2 years after his 17-year-old feline crossed the rainbow bridge, this man was won over by a shy ginger living alone in his factory; he fed the cat for months behind his animal-hating boss's back, and then finally brought him home

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Aug 23, 2026 9:30 AM EDT

Healing from the loss of a pet looks different for everyone. For this man, it came in the form of a tiny, shy ginger kitty. 

We believe that we, as cat people, are unique in our love for cats. Because we love all cats all the time. We may have our own cats, but that doesn't stop us from pawsing and saying hi to every stray cat we come across. We want to help them all. We want to rescue all stray cats and give them all homes. We look for cats to help. We try. We pspsps every stray, try to gain their trust, get them to a vet for a TNR. We don't adopt all of them, but some of them… simply win over our hearts, and we cannot help ourselves. And that is what happened to the man in today's story. 

It has been two years since his soul-cat crossed the rainbow bridge, and although two years were not quite enough time for him to go looking for a cat himself, it was enough time for the CDS to make this decision for him. In the factory he works in, one day, a cute ginger kitten appeared. No one but him cared about it. The owner of the factory, the boss, even said to toss the kitten onto the streets and get it out of his factory. But this man was smitten, and for months, we went behind everyone's backs and fed this itty bitty thing every single day. He worked tirelessly to gain the cat's trust, eventually having the little feline follow him around the factory, much to the owner's dismay. But it was worth it. Because eventually, after all that work, he was able to bring the kitty home and give him the life he deserves. 

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    "Help, I 'rescued' a cat"

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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 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, purred a lot and he started rubbing against me and against everything, we developed a good 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 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. 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 wound) and he has mycoplasmosis so i have to give him doxycycline. He was castrated, dewormed and everything else.
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    Ok, so after 5 days at the vet with everything done and the blood 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 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 mg to 25mg per day) and i
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    started cooking him chicken with a bit of carrot. He eats the doxycycline with the chicken no 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 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 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 cleaning himself a bit but i don't want to force him to live with me if he dislikes me. The plan for me 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 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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  • It's okay if it takes time sometimes. He's already chosen you in the factory. Letting you feed him and pet him, having him follow you around… you're his already. This is just about him getting used to a new environment, a new additional human. It's okay. They all come around eventually. 

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    "Update: 'Help, I rescued a cat'"

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    Just want to tell you guys that he's doing GREAT. He's a non-stop purring machine, he plays with all his toys, he investigates and runs around, he loves to be with me and my girlfriend, he's very affectionate and now he likes to lie down and purr, he can do this for hours and hours.
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    We feel blessed for having him in our house, he's a great dude, he's comfortable with all the places of our home and he lost his fear of evil doors, he still has his doubts about doors but he's not afraid of anything at all anymore (except for guests, he still doesn't trust them).
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    He's really really affectionated and he's really attached. For example sometimes i lie at the couch and he comes in and coils to get comfortable purrs. He's smart, affectionated, vocal and just great guy overall.
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    Thank you very much for all your wonderful advice, we will do everything we can for his wellbeing.
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