Senior cat spotted being thrown from car by cat pawrent who gave her safe home with cat siblings, but when things sour between them a difficult decision must be made: ‘It breaks our hearts to ask for this, but I committed to doing the best I can for her.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Aug 10, 2026 9:30 AM EDT

The myriad of ways in which our feline friends are gotten rid off seems to have no end and yet endless creativity with the latest cat to catch a case of homelessness finding their way to the streets via a parking lot push out of the car. Thankfully, they were not without a home as there was a loving cat pawrent on the scene who saw the whole thing go do.

Cats really do get the short end of the stick far more than they deserve to. What have they ever done to use hoomans that we did not have coming to us? Sure, some people end up with scratches, litter box contents strewn across the floor and 3 am wake up calls that start to seep into their nightmares. But these acts of revenge are just that, responses to things that hoomans have done to them. So it really grinds our gears when we hear about a cat being thrown out of their home for no good reason like in this story.

But as is often said every wrong has a right and this wrong had a right waiting right there in the very same parking lot watching the whole harrowing event happen in real time. Of course this pawrent could not just sit around and let a cat child crawl into the undergrowth to fend for themselves, and so she stepped in to bring the kitty home to rest and recover. But as time went on, things turned sour between the newcomer and one of the incumbent cat children causing quite the conundrum…
 

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    "Someone came by to meet her and will be taking her home."
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    Calico cat loafing on the floor 

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    returning to my car after my taking my dog to play in the river, there's just one other car in the lot by the boat ramp. I see the passenger door open and close, then the car backs out and pulls away. sitting
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    there in the spot is this poor cat, flattening herself to the ground and frozen still i load my dog into the car and walk over, shes st frozen and flat with huge
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    eyes. I ask "are you okay? Do you need help?" and she starts immediately yowling and crying. I crouch down and after just a few seconds she
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    slinks over and hides under my knees, still crying, but she starts rubbing her face on my leg in between yells I enlisted the help the next person to pull up to
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  • Oh goodness it is more than enough to make you cry, heck we are crying over this touching moment. For a scared cat who is obviously just a love machine who has never known of the outside world being dumped like that and immediately trusting someone is simply unheard of. Even in hooman terms we can understand that after being burned you do not return to the same person or type of person. So why should a sweet and scared catto put their trust in yet another hooman who might dump them? Because they knew that this hooman was different. 
     

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    the lot since I had my dog in the car. we brought her to the vet to get scanned for a microchip, but found nothing the vet thinks she's around 10 years old, she
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    had fleas but all her b. work and other tests came back fine. d super sweet, she tolerated everything the vet did, and she hasn't hissed or growled once at us, she's
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    just so scared. She found a spot under the futon in the home office, so she now has a bed and litter box there. Its only been a few days, but we've been able to keep the door open and our two other
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    cats have given her space though they know she's in there and will occasionally go in there for a Quick Look before running off. i didn't get a license plate from the car that left her,
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  • What a wonderful way to start a new life in a home. Even if it might only prove to be temporary it is still wonderful that this catto has her own private hiding place complete with litter box. It is so important to give a new cat a sense of belonging and respect for space. They need to know that they are in a place that is safe for them under their own protection. It is never enough to live solely under your protection. After all, who will protect them from you if you ever turn on them….?
     

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    but I don't think it matters as I doubt anything would come of it. She was so scared but trusted me right away. I hate that this happened
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    to her, at least I'm the one to find her I guess, I had no issue covering for all her vaccinations and tests, and if we discover anything else then I'll help her with that too
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    I was blown away by the kind of support Reddit offered when I made the first post. There are so many kind people here, so I'm posting again hoping I can find
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    someone to help me help this cat. we did post all over and keep an eye out in case she was a victim of DV, but I don't think anyone has been looking for her.
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    While I don't need any financial support, we are looking for a permanent home for her. She is the sweetest cat and just wants to cuddle all the time. She will carry socks
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    and toys into the hallway. to ask for attention, she is so adorable. She gets along well enough with our 6 month old male cat, but she has shown territorial
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    aggression towards our 2 year old girl, and it has escalated beyond a level that provides a safe home for either of them. Despite our efforts to provide everyone with the space they need (plenty
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    of high spaces, cat caves and secluded cubbies), the best thing for her seems to be a home without another adult female cat (or maybe a larger colony).
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    We named her Celeste. It felt very fitting. She is fully vaccinated and tested negative for FIV, leɩ' a, etc. We also microchipped her. I'm not looking for any of that to be covered (over $1000
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    total), I just want to find her a safe home. It breaks our hearts to ask for this, but I committed to doing the best I can for her and still believe I'm doing so by reaching out
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    to this community to find her a forever home. We're in Eugene, Oregon.
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    mtr3226 Hey there, were you ever able to find a home for this kitty? 13 Reply apocalypsebuddy OP Yes I think so! Someone came by to meet her and will be taking her home when they finish moving, in the meantime she's still good to stay with us :) 3 Reply
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