She spots a rare void amongst flowers and greenery, and takes her in as her own. 

Feral cats are pretty common. This woman saw several litters of kittens around her place, and after some time and energy she was able to catch the mama to get her TNR'd. She thought her problems were over, but then her husband spots a void kitten all alone in the shared outdoor space. She already knows that her neighbors don't have a black cat, and no one knows where she came from. She's socialized, which points to her having been abandoned, as unfortunate as it is. Though it's difficult to comprehend why someone would do such a thing, she knows she has only one option. She has four cats already, but that doesn't stop her from doing everything in her power make sure this void kitten finds a home. Read the full story below for the details and photos of this kitten. 

"To be loved is to be changed."

It takes a lot of courage to allow someone, a stranger, to uproot your entire life and change it, even if they promise it's for the better. You don't know them, and they don't know you, but both of you know that help is needed, and you are willing to do what it takes to make a change.

That is what feral cats feel every single day, in places all over the world. They find themselves in need of a helping hand, a kind hooman who is willing to take a leap of faith and help a stray feline they just met. Both of them, the hooman and the cat, need to take a chance on each other in order to change the situation and offer a better life for the cute cat that just needs a loving home. 

For the feral cat in the story below, the leap of faith was even bigger, since she was also pregnant. She needed to trust this woman who met her in a grocery store parking lot, otherwise she would have had to deliver her baby kittens outside in the cold and all alone. While the woman had to give a piece of her to this stray cat, who looked so scared and so alone.

Eventually, both the lovely hooman and the soon-to-be mama cat decided to trust each other, and later that day, mama cat gave birth to a whole, healthy litter of baby kittens.

Scroll down for the full tale, and to read what the wholesome hooman had to say about the entire experience.

"Get a cat", they said. "They're a low-maintenance, cheap pet", they said.

Any sort of child, be they one with two legs or four, is a very expensive investment. For hooman kids, you have to pay for diapers, babysitters, school, and more meals than you ever imagined until they're at least 18-years-old. For a cat, you have to pay for bags of food, more litter than you ever imagined and those emergency vet visits you never planned for. And trust us, those vet bills are always much higher than you wish they would be. 

Hopefully, they don't happen very often, but every pet pawrent has had to rush their pet to the emergency room because of something they did. Purrhaps they ate something they weren't supposed to, they stopped eating entirely, or something else that would send any of us into a feline frenzy while worrying about their health. If you're a first time pet pawrent, you're much more likely to rush to the vet if something is wrong, but don't take it too hard - it's natural! It's your first time caring for another living being, and you worry that every little thing might be the end of the world. The more pets you own, the more you understand what a real emergency is.

Whether or not it is a real emergency, you get charged life-saving fees regardless of if your cat needed its life saved. Sometimes, you pay thousands of dollars just to find out that your cat is mad that you left them alone for a few days, or in today's case, you learned that you need to child-proof your trash can to avoid your food-motivated black cat from rebelling against their diet. 

Cats do have a tendency to be dramatic, so if there was any animal that would take the "die" in "diet" too literally, it would be cats. Well, they didn't succeed, but after a $6000 vet bill, this feline is alive and kicking. His pawrents' bank account, however, is not.

"Now she's acting like everything's fine and nothing happened."

Living with roommates is tough. Every single purrson on this Earth has had a terrible experience with a roommate before. Some of them have probably been milder, like them leaving their dirty socks all over the house, but some people are just impawssible to live with. We're not talking about just not washing their dishes, we're talking about throwing parties at 1 AM and climbing in through the window because they constantly lose their keys. Or even worse, the roommate that "accidentally" lets your cat out.

You have two choices when moving in with someone you don't know - you either decide to be friends, or be two ships passing in the night. We prefer the second option, because the first is always a shot in the dark, and has the potential for disaster if they end up being a worse friend than they are roommate. We tried to be friends with a roommate we didn't know before, and let's just say it did not go well. It ended with a broken window and lawyers.

But, we don't fault anyone for trying to go the friendly route. As much potential as it has for failure, it has a similar potential for purrrre awesomeness. You get a cool friend, and it makes living together easier. That is, if it works out. If you both share a love for cats, then you would think that you would be purrfectly compatible, right? Wrong!

