'If her owner doesn't pick her up in the next 8 days, I can legally adopt her': Person who left a window open ahead of a typhoon ends up sheltering a senior cat who walked right in, and hopes she gets to stay.

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Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor
Oct 9, 2026 4:45 PM EDT

Cats deserve the best lives they can lead, even if it means making their current owner give them up.

I've never rescued a cat from a typhoon, as this one kind person below did, but I know what it's like to hope that an owner would give up their cat so they can have a better future elsewhere. When I adopted my cat I was a student, living in a flatshare. One of my roommates already had a cat called Fetto (originally Fettuccine, but the name got shorter as he got bigger). We had him in the apartment since he was a kitten, saved from the streets. Officially, he belonged to one roommate, but he loved another much more - and that was mainly because of how his "actual" roommate owner treated him.

I won't detail too much because it seems demeaning to the cat, in some way. I love Fetto, he was such a great companion to live with for so many years, even though he wasn't mine. But the fact that the cat wasn't mine is what made me horrified at what an "actual" owner can make their cat go through. And that owner was my roommate - so it wasn't just close to home, it was all happening in my home. What I can tell, though, is that his actions made Fetto afraid of him, his own legal owner. My other roommate and I tried time and time again to talk to our cat-owning roommate, to help him change his ways with the cat, but to no avail. Things always reverted to what they were. It was such a deadlock situation.

At the end of a 3-year shared living arrangement, we all finished our degrees and planned out adult life. My other roommate and I moved to a different flatshare together, but we were afraid for Fetto. We knew we couldn't leave the cat living like that. We sat him down and practically said, "The cat comes with us." Just in a nicer, yet firm way. We knew Fatto needed a new beginning in a new place, without the person who caused him fear and apprehension. We explained ourselves, yet again, naming the things the cat shouldn't have gone through, and how we thought he should move in with us. And to our surprise… he agreed. Fetto lived with my other roommate for many more years of happiness and calm.

This is the fate I hope to hear this typhoon kitty below gets, her happy ending.

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    I left a window open and did not own a cat before.
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  • Just by looking at this cat's face, you can instantly recognize she's a senior. There are certain “senior cat” face features that stand out. Mainly the muscle and fat loss around the face and head area, which makes a senior cat's face look thinner and droopier. You can recognize these features in the pictures this kind person added.

    The fact that this cat is a senior one makes my heart ache. Not that it's even okay to let your cat roam right before a typhoon is about to hit, but when it's a senior cat we're talking about - they need the extra care, and definitely the shelter and warmth of a house. Senior cats are more fragile, and fending for themselves is much less of an option for them. Luckily for this old lady, a person took her in just in time.

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    We're experiencing a typhoon right now so I'm thinking of naming it Typhoon.
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    They came into my home few hours before it happened. It's also why they're going to the vet tomorrow rather than today.
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    Although as you can see in one of the pictures there are 2 claws they can't retract. It isn't painful (no reaction)
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    and they don't mind me touching them anywhere, let me know if it's urgent though, I can ask a friend to drive me to an emergency vet. I
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    think they might belong to someone (very friendly) so I'll be checking for a chip but I'm happy with sheltering them from the rain. Will
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    update in the comments if I just made a new friend.
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    Kelthice Just keep in mind, someone might own him and be devastated that he took off - especially if there was a storm.
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    No_Government_3410 OP Yesss, which is why I'm getting her checked for a chip as soon as I can do it safely and I'll also put up posters when the wind doesn't risk removing them anymore Edit: In the meantime if she's owned by anyone I'm sure they'd rather have her here than outside (retroactively) I also opened the window everytime the storm stopped so that she could leave if she wanted to
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    I brought Typhoon to the vet today, she's a girl as I suspected after checking. She
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    was very brave and did not put up a fight when we cut her claws. She had a chip, so they called her owner so that they could pick her up. It
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    saddens me to have to give her up to people who let her claws grow so long but I don't want to steal her either. If her
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    owner doesn't pick her up in the next 8 days, I can legally adopt her so there's that. I'm very glad I got to giver her a home this past week,
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    she's a very sweet girl П. The vet also took my phone number in case the owner wants to get in touch with
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    me. Over this past week she has been sneezing a lot and has a lot of eye discharge, she coughs sometimes,
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    think it might be cat flu and I did let the vet know, they said they'll arrange for the owner to get an appointment with
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    them. And funnily enough, there is another typhoon today, which started right when I got home from the vet, without her.
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    Edit: Forgot to specify but she was adopted by her current owner in 2019, making her at the very least 7 to 8yo
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