Person cutting down a tree on their farm finds box full of 7 abandoned kittens underneath it; in the heat with no chance of surviving on their own, this farmer saves them and finds them all homes

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Sep 7, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

If you're going to abandon a box full of kittens on someone's property, just leave them at the front door, not in a hidden place at the back.

Taking care of seven newborn kittens would be a lot of work for anyone, we understand that. And if you rescued a cat who turned out to be pregnant or if a pregnant cat broke into your home to have her babies, we would understand why you might not feel ready to take on the responsibility. We just wish that people in these situations made better decisions for the babies. If you're already putting the seven kittens in a box and placing them on someone else's property, just put them at the front door. Don't hide them in some spot in the back where they might not be found.

It was luck that made DjBizwy on Reddit find these cats. He calls it divine intervention. We call it the CDS. Either way, the fact that they came across these kittens was a matter of chance. As they were cutting down a tree on their farm, they heard the meows of a bunch of kittens and found seven kittens abandoned in a box with a blanket folded underneath them. In the heat, with no food, water or anyone to care for them, these kittens could have been dehydrated in no time. Instead, they were saved, and all found homes.

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I was cutting down a tree on my farm when I heard a series of meows coming from the bushes and stumbled across these 7 kittens who had been left on my property.

Just ran to the feed store and got some formula in their bellies. They are soooo cute!!!

Morbidious and where are you located so i can decide if one of the orange ones is foreverhomeable by me?

DjBizwy OP Texas - I no joke have already found homes for all of them, which is so dang cool. That happened way fast. I was in contact with a vet and some other animal people, and they will be taking them off my hands when they get old enough.

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Rumhed Awww they are so cute. And big props to you too! They could have d d had they not found a good human.

DjBizwy OP It was such a stroke of luck! It was a tree that had needed to be removed for a few weeks now, and almost didn't go out there to do it because of the heat. Divine intervention!

All of this could have turned out so, so much worse. The kittens could have overheated long before you found them. The tree could have fallen on them as you were cutting it down. It really was divine intervention that helped this farmer save these cats just in time. Or, as we call it, the CDS. Everything worked out purrfectly.