After a seemingly banal incident where one roommate's cat got into a very interesting kitchen item, said roommate began icing out her fellow roommate and cat mom for something that was not her fault at all. She flipped a switch, instantly writing her off and looking down on her like she was a terrible purrson. When, really, if you read the story, you see that she is the irresponsible one. 

One thing you can't teach someone is how to take responsibility, and usually, the more money you have, the less responsibility you think is yours.

From outdoor stray to total house cat in no time. 

Bea's update is such a good one. She went from being outside and struggling to fully settling into life indoors, and now she just fits. She's figured out the rhythm of the house, gets along with her two older sisters, and knows when it's playtime and when it's not. Most of her "outside time" is just watching through the window, and she seems completely content with that.

Her health has come a long way too. Nearly doubling her weight since October says everything about how much better she's doing. She's not just getting by anymore, she's clearly thriving and feeling good.

The biggest change might be her fur. It went from rough and sparse to thick, soft, and fully fluffy. Now she needs regular brushing and even needed a trim, which is kind of wild considering where she started. She's also picked up on all the good house habits, like finding the warm spots and claiming her space on the cat tree.

It's hard to imagine her back outside now, especially with how harsh the winters get. Taking her in made a huge difference. She's safe, comfortable, and exactly where she's meant to be.

Cats have turned procrastination into an art form. 

Cats are the undisputed masters of procatstination, and they treat it like a full-time pawfession. The second there is something important to do, they suddenly have a full schedule of much more urgent priorities. Grooming for the fifth time, chasing imaginary dust, or loafing in a sunbeam all take precedence over anything remotely productive. It's not avoidance. It's carefully curated chaos.

They have a very paws-on approach to doing absolutely nothing. The moment you try to focus, they step in to "help," usually by planting themselves on your keyboard or swatting at your pen like it personally offended them. Productivity gets clawed to a halt, and they sit there looking purrfectly satisfied with the outcome.

Even when they seem busy, it's all part of the act. Sitting still, watching nothing, maybe a dramatic tail flick. It gives off the illusion of focus, but there are zero num-purrs being crunched.

Somehow, they never stress about it. No deadlines, no panic, just a calm, unbothered vibe. Everything can wait, especially if there's a nap involved. Honestly, their timing may be questionable, but their commitment to doing nothing is impawccable.

We could never understand people who abandon cats. But at least we can be thankful for the people who save cats who were abandoned, giving them the forever home they deserve.

Abandoning a cat is a cowerdly exist from the options of either raising a cat, giving them to a shelter, or finding them a home where they could live permanently. Just leaving cats outside and running away is hideous, and definitely worse if a cat needs to brave a blizzard outside alone. This is exactly what an abandoning person expected from a litter of four kittens, apparently, by leaving them in a box next to a fast-food dumpster, with a cat cage nearby.

First of all, how dare they? Second of all, how dare they?! Abandoning kittens is such an evil act. Usually, when it happens, it's because a person has a female cat that they don't bother to neuter, and don't care to leave her roaming in the streets. Then, the cat gets pregnant, the neglecting owners have no idea what to do (because, you know, they don't know how to care for cats, evident in their female cat getting into all this trouble in the first place) - so the right thing in their mind is getting the kittens in a box and dumping them somewhere. Just… great.

But with all that pent-up rage we have over the subject, we must acknowledge the good in the pure hearts of people who rescue cats. As avid cat lovers, we're so grateful for people who take from their time, energy, and pockets to save cats in need. Whether they volunteer in a cat shelter, or adopt abandoned cats - we salute these people with hand and paw. These people need an online standing ovation.

Hey, you up?

Sleep is absolutely crucial to our health and well-being. It doesn't matter if we're man, woman, child, or anything else, we need sleep. These crucial hours of rest give us not only a keen and productive mindset, but it helps us actually feel happy, motivated, and rational. Ever cry for no reason and you just can't figure out what caused the tears? You may have just been tired. And they say that driving while sleep deprived is just as dangerous as if you had a few to drink. The point is that we all need and love to sleep, but it doesn't always work like that for everyone. Some of us are not as lucky when we shut our eyes. To effortlessly drift off to dreamland may be harder for some, the mere lambent light of another room could stir our peace and quiet. And what about cats?

