'This little goober came running up to my husband yelling his little head off': 6-month-old tuxedo cat excitedly chooses wholesome couple to be his mom and dad to escape the cold, and they promptly take him in

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    He then promptly tried to climb up his leg. When I got back from grocery shopping, he told me what happened. Since it was
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    already in the upper 20s last night (and a low of 15 degrees earlier this morning), we put him in our home office. Our resident cats
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    rarely go in there. He is very friendly, trusting, and loving. Quite the purr factory. Doesn't appear to have fleas, but since
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    he's black it's difficult to tell. We already have 2 cats, so he will have to stay in here for the time being. They seem curious
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    being. They seem curious (especially my younger female cat) but otherwise not particularly perturbed by the situation. I have
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    already called the vet and scheduled an appointment for February 18th. I don't exactly know how old he is, but the
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    consensus of other Reddit users seems to be about 6 months. I'm not good at guessing kitten age, so I don't know at this point.
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    I will likely go to the vet today to scan for a microchip (don't need an appointment for that), but I'm skeptical he has one. The only
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    thing I'm a little concerned about is he is squinting a little out of his left eye, but shows no obvious signs of discomfort. He doesn't
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    like being alone for long, so I've been periodically going into the office so he can cuddle.
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    We have decided to call him "Tux" for now, although I don't know how long that will be his name. I
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    just needed something to call him in the meantime and that's the first thing that came to mind that made sense to me.
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    Tina-Tuna A boy like this who has obviously dressed up for the
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    occasion should be named accordingly therefore say hello to Lord Thomas Tuxington the First ✓
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    Ok-Conversation-... Thank you for taking this little cutie in!

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