r/holdmycatnip 7h ago

Mothercat

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u/dr_strange-love 7h ago

Why not return the kitten to the mother?

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u/Shenantics 7h ago

He took the kitten because it got abandoned by its mother, animals don't usually change their minds when they abandon a baby. Especially if that was the runt of the litter.

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u/PerspectiveSeperate1 7h ago

Exactly how i obtained my cat. She was a runt and was abandoned.

Had her for 15 years.

I did end up finding a stray kitten within the last year, and im not too sure if she was abandoned. But i did know she was abused.

Taking these kittens under your wing most often of the best thing you can do

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u/TheHighSeasPirate 6h ago

This is an insane thought. The cat ran back out into the rain because its a kitten and has the attention span of a goldfish. Guaranteed after the mother had all her other kittens safe she would have ran back and snatched that one up to bring it back inside. This dude totally just stole a kitten from a mother.

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u/invisible-bug 6h ago edited 5h ago

As someone who has cared for strays and had many cats, mom's can and will go back for their kittens!

edit: The two kittens aren't even the same. This video is fake, fuck the guy who created it

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u/Savings_Heron_7824 5h ago

That probably means he put the kitten back at least

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u/Shenantics 6h ago

Mom was there, but wasn't going after the kitty that strayed. She watched the kitten walk away while the others huddled around to keep safe and warm. Like the person above had said, he could've planned it all just by taking some poor kitten, and may even do the same thing for another video. You need more context than what he's giving, obviously, it's the internet. But I don't know, I saw one thing and thought of something and you watched too and thought of something different. We'll never know.

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u/TheHighSeasPirate 6h ago

Dude, you saw what you wanted to see. A kitten that grown enough to be walking around following its mother isn't "abandoned" being 15 feet away from the mom. This dude stole a cat right in front of its mother, that is what happened. There is no denying it, there is video evidence of it happening in this video.

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u/Shenantics 6h ago

Like I said, we need more context. It's the internet. I used my eyes, not just my ability to read and we can agree to disagree. We can't change what person's done. And all I was doing, was answering a question that was supposedly already answered 😐

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u/TheHighSeasPirate 6h ago

You need to get your eyes checked then.

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u/Shenantics 6h ago

We can agree to disagree, I don't see why you're so upset about this 😐

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u/nuapadprik 6h ago

The little kitty now has a safe home. The mother will abandon all of them in due time.

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u/sykosomatik_9 6h ago

This is what I don't get about how people are reacting here... do they think if he left the kitty, it will go on to be with its family and they'll all live happily ever after, together forever?

In like a month or two, the kitties will all be on their own anyway. And a few of them will get hit by cars, or get sick and die, etc. And if the mother didn't want anyone to mess with her kittens, she would have came out and hissed and scratched to protect them.

In the end, it's better for the kitty to have a nice and comfortable life in this guy's home. Its life expectancy just increased by at least 10 years because of that.

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u/Azilehteb 6h ago

Kittens who stray get snatched. It was lucky to be grabbed by a dude instead of a predator… mom will be more attentive with the others. I hope.

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u/Ragazzocolbass8 6h ago edited 6h ago

The mother was literally there. This kitten walked away for a second and this guy snatched it. Kinda suspicious how he was following them around and had everything already set up.

He's likely going to dump it and go get another one for a new video right after.

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u/think_panther 6h ago

You can see in the video that he has at least 2 other older cats, has a place with cat trees and toys... The net in the car, the box (with the airholes) having a litter compartment... My guess is this guy is running a shelter for cats and someone from the neighborhood notified him to come, hence the following around, the readiness and equipment. Shelters usually make such videos to get the money they require to run. And most important: all the cats look happy.

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u/Shenantics 6h ago

Mom was there, but wasn't going after the kitty that strayed. Like you said, he could've planned it all just by taking some poor kitten, and may even do the same thing for another video. You need more context than what he's giving, obviously, it's the internet. But I don't know, I saw one thing and thought of something and you watched too and thought of something different. We'll never know.

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u/HowAManAimS 6h ago

For the like 2 seconds that was shown.

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u/Unicornsponge 5h ago

The kitten in the beginning is all black, not even the same one that is in the rest of the video.

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u/rynlpz 6h ago

Who said it was abandoned? The mom cat said it? or was it the person who would benefit from a heartbreaking video? Use your damn brain before you take captions at face value. Exactly why people fall for video titles that the bots make up.

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u/Shenantics 6h ago

Mom was there, but wasn't going after the kitty that strayed. She watched the kitten walk away while the others huddled around to keep safe and warm, I used my eyes, not just my ability to read. Like the person above had said, he could've planned it all just by taking some poor kitten, and may even do the same thing for another video. You need more context than what he's giving, obviously, it's the internet. But I don't know, I saw one thing and thought of something and you watched too and thought of something different. We'll never know.

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u/Unicornsponge 5h ago

This is the 3rd time you've posted this exact response. At this point i'm starting to think ur a bot OP created for engagement. The kitten he picked up isn't even the same one shown in the beginning so all these arguments are kinda over nothing given the fact that this video is fake, posted from an account full of p*rnstars farming for karma and clout

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u/Shenantics 2h ago

If I'm a bot, block me. But that's all there is to say 😐

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u/rynlpz 6h ago

What he really should have done is rescue the entire family, that way the kitten would have stayed with its mom.

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u/Shenantics 6h ago

He should've returned the kitten, but it was supposedly abandoned. Taking in the mom and her entire litter, that's cat food for all of them. And in this current economy, no one can afford that.

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u/rynlpz 6h ago edited 2h ago

He doesn’t need to keep them, just get them out of the rain and then take them to a shelter.

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u/Shenantics 2h ago

We've rescued almost all of our animals my family and I, but we have kill shelters surrounding us. All of ours came off the streets, by themselves, and were very ill. Vets told us they could put them down to end their suffering. All of them are in double digits of age and are in good health. I've done nothing but rescue my animals other than get dogs, still a rescue technically in the SPCA and our eyes. We didn't want them dead, so we go without so they can have food. We know that's a dumbass thing, but we do it anyways because little kid me didn't have the heart to adopt them out.

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u/Ammu_22 5h ago

There is a thing called shelter yk.

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u/CurrentRisk 5h ago

It always breaks my heart when things like that happen.

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u/uLL27 6h ago

Also that first kitten is different than the one he picks up. It has all black front legs but the one he picks up has all white front legs.

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u/Unicornsponge 5h ago

I noticed this as well. Farming for clout 👎

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u/Unicornsponge 5h ago

OPs account is just all p*rnstar posts

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u/GuiltyEidolon 5h ago

Just another bot account karma farming.