Cats need sleep too! They need their rest and digest, but it may not be when you're having yours. In fact, it's probably nowhere near the time that you're resting. It's more likely that they sleep all day while you're working, just to start their evening of zoomies around 6 pm, and have a peak of energy at 3 in the morning. Yeah, you didn't know it could be so daunting to be a cat owner, did you? But what is there to do? They're too cute for us to care. We choose sleeplessness over catlessness. 

Everyone in the neighborhood knows him as "The Street Cat," but he's new to someone special. Someone who was simply in their own garage, but saw this patient orange stray waiting for pets. And before you know it, he's in the home snuggling with his chosen hooman, holding paw and hand, and given a new name. 

You heard it here. The Street Cat hissed at everyone and everything, except his chosen hooman. He waited patiently outside the garage for pets, and then settled comfortably in his room and demanded cuddles all the time. The guy took this orange to the vet, and there was no chip. He finds out from the neighbors that this orange isn't new, he's the decided stray around these parts. The human didn't take no for an answer; he checked missing cat websites and did everything he could to make sure he's definitely without a home. He didn't want to just toss him to a shelter after feeling so chosen, and after bonding with this cuddly orange. He has a cat at home already, but decides to take the orange in. 

His other cat likes to sit on his bed and cuddle, or watch him play video games. It's never easy to feel replaced, but this guy lets his first cat know she's still baby, but that she has a new brother now. The orange and baby are curious, friendly, and non-hostile to each other. An occasional growl or hiss, but other than that they're a-okay. Something incredible about this orange cat is that he has a very distinct and definite love language, and it's physical touch. No matter what they're doing together, little orange Sammy likes to put his paw somewhere on his new owner. 

This story is yet another piece of proof that cats and dogs can be absolute best friends. 

To this day, people believe in the myth that cats and dogs hate one another. And yes, it is a myth. Sure, cats and dogs are very different. Their behaviors and interpretations of those behaviors are sometimes not only different but opposite. The simple wagging of their tail means two completely different things. But just like we, as humans, are able to get along with people who are different than us, cats and dogs can be friends too. In fact, cats and dogs can be best friends. 

In today's story, the cat and dog are so bonded that after the dog had to go through a procedure that left it a little worse for wear than usual. And the kitty was concerned. Constantly, the cat was offering comfort to the dog, and then, out of nowhere, it started doing something special, something beyond merely offering comfort. 

Another week, another purrfectly pawsome collection of the best cat tweets of the week! 

Here we are, Monday morning, and we can simply feel that there is another week of madness ahead of us. Based on previous evidence of the last… four years, that is probably true. And although at this point, there isn't a lot that is holding us together, one thing always helps. Maybe cute cats and silly cat memes don't save us, but they sure do help us keep ourselves sane in the little stressful moments throughout the day. 

This is why we are here, every single week, bringing you the best and most viral cat tweets of the week. Because we don't want you scrolling through twitter and all the madness therein in search of those cute cat posts that make you smile. We want you to get what you need without having to sift through the rest. In other words, we do the hard work for you, putting together the best of the best into one collection, first thing on Monday morning, so that you could truly start your week on the right paw - with an honest smile on your beautiful face. 

Cats can develop obsessions over almost anything, but there seems to be quite a concentration within the cat community over specific types of trash that they are obsessed with.

We have heard of cats who are obsessed with clothes, boxes, bags, water fountains and more. But cats who have a specific thing for trash is a new one for us. Likely due to the fact that the items they get their hands on can be commonly found around garbage areas like the ones that many of them are adopted from. Giving these once street cats a fond memory of their previous outdoor life, while enjoying all the perks and purrs of indoor life. And in this list of cute cat children we have a detailed collection of the waste items that cats so deeply desire.

