get a deeper clean in case he still has that urge to make his territory. Any other suggestions would be fantastic.
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    Thank you all so much for all of your help before! We didn't expect to be cat parents but here we are, and we are so happy to call him ours!
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