'We moved into a new house and it came with a cat': Couple with multiple cats finds stray cat outside their place, they adopt her despite being a full house

Briana Viser • Writer and Editor

Mar 27, 2026 1:00 PM EDT

Getting a cat when you move houses is a gift, and this couple decided to take the present despite having a full house already.

They moved and on the first day there was just a cat there. They love cats so they tried not to get attached, but we all know how that works out. The woman would sit outside at night so that the cat could sleep on her lap, and she'd leave blankets outside for her and do whatever she could to help. They knew they weren't going to take another cat in, since they already had multiple cats…or so they thought. Months later, it's the middle of winter and they just can't bear the thought that she's be outside alone. They brought her in, got her to the vet, and now she's got a furrever home with them and the other cats, and is much healthier and happier than before.

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Moving is the worst. You have to contact brokers, landlords, spend all your time looking up places to view. It can feel like a full time job. Housing tours, talking to people, considering each and every thing. Reading through leases over and over again. Then once you sign, you still need to pack up your whole life and clean your old place, and this is the worst part of it all. No one likes packing their home, looking at each and every belonging and realizing you're more of a hoarder than you thought you were. It's stress on top of stress, and it can be back breaking work. Then you finally pack, you move everything there, which usually consists of hiring a mover, spending more money, and the physical part of unloading everything. You have to organize just the way you like to, and unpack everything in the new place. I will admit that I like unpacking, decorating, and breathing in the new air in the new place. Imagining all the great memories I'm going to make there. But the only silver lining to the headache of moving is that there's a cat waiting at the end for you.
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