So before you hurriedly search online to buy a trash can with a lock, take a moment to scroll through these funny cat children and see if there are any commonly loved trash items that might be found in your home too. Then you'll know what to make sure you hide from your cat…
 

If you thought the CDS would not strike in the middle of a construction site, then you have misunderstood just how surprising and determined the CDS can be.

It is true, the Cat Distribution System, much like the cats it handles, knows no limits for rationality and reason. It acts on its most intrusive thoughts, and while they are usually right, they can happen at any time, in any place. And for this lucky couple it turns out the CDS wanted to gift them a housewarming present just before they moved into their new home in the form of a stray cat who was also looking for a home.

A perfect pairing in the eyes of the CDS no doubt and a rather welcome addition for this couple who it seems were looking for something to dote on. Leaving us with a very successful and sweet CDS adoption story and one more feral feline off the streets. What more could you want?
 

One cat's trash is another cat's meal.

Stray cats are like raccoons or opossums, becoming opportunistic eaters and foraging on the discarded waste of humans for a snack. Yet unlike other city mammals, house cats were never meant to dig through trash with their pink toe beans, and their dainty paws were never supposed to scavenge amidst the garbage. Although every cat is a capable, mighty survivor, wouldn't they prefer a life of luxury in a warm cat bed on the windowsill with a dribbling water bowl, unlimited kibbles, and a catnip toy to play with whenever they want?

Cats may seem like the hardy street critters of the city, but they're far from it. 

Their sensitive tummies deserve more than remnants of chicken bones and dried-up banana peels; cats deserve to eat wondrous treats like canned food, kibble gravy, and the occasional sliver of cold cuts. Stray cats remind every cat lover of the lavish luxuries that kittens deserve in captivity. Although they may not have the same roaming freedoms as their stray counterparts, house cats enjoy lives of extreme comfort amongst their lifelong servants, and they wouldn't change it for the world. 

Surrounded by love, warmth, and comfort, even before a stray cat realizes it, life inside with the humans is the dream scenario. 

So when Rahul the trash cat was caught munching on plastic bags of rotting refuse, the homeowner couldn't resist a rescue. It took months of coercion and weeks of building trust with him, but when the summoning sweetness of delicious cat food drew him in, he was given a taste of the good life. Scared at first, Rahul was a timid cat, but over the course of several slow introductions and gentle back scratches, he learned that he could trust the strange woman who carried his garbage buffet outside. 

Rahul no longer has to eat trash to survive, and instead of nursing his wounds with bacteria-covered paws, he can stretch out on his heater-bed knowing that a human has him covered. He's taken care of. He's loved. And he'll never be in danger of eating garbage again (at least, not just for recreation). 

What would you do if you saw someone abandoning their pet right in front of you?

Just like you have to pass a test to be a police officer or a firefighter, we think you should have to pass a test to be a pet owner. We see all these adorable videos of puppies and kittens on Instagram, which give us a beautiful, but false, narrative of the purrfect like of a pet owner. It's not all cuddles and cute meowments. It's coming home to your new chair completely ruined from scratching, it's waking up at 1, 3, and 5 AM to calm down your kitten or take your puppy out to use the bathroom.

Because of this, people don't understand how much your life changes when you get a pet, even a cat. And because people don't understand this, when they realize how much they will have to sacrifice in order to give their pet the life it deserves, many will take the cowardly way of abandoning their pet and never looking back.

Thankfully, there are usually some helpful heroes around who will rescue and give them a proper home, but this could all be solved if we properly educated people on what it truly means to be a pawrent.

We all have that one best friend with whom we can communicate solely through sending memes. These feline funnies are for them.

We all have different ways of communicating with different friends. You have that one friend who will call you out of nowhere and talk with you for three hours on the phone, that one friend who only replies to your texts every other Wednesday at noon, the friends in your group chat that are obsessed with sending stickers of their cats, and then you have that one friend where words aren't even necessary. They are your bestie that you bonded with over sass, side eye, and all things cat-related. 

No need for any "Good morning", or "How are you doing today?", you simply send them a cat meme about how you're feeling in this moment, and they keep the chain going by sending you back one they know you'll find simply hissterical. It's the one relationship that requires minimal effort, but gives you maximum giggles. 

