Stray kitten weighing only 6 lbs comes to feral feeding station, kind human takes her in as her own and nurses her back to health: 'She's been so good'

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Dec 17, 2025 6:00 PM EST

The cat distribution system just delivered another one! Meet Bea, the beautiful, multicolored fur coat kitten who found a loving home for the holidays. She was stray, scared, skinny, and longing for a furrever home. She started showing up two months ago to a feral feeding station. The owners have the outdoor cats of their own, and a new one came along. The owners immediately noticed she wasn't one of their they had previously. Upon petting her, they noticed her ribs sticking out, and how skinny she was. Immediately concerned, they took her in, and for 5 days she was in their basement being nursed back to health. When she was well enough, they took her to the vet where they could give her proper treatment, shots, and figure out how to help her. 

It's a holiday miracle when the family took her in. In just 3 weeks she gained a pound and a half, up to a more normal weight. She's looking better, fuller, her fur is shining, and she's warming up to her new owners. She even lets her owners pet, brush, and groom her. Read the full story below for all the details. 

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    She showed up to our feral cat feeding station around the end of October. The first day I got a glimpse of her, I hadn't realized
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    she was out there and scared her as I opened the door to put more food in the bowl so I just saw her
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    as she ran off. By a day and a half later, she was in the general vicinity waiting for breakfast with
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    "my" feral colony. I knew she wasn't one of them because I know them all. She also seemed scared to eat out of their (really
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    large) bowl while they were eating, so I gave her a small pile to eat separately. She was more
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    interested in getting attention and wanted to be pet and picked up. I could feel every one of the poor girl's ribs without trying.
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    Later that day, my husband got home from work and met her for the first time. He agreed she had
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    to have been a pet. I posted her in multiple spots across social media including in a local lost and found pet group. I also called
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    local shelters describing her, but none had any record of anyone looking for her and they weren't accepting stray cats unless they
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    were sick or injured. I got her checked for a microchip and there wasn't one.
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    Since then, we had her in the basement for about 5 days until we could get her checked out by a vet and so we could do some
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    scent swapping to help with introductions to our other cats. Her first vet appointment, she only weighed 6.1 pounds! We got
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    her combo tested (negative for everything!), vaccines, and treated for fleas/ticks/worms. When I took her back for her 3 week
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    booster shots, she'd gained a whole pound and a half and was up to 7.6 pounds.
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    She's been so good about allowing me to clip her nails, brush her fur, and brush her teeth. She and our older cats
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    (litter mates who are 11 and have the dark version of the same coloring) have gotten used to sharing the house and are now
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    getting along well. She's currently in heat which is a bit of a struggle but I already have her scheduled to be spayed later this month.
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    Pics from the first day of interaction, with one of her new older sisters (they were playing
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    under/around the bathroom door), at her 2nd vet visit, and cuddling on the couch.
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    moongirl12 • 17h ago She's gorgeous!
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