Stray cat abandoned in botanical gardens found by cat lover who built her a house for winter until his home would be ready to be her furever home, cat dad says: ‘I really hope she doesn't mind me catnapping her!’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Apr 8, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

It is not often that a rescue pawrent plans for their incoming cat with such dedication and forethought that it makes us wish we were the cat and consider swapping places with said cat. But in this case, we would have paid good money to a witch doctor to turn us into a cat.

In most rescue stories, the rescue itself is the thing that is worth more than anything else. Sure, it is nice to have nice things, but when you are a cat coming from a life lived on the streets and possibly worse. Just having a roof over your head and food in your bowl is more than enough to keep you satisfied with your choice to be rescued by a hooman.

But in this story, the hooman hero who rescues the cat is so darn considerate and cat loving that his approach to readying his home for her arrival was so full of thought and care that we would not have minded taking the cat's place at all. We cannot remember the last time that someone laid out our bedding for us, cleaned the toilet and cooked up some delicious food for us. So the only questions we are left with are how can we turn into cats? And how are we going to find a hooman like this one?
 

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    "UPDATE: I went back this morning and brought her home."
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    Recently I met a beautiful cat in a small local botanical garden in my city. At first I thought she was looking wel so she must be living nearby. However I'm told that her previous owner dumped her and
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    that she's now a stray. I've noticed she's getting skinnier and so I've been feeding her wet food (with added water) and kibble. I was asked if I wanted to take her
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    home with me and I definitely would, but atm I'm renovating my whole home so for the time being that's not a good idea. I live downtown and have no garden and also wouldn't like to let her outside with all
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    the traffic and people. I do have a fairly large home and my previous cat who I got from the shelter (she was nine when I got her and lived 11 years with me) had the largest bedroom all for herself.
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    As winter is approaching, I've built her a shelter that I'm allowed to place somewhere in the garden. I quickly build something from leftover wood and only need to sand it a bit and paint it. I'm thinking
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  • Seriously, who is this cat hero who has seemingly come out of nowhere to save the cats that most desperately need him. Just the way that he is being considerate towards and already offering care to this cat who he barely knows is unreal. But to know that he has also already had a cat who he adopted as a semi-senior cat and cared for through the tougher years of their life, it is just mind blowing. This cat could not have been any luckier in terms of which hooman was sent to save her. 

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    about putting in straw/hemp and a blanket. The caretakers of the garden are sympathetic to the cat and think it's a great idea to give her a shelter. I would like to get
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    some feedback on what you think would be the best course of action. Update: I just went back even tho the garden is closed. I opened a can of wet food and waited
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    outside of the gate while calling her. I will return tomorrow morning with the carrier.. I really hope she doesn't mind me catnapping her! I've placed the shelter I made in the kitchen with
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    many ermany
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    blankets. Placed bowls near it with kibble and mineral water. Opposite of the kitchen I placed the litter box. I've build a cat scratching post for my neighbour's cat because they couldn't afford one so I can do that again easily.
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  • As we have already stated, this hooman is some sort of angel sent from above to save feline souls it seems. So the notion that this cat would mind being catnapped by this person is just so incredibly silly we cannot help but laugh our pants off. Heck, even we would not mind at all the simple pleasure of being kidnapped by this person such that we can live a life of quiet luxury by their side. Could someone get on arranging that please? 

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    UPDATE: I went back this morning and brought her home. I posted a new post with pics but apparently I have to wait 48 hours.. didn't know that and will post asap so you can also enjoy the cat pics :)
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