Man adopts stray senior cat one snowy winter, years of ups and downs has him reminiscing about their time together before he says goodbye

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Aug 9, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

It's never easy to see your cat grow old, but it's different when you never see them young and youthful either. 

It takes a certain type of person to want to adopt a senior pet. There's mostly wear and tear, and you don't have their best years. But for some, they'd rather have those years then nothing at all. In this story, this guy met Momo back in January 2012. He was being fed daily as a stray cat at an apartment complex in Metro Detroit by a nice stranger. It was a harsh winter, with snow and winds, and the person feeding Momo wanted to give him a proper home. He started posting on Facebook groups urgently seeking a home for him because he was moving to Georgia in a week. So this guy sees the posts and offers to take him and get him fixed, and at least foster him until he has a real home. It turns out that Momo was already fixed, and had spent most of his life living outside. He was able to catch Momo and take him in as his own. He originally thought Momo had a cat dad, but it wasn't true. 

He did the right thing and took Momo home in a large crate in the basement to keep him away from the other cats. He would go there and pet him, and it ended up being Momo's furrever home. Since Momo was already a senior cat, he really thought he was doing to lose him one summer when he started showing signs that he was quickly aging. But then suddenly, he pulled through and was the same Momo as he was before. In the last three months though, Momo has slowed down quite a bit and his owner is now reliving their time together. He knows that he made a risk when he took in a senior cat, but he also is so grateful for the time they've gotten together. It's not every day you meet a sweet cat who you can call your own. This story is one of bravery and wholesomeness, enjoy it like the owner enjoyed Momo. 

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    It was January 2021. Momo was being fed daily as a stray cat at an apartment complex in Metro Detroit by a kind man. That winter
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    was especially snowy and harsh. Momo's feeder posted him in rescue groups on Facebook, urgently seeking a home for him,
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    as he was moving to Georgia in less than a week.
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    I messaged him and offered to take Momo, get him fixed and foster him until a home could be found. Turns out, Momo was
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    already fixed, front-paw declawed and missing most of his teeth. He must have spent a long time living
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    outside. The man was able to catch Momo on his last night in Metro Detroit before he left for Georgia.
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    I posted him on lost cat Facebook groups for the area he was found in. No owner ever came forward. I
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    figured Momo's owner was probably an elderly person who lived at the apartment complex who passed away and was tossed outside when the apartment was cleaned out.
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    I put Momo in a large crate in my basement to keep him separated from my other cats. I would go
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    down and visit him, open the cage and he'd purr and make the most unique trills I have ever heard a cat
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    make. It was obviously quite quickly that my home would end up being Momo's forever home.
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    I thought I was going to lose. Momo last summer. He started to act strange and exhibit signs of dementia. He pulled through,
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    completely rebounded and started acting like the Momo of old again. In the last three months, he has really slowed down, spending most
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    of the day sleeping and eating less and less but still blessing me with those classic Momo trills and following me around my house.
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    The last month, I have been feeding him all the wet food and treats that he can eat.
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    This is the worst part of taking in older and s ck cats that no one else wants. You only know their story
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    from the day you meet them for the first time. Five years went by way too quickly.
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