'Neighbors moved out and left their cat': Kind person cares for an abandoned feline neighbor, gaining her trust after it was broken, and plans to adopt her for good

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Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor
Dec 9, 2025 3:00 PM EST

Let's get the bottom line out of the way first - we're absolutely happy to know this cat is in her forever home. It might take her time to mend the broken trust she's experienced from her previous owners, but it'll come. This kind neighbor who took her in seems to have all the right intentions and means to make this beautiful feline girl right at home - from here on out, and forever. Soon, she won't be the "kind neighbor" who saved this cute cat, but her actual human mama.

Now that the bottom line is at the top, we can continue to what bothers us so much, bubbling under the surface, that we have a mighty need to ask - who in their right mind abandons their cat?! Seriously, who? A cat is not a toy, it's a feline family member. And when you adopt someone into your family - you treat them as such. Especially when we're talking about a cat - a creature who depends on you for all their needs, their safety, their well-being. People who move out and leave their cats behind should be abandoned by society altogether.

But, you know what? We're happy the Cat Distribution System re-distributed this cat to someone who cares for her, who wants her around, who shows her love and kindness. All cats deserve to be safe in a home, never to be abandoned as used furniture. That's just pure evil we can't fathom thinking about.

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    neighbours moved out and left their cat
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  • Wow. Just… wow. And not the good kind of wow. It's the flabbergasted, disgusted, and shocked kind of wow.

    Seriously, how could any person with a conscious could abandon their cat to just sleep on dirty ground like that? How could they do that?

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    she's safe inside now :)
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  • At least knowing she's safe and in good hands makes us calm down a bit. Otherwise? We're livid at people who abandon their cats. How could anyone abandon this cutie patootie face? We hope she has the time of her life in her new, loving, and caring place.

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    NoBlackScorpion That's inexcusable. Thank you for taking care of her
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    OP Constant_Leg_5862 of course, I don't know how anyone could abandon their pet.
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    Glum-Effect1429 well, r/nowmycat!
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    OP Constant_Leg_5862 I hope so we want to take her to the vet just to make sure she has all her vaccines etc but they legally have to call the previous owners, I'm scared they'll want her back just to abandon her again,). They moved out a week or two ago and she's been sleeping under my house too scared to come out until a couple days ago. I never saw them come by to find her so i'm pretty positive they left her intentionally as I know the cat was gifted to them through the brief conversation i'
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    treedecor I know this might sound unethical, but maybe just tell the vet you found the cat and don't know if she had previous owners... Normally I wouldn't condone lying, but if these people left the cat behind, they obviously don't care about her and shouldn't be trusted to care for her at all. She's better off with you
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    OP Constant_Leg_5862 Oh yes I totally would it's more so a worry because they check for a microchip which I can't really do anything about.
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    310410celleng If you know the Vet, you could try and explain what had happened and maybe the Vet will look the other way. At least in my neck of the woods, the Vet doesn't scan for microchips unless you tell the Vet it was a stray. Or maybe you could just outright lie and say your neighbors gave you the cat before moving out because they could no longer afford it.
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    OP Constant_Leg_5862 I was mainly gonna tell the vet it was abandoned so I could get the microchip info transferred but I might just not bring it up and opt for an engraved collar with my contact info incase she ever goes missing. I don't know yet but at this point I'll give up anything to keep this cat
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    k3anuw3aves What scumbags. This cuties fur reminds me of my late cat, it's called a Torbie. She's tabby but has tortoiseshell/calico colouring. I always loved her fur and thought it was so beautiful.
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    OP Constant_Leg_5862 Aw i'm sure your cat was so cute! We've been calling her tabby for now because of her fur :)
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    Blue-Eyed-Lemon Thank you so much for taking care of her!! What's her name?
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    OP Constant_Leg_5862 We've been calling her tabby because of her fur until we find something that sticks!
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    Fair-Swimming-6697 Never ceases to amaze me how people unleash their sh*t personalities and mental problems onto helpless animals. Makes me so mad; my only solace with these types of situations is that they don't have the animal anymore to abuse. I can't imagine what the poor thing must have been through with people like that. Disgusting.
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    Mugwumps_has_spoken Damnit Reddit. Two cat posts of cats. left behind in one morning. :(
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    piemakerdeadwaker Monsters! Idk how people do this!
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    goatislove i got a kitten a couple of weeks ago and i cant imagine ever abandoning him like this. ive seen some really terrible pet owners in my time and i just don't understand how you can spend time with such an innocent and loving animal and neglect them. i hope kitty has an amazing rest of their life with you
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