Kitten who really wants to be adopted chases after a mother and child in the McDonald's parking lot, but they don't want him and flee; thankfully, his rescuer was watching the whole thing: 'I ran to grab him'

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Aug 10, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

Sometimes, the CDS gives the wrong delivery address to the kittens. 

Listen, the CDS is real, and it works. That is a fact. We can't imagine anyone arguing with us. How else do you explain all the stories? How do you explain a kitten flying in through the window into a man's lap and his first question being "what do I need to get to raise it"? How do you explain kittens following their owners home on some of their most important days? My cat followed me home on Independence Day and never had another day of independence in her life. My husband's cat followed him directly to his house on his birthday. The CDS knows which cats need help and which homes to deliver them to. And it always works. A bad adoption is not the work of the CDS. It does not count. But sometimes, even the CDS is faced with employee error, and the kitten in today's story was accidentally given the wrong address. 

When a kitten is ready to get off the streets and into a forever home, there is nothing stopping it. The kitten will literally chase its chosen humans if it has to. And that is what this kitten thought he was doing. He was given an address, spotted "his humans," and started running. Except… they started running too. In the opposite direction. And so, okay, it's easy for us to say that it's their loss for running away, because Gus is one of the cutest kittens that we have seen in a while, but Gus couldn't have felt that way when he was running toward what he thought was his forever home, and his forever home was running from him. He just didn't know that his actual rescuer was sitting in the drive-through, watching the whole thing. 

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    "Went to McDonalds for a coffee and left with a kitten..."

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    Saw this little guy running after a mom and her child in the parking lot, they didn't want to catch him so I parked my car in the drive thru and ran to grab him..
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  • Gus just got his directions a little confused, is all. His forever home was to his left, not his right. That's okay, mistakes happen. The CDS made sure he was okay after all. 

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    Meet Gus Nyx and Willow love him already. He has a little eye inftion but now has antibiotics for it and is receiving dewormer for the tapeworms he has.
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    I believe he came from a cat colony that is in that area, though I didn't see any other kittens or a momma cat around.
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    My goal is to raise money and trap as many of the feral cats as I can so they can be spay/neutered, the shelters are overrun with kittens
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    OldSea3040 Great work. Gus looked love. I wish you luck with your new venture.
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    Hazeleyedgirlx OP Thank youuu he is definitely so loved already.
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  • And he is going to be loved for the rest of his life. Really, that mother and child missed out on something ameowzing that day. 

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    Turnover_Realistic Look at the calories you saved, and the life you just saved. Thank you kind person!
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    Electronic-Minute007 Reminds me of the time in the mid-'70s when my parents were dating and a woman approached them in a Burger King, opened her coat to reveal a black-and-white kitten inside, and asked my future mom and dad if they wanted to adopt him (they did, and he lived to be seventeen years old).
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    AfraidAccident7049 Man McDonald's is really cornering the market on CDS delivery locations these days there's a Redditor here who recently got 2 CDS deliveries in a McDonald's parking lot (I don't know your username, random Redditor, but if you see this, say pspsps to Bleach and Soap for me!). Guess I gotta start hanging out at McDonald's more often ☑
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    averquepasano He shall be named MAC, Mickey, or Coffee.
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    7625607 He will taste better than anything from McDonalds
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    ChristVolo1 Aww, and him already has a couple of mentors to teach him how to cat
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    Acceptable Speaker93 Thank you for saving him. Just want to tell you that you're totally awesome. Wishing you the absolute best in all you do!!! You're that babies hero, and mine!
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    plantyplant559 What a little baby. Omg
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    LoveKittycats119 Congratulations on your new takeout!
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