Guy Doesn’t Even Own A Cat, Ends Up Finding 5 In His Room, Posts A 2-Year Update On The Cat Family
Some of you may remember a story Bored Panda did two years ago about a guy who stumbled upon a stray cat that had managed to sneak into his apartment only to give birth to four adorable kittens.
Well, he decided to keep all of them and has been giving regular updates on how things are with the lovely 5-piece kitty family, with one of the more significant updates being their 2-year birthday together several months ago, giving a happy-ever-after bit of news to an already wholesome story.
You might remember a story about a guy who found a cat (not his) who snuck into his home to give birth
Image credits: Paris Zarcilla
To those unaware, over two years ago, London-based film director and writer Paris Zarcilla walked into his room to find a cat—mind you, not his—who managed to give birth to four kittens. And to think all he wanted was to just grab a jumper and go run some errands. Well, that didn’t happen.
Instead, he canceled everything and started tending to the new happy family, assuming the role of cat dad. After consulting cat protection, vets, and charities, he gave a short introduction to all of the cats on Twitter and that was the start of an exciting new adventure for everyone involved. He didn’t intend on owning cats, but here he is. Owning cats.
Well, this is them a couple of years later, celebrating their two-year anniversary as a lovely family
Image credits: Paris Zarcilla
For those unaware, in 2018 Paris Zarcilla walked into his room to find a stray mama cat who’d birthed 4 kittens
Image credits: Paris Zarcilla
Throughout the years, he has been posting various pictures and updates on his Twitter, detailing life with the pawmily of 5. And, last May, he came out with a tweet celebrating their two-year birthday, which served as somewhat of a grand update on how happy the happily-ever-after is. And it’s not ending here!
“Happy Birthday my fam. I love you more than you’ll ever know. You’ve brought so much light to my life. You have me forever. X #Caturday #TwoYears,” read the tweet.
Throughout his entire Twitter account, the cats are seen hanging around on the window sill, sleeping, sniffing about (food and other things), being curious, box fun, among many other cute, hilarious and exciting cat things. When you have five cats, activities for them are numerous.
He ended up giving the entire cat family a forever home and posting regular updates
Image credits: Paris Zarcilla
One of the bigger updates was their two-year birthday last May and their Christmas together a month ago
Image credits: Paris Zarcilla
Now, Paris was already overwhelmed with emotion and the excitement of becoming a cat dad, but it got better: people started donating food, equipment, books, and other things to help him out with taking care of the cats—“[I] find myself in a stage of awe at the generosity and kindness of strangers,” he said in one of this tweets.
There was a GoFundMe campaign launched to help out with the cause, but it was soon stopped because of people being hella generous with their donations—they gave more than enough, exceeding all expectations. Best of all, it seems like the cats appreciated the shipping boxes the most. You know, cuz cats.
Needless to say, the pawmily has grown a lot since Paris’ first adventure with them
Image credits: Paris Zarcilla
Meet the entire family, one by one, at the time of the birth and adoption
You can check out the entire origin story thread on Twitter, and just follow the life of the lovely cat family because it seems the cats have commandeered what you’d expect to be Paris’ filmmaking Twitter account. Paris also has his own professional website, so you can peep it as well.
What are your thoughts on this? Let us know in the comment section below!
It's so lovely that Paris kept all the kitties together. Many first time cat parents would have been overwhelmed. The family is beautiful.
I hope he had them neutered, or the family can get a lot bigger, really bigger.
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When I was a teen, my family lived in the countryside. One stray cat came through the window and gave birth in the closet in my room. Four kittens: a tuxedo like the mom, a grey, a white and grey, and a calico. We ended up adopting them all, but the mama cat repeated the procedure twice more. She would just go and come back to give birth again. Each time 4 kitties. All together we had 12 cats, all birthed in my closet and their very... adventurous mom.
I'd take her to get fixed after the second visit lol!
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They all looks so healthy with shiny coats :) he is clearly a very good cat dad
BEAUTIFUL!!! All those sweet furry babies kept with Meowmie and given a wonderful life. God love you Paris - your a very special man xxx
We did kind of the same thing. Never had a pet in our lives and took in momma's kitties. First her 2 babies and then she brought us 4 more kittens months later. We got her fixed and she was way to feral to take in