Man secretly feeds shy orange stray cat outside his work for months but notices something's off, he becomes his furrever human after nursing him back to health

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 12, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

This little orange kitty got a second chance at life when a kind man saw him in need. 

In Reddit's r/cats, there was a cat hanging around a factory. It was a shy and young orange cat who wasn't getting much attention, except from one man. He saw the cat in need and started feeding and petting him for months, which was difficult because the owner of the factory doesn't like animals and told him to put him to the streets, but this guy didn't listen. The cat was fine but then the guy started to feel bad for the cat. He had a cat who passed away a couple years ago and he thought it might be a good idea to take this kitty to the vet. There was another month that went by to lure the orange into a cage, but then he did and was able to take him to the vet. He had a long list of health issues, and after everything that happened he decided to adopt the little guy as his own. 

It wasn't an easy process. The orange was a bit on the shy side and had a slew of medical issues that made him even more skittish. He would hide in the corner of rooms and just be a bit frightened, he even didn't let the guy pet him anymore. After some time he ended up opening up and they got closer and the cat became more comfortable. 

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    Hello So, there was a stray cat in the factory i work at, a young shy orange cat.
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    I feed him for months, which was pretty hard to do because the owner of the factory (sawmill and
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    wooden flooring factory) hates animals, so he told everyone to just kick him to the streets. So it was a cover ops lol. I named him Sugi.
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    The cat was reacting fine, he was meowing at me every morning for food, he was letting me pet him,
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    purred a lot and he started rubbing against me and against everything, we developed a good
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    relationship. He used to follow me around a lot which was a problem because the owner of the factory saw him while he did.
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    With time i started feeling bad for him, i had a cat that d d 2 years ago (17 years old british) i know a
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    bit about cats but not stray ones. So i decided to at least take him to the vet.
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    Took me another month to lure him into a cage lol but i made it and took him to the vet.
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    While he was at the vet i decided i will be taking him to my home, i like his personality and i thought he would be better with me than living in the factory.
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    So the vet told me he's good but he has a dislocated hip (probably permanently because it's an old
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    Ok, so after 5 days at the vet with everything done and the blad analysis done i took him home with my girlfriend (she loves cats).
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    Today is the begining of the 6th day, the first few days he was really scared but he was purring
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    when i pet him and drinking, peeing, using his litter, etc. He has diarrhea so the vet told us to lower the dose of doxycycline (50
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    mg to 25mg per day) and i started cooking him chicken with a bit of carrot. He eats the doxycycline with the chicken no
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    problem but he spends the days in a corner, i wouldn't force him or anything but i would pet him, after the petting he sometimes comes out of the corner for a bit.
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    The thing is, the last two days he doesn't purrs to me anymore (he purrs with my girlfriend) but lately
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    he dislikes me lol, not sure why, today when i said hi he didn't purr and then went away running to his corner so i decided to just kinda ignore him.
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    What am I doing wrong? i feel he dislikes me hard now, we where homies back in the factory. Am i ruining his life? does he wants to
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    go back to the factory? should i take him there? July in Argentina is pretty cold, i was sure i was giving him a better life and all that but i'm not sure he agrees.
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    His health seems to be fine, he purrs with my girlfriend, he lets. her clean him (with a little warm wet rag) and he even started
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    cleaning himself a bit but i don't want to force him to live with me if he dislikes me. The plan for me
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  • This little orange cat is adorable! It makes sense that he's on the shy and skittish side after being a factory cat. It's loud and hard to be in that environment. Sometimes it surprises me how cats get by in these kinds of environments, because I know that my little cat would have a really hard time. Even when cars drive quickly outside he gets scared. There's nothing comforting or comfortable for them there. It's incredible that this guy took him to the vet so he could help him. It's not every day that a person would take the time and energy for a stray cat, but it's really special. 

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    now is to just plain ignore him and start feeding him (my girlfriend was feeding him because of schedules mostly)
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    Is hard to me to see him in a corner still for most part of the day, i know he's an energetic
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    playful talkative cat, but he's doing none of it, i don't want to ruin his life.
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    I'm so lost at all this, i don't want to do him wrong. Opinions and advices are appreciated.
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    EDIT: Thank you all for your answers! I'll just give him space, food and time, there is no rush, i just wanted to be sure i wasn't doing a huge mistake or doing him bad
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