# So I found this kitten... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856 "2010-09-06T23:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/1 "2010-09-06T23:46:11Z")
On Friday when I came home I heard a cat meowing but I ignored it and went inside. When I got to my apartment my cat came to greet me, then abandoned me to sit by the open window and reply to the yowling critter outside. So I grabbed a can of catfood and went back outside see if I could lure the thing out. It turned out to be a black kitten who was hungry enough to let me touch her while she gobbled the food. So I coaxed her into a cat carrier and released her into my bathroom where she promptly hid behind the toilet. A trip to the vet yesterday confirmed that she is a she and does not have FIV or FeLV. So she gets to stay! Isn’t [she](http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af178/abbiew1/undifferentiated006.jpg) [cute](http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af178/abbiew1/undifferentiated004.jpg)? Since being released from quarantine in the bathroom she’s been mostly hiding under my bed with occasional forays for food or exploration. [Gus](http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af178/abbiew1/undifferentiated255.jpg) seems to be mostly OK with the new roommate. ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/2 "2010-09-06T23:54:01Z")
Aww she is a sweetie, yes she it congratulations on being picked by her Seems to have been a joint effort by Gus and the cutie ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/3 "2010-09-06T23:55:44Z")
She is cute! I have a black kitty- they’re the best. (Don’t tell the other ones.) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/4 "2010-09-07T00:01:59Z")
Gus demonstrates the first rule of kittehdom - “If I fits in it, I sits in it.” You got two cuties there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/5 "2010-09-07T00:20:58Z")
Poor kitty. I’m glad you found each other. Gus is shaped remarkably like the mouse of the same name in _Cinderella_. You should get him a little shirt and hat for Halloween. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/6 "2010-09-07T00:54:42Z")
Aww, cute little fuzzy overlord! Congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/7 "2010-09-07T00:57:51Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Poor kitty. I’m glad you found each other. +1 If you haven’t named her yet, may I recomend “Lucky”? Lucky she found you? Lucky you’re keeping her? Lucky that Gus isn’t jealous? I have a cat named Lucky who is black w. a white underbelly. She cries when she hears my voice & warms my feet nightly. Single most loving cat I have ever [del]owned[/del] roomed with. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/8 "2010-09-07T03:15:12Z")
What an adorable pair of kitties!!! ---
**Author:** ![Sundrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sundrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sundrop)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/9 "2010-09-07T15:50:36Z")
What a fortunate girl. She’s cute as can be too. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/10 "2010-09-07T17:27:14Z")
What a lucky kitty, one day she’s alone and starving and the next she’s relaxing on the couch in a sunbeam with a tummy full of food. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/11 "2010-09-07T17:36:03Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > > [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > > > Poor kitty. I’m glad you found each other. > > +1 > > If you haven’t named her yet, may I recomend “Lucky”? > > Lucky she found you? > > Lucky you’re keeping her? > > Lucky that Gus isn’t jealous? > > I have a cat named Lucky who is black w. a white underbelly. She cries when she hears my voice & warms my feet nightly. Single most loving cat I have ever [del]owned[/del] roomed with. I’ve heard a vet say that Lucky is a common cat name for just the reason in the OP, that someone found them and is willing to take care of them. My sister has a cat named Lucky, and for just that reason. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/12 "2010-09-07T18:17:02Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > > [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > > > Poor kitty. I’m glad you found each other. > > +1 > > If you haven’t named her yet, may I recomend “Lucky”? > > Lucky she found you? > > Lucky you’re keeping her? > > Lucky that Gus isn’t jealous? > > I have a cat named Lucky who is black w. a white underbelly. She cries when she hears my voice & warms my feet nightly. Single most loving cat I have ever [del]owned[/del] roomed with. Veterinarians HATE treating animals named “Lucky” - they usually are not. ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/13 "2010-09-07T21:20:40Z")
Update: I think her name is Sasha ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/14 "2010-09-07T22:15:51Z")
> [@pendgwen](#): > > Update: I think her name is Sasha Ooh, pretty name. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/15 "2010-09-08T01:41:37Z")
Sasha is a great name! I’ve met far too many Lucky’s to believe that they may have any luck at all. If they did, it was all spent in one place with nothing but disaster to follow. Besides, it’s so common. I’ve decided my next black cat (whenever that may be) will be named October. ---
**Author:** ![bubba\_jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@bubba\_jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba_jr)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-found-this-kitten/552856/16 "2010-09-08T03:14:11Z")
I can tell you from experience, when it’s acting up and being a general giant pain in the ass. DO NOT say, “for a stray, I think you would be better behaved”. Really hurts their feelings. Of course they still don’t understand NO. Don’t eat that. and Stop shitting on my pillow, which of course wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t tell them they were adopted… unwillingly and accidentally.