Even though there are thousands of memes on the internet, it's hard to find the one that's purrfect for sending to them in purrticular. Well, look no further, because we've gathered the 23 most purrfect feline funnies for that one special purrson who will appreciate them the most. Well, actually, look below, because that's where they all are.

No one noticed the moment cats stopped being pets and started being in charge.

At first, no one suspected a thing about the cats. Sleeping 16 hours a day, staring at walls, launching surprise attacks on absolutely nothing. Completely harmless. Definitely not suspicious. Meanwhile, behind those tiny pink noses and toe beans, a full-scale world domination plan was quietly unfolding.

Every household became a base of operations. Living rooms turned into surveillance zones. Windowsills became lookout towers. That "random" 4 a.m. sprint across your face? Night training. The objects getting knocked off tables? Gravity testing. The long, unbroken stares into your soul? Mind control calibration. Nothing is accidental. Everything is part of the plan.

Communication is already in place. Cats gather on rooftops, sit in perfect furmation on fences, and exchange information through slow blinks and tail flicks. You think they're just sitting there. They're actually coordinating. Expanding. One neighborhood at a time. Dogs tried to intervene, but honestly, they were way too easy to distract.

And now, the final phase is here. Hoomans have willingly surrendered. We open doors on command. We provide food exactly on schedule. We apologize when we're in their way. The takeover didn't need chaos or destruction. It just needed patience, persistence, and a whole lot of purrsuasion.

The cats didn't plan to take over the world. They simply waited for us to hand it to them.

If your taxes aren't adding up, it might be time to bring in a catified accountant.

Tax season rolls around and suddenly everyone is stressed. There's spreadsheets open, receipts everywhere, and right in the middle of it all sits your cat… ready to help. Or at least convinced they are. Cat accountants take their job very seriously, even if their main qualifications include sitting on keyboards and aggressively supervising from the nearest pile of paperwork.

They have a very paws-on approach to finances. Need help organizing receipts? They will scatter them across the floor for "better visibility." Trying to focus? They will plant themselves directly on your laptop, ensuring no calculation goes unchecked. And if you are working with paper forms, expect a full inspection, including a few strategic paw prints for authenticity.

Of course, their specialties go beyond basic bookkeeping. They excel in emotional support auditing, making sure you take breaks for pets and reminding you that no tax bill is more important than a good nap. Their purrsuasive presence alone can lower stress levels, even if your numbers are still not adding up.

At the end of the day, your cat may not actually file your taxes, but they will be there every step of the way, judging your financial decisions and demanding snacks as payment. That sounds like most accountants anyway, just with more fur and slightly worse math skills.

When this leopard cub was abandoned by its momma, we never expected that his life would be saved by another big cat - except that big cat is not a leopard, it's a lioness. 

Cats' maternal instincts are very real, and that doesn't apply solely to domestic cats. We have seen, time and time again, cats adopting other animals. We have seen cats adopt kittens from other litters. We've seen cats adopt puppies who don't have moms. We've even seen a cat adopt an otter. Because their need to take care of itty-bitty things is stronger than almost anything. 

And we knew, in theory, that big cats are just like house cats in some ways. What we didn't realize was that it would apply in this way too - simply because it happens so, so rarely. But apparently, big cats are like house cats in this way too. This momma lioness saw a baby leopard in need and couldn't stand by. To everyone's surprise, she took him in and raised him alongside her own cubs, 

In times like this, an online pick-me-up is very necessary, and the best pick-me-up is cat memes. 

We don't know if you've missed it, but it has been a little crazy out there lately. Everywhere you look online, it seems like the world is on fire. And we go online anyway. Not because we want to see the fire spreading. If anything, we would like to avoid that. We get online because in amongst the madness, our favorite thing in the world exists, and that is all the pawsome cat content. 

Because it doesn't matter what is going on in the world, people will always be making and laughing at cat memes. That is how we escape reality. We look toward the one thing that always, no matter what, makes us happy. And that's cats. It's silly cats being their silly selves, it's street cats meowing back at us, and it's funny cat memes that are always there for us.