2 week old stray kitten gets furever home after meowing at new pawrents from a surprising hiding spot

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Oct 15, 2026 1:30 PM EDT

As you are likely well aware of by this point if you are even just a semi-regular reader of ours, cats can be found literally anywhere. And in that spirit this story's cats decided to hang out in the ceiling above his to-be pawrents' bathroom. An interesting location to have gotten to and one that actually proved to be rather useful considering their ceiling had a vent installed in it, making it rather nice and easy to coax the kitten out to safety. Though you can only imagine what it must have been like going to the bathroom and hearing kitty noises above your head. Though I do have a little bone to pick with these pawrents and that is the fact that the kitten who was literally gifted to them was then sent to spend time in foster care only to then be adopted by them. People, if there is even a 0.1% chance you think you will adopt a cat you find, keep them in your home until you make that decision, please.

Now yes I know this is a really small detail to get hung up on, but honestly if this story was about a full grown cat rather than a kitten the end of this tail could have looked quite different. For you see going into the care of a complete stranger, or even worse a shelter, is a harrowing experience for any animal. The change of location, the new smells, sights and sounds, not to mention the vibe of uncertainty left over by other terrified felines who have been there before. These are really tough things for a cat to handle and if they had already been hurt by hoomans before, this kind of experience is going to do nothing for their belief in hoomanity. Often causing them to close up and recede into themselves even more than they had been while hiding.

I had one such incident when I was volunteering at a rescue and a cat was brought in after being found under a pile of trash, cowering at every sight and sound. Upon coming into the shelter the already scared feline felt completely backed into a corner and the small space we had to offer him simply did not make him feel comfortable in any way and when we approached his cage we were met with hissing and spitting. This cat was not comfortable at all. So we called his rescuers asking if they would be interested in adopting the cat as he seemed to be a little more comfortable in their presence. They were very much into the idea and quickly came down to give him a furever home. Problem being that he was now stuck in fear, and it is safe to say that if the hoomans who took him home had not been so loving and understanding this cat's already long acclimatization period would have dragged out far longer.

 

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    "After having a literal ceiling cat, we kind of felt obligated to adopt it, you know?"
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    2 months ago, we started hearing what sounded like a scared kitten in the apartment bathroom in what we thought at the time was the wall (Hence "Floyd"). We called building maintenance, humane society, animal control, etc and no one could help us. Finally, after 24 hours, my SO took matters into her own hands and after some
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    investigating where she found it was actually coming from the ceiling vent, she rescued the cat herself. We estimate that Floyd was two weeks or younger when we found him. We couldn't properly care for him so we rushed him to the humane society where they fostered him out.
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    After having a literal ceiling cat, we kind of felt obligated to adopt it, you know? We were finally able to adopt him on Monday, where we found out that "he" was actually a "she", but we had already grown attached to "Floyd" so she gets to keep the name. The white cat in the last two pictures is Frost. We got her
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  • So, I apologize for the interjection but I cannot sit aside and not make this point. While the rescue is incredible and goes to show how much we do not necessarily need the help of services like rescues and animal control, these hoomans for whatever reason still handed the cat over to the humane society. Only to then adopt it themselves. Now, look, I’m not mad at them, only confused. If you felt so obligated to adopt it, why put the poor thing through the nightmare of the foster system in the first place? Perhaps they were flustered and felt as though sticking to protocol would be best, I don’t know, but I hope that this example will serve to remind anyone who finds themselves in a similar position that it is best to keep the cat in your home for as long as possible rather than send it ping ponging around. 
     

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    from the Humane Society when she was 2 years old around 9 years ago. We're pretty sure she was also taken from her litter too soon and she never learned how to properly socialize with other cats. We're slowly introducing the two. cats to each other, and while Floyd is eager to play with Frost, Frost... well, she seems excited by Floyd, but does not quite know what
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    to do with the little bundle of pure energy in the shape of a kitten we call Floyd. We're still keeping Floyd in the bathroom most of the time while they learn how to socialize with each other.
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    Hello there. So, we've had our ceiling cat for 6 months now, and I thought I would give an update on how she is doing (I'm hoping this is allowed? It will more than likely be our only update). Frost and Floyd get along really well together. We were following a guide about how to introduce a kitten to an older cat, but
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    we ended up abandoning that guide halfway through. Whenever we would separate them in different rooms for the night, they would cry for each other. Once Frost realized that she could play with Floyd, she became much more accepting. We still did our best to monitor their playtime, as eventually Frost would sound like she's about to murder
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    Floyd and we would have to separate them... but eventually we learned that's just what Frost sounds like when she plays. Even Floyd's not affected by it anymore. We still glance over every now and then to make sure it's not getting too serious, but we're no longer on a hair trigger. There have been some hiccups. Frost is... a very
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    particular cat that only likes. things on her terms. Like, she has no problem sleeping with us, but if one of us sits on the bed while she's on it, she will grumpily get off the bed instead of coming over and cuddling. We get that, but Floyd... well, Floyd is still trying very hard to have a nap with Frost. Also, we had no idea it
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    would be so hard to keep this cat alive. We were expecting Floyd to be food insecure after being trapped in a ceiling for 24 hours as a kitten with no food or water, but the problem was actually the opposite. We had a h I of a time trying to find something that she would eat. She would turn up her nose at whatever kitten food we bought. We
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  • Ah, it is wonderful to see the transformation of a kitty who looked to be on the brink of not making it another day, now giving his new pawrents a whole load of trouble and at the tender age of 6 months becoming a particularly picky eater. It just goes to show how much good a safe, stable and loving home can do for a feline. And I know I got a little mad at these pawrents earlier, but it is only because it is clear that this kitty was destined to be with them. And it can be soooo frustrating when people somehow miss the very signs that the universe has put in front of their very eyes. 
     

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    eventually found one kind of food that she actually ate, and after about a month of being willing to eat only that, she finally started to eat other food as well. Of course, if something wasn't food, she would try to eat it. My girlfriend lost one of her bra straps that way. She also doesn't meow. Ever. I don't think we've
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    heard her meow since she was pulled out of our ceiling. Imagine Oliver Twist asking "Please sir, may I have some more?" and turn it into a mw. That's what she does instead of meows. If she's on your lap and you have to get up but she's not ready, she will let lose such a sad, pathetic mew that sounds like you've just ml d her entire family.
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    Overall, though, we're glad to have her. Even though she's quite the handful at times. We weren't expecting to get another cat, at least not anytime soon, but... Since when did the CDS care about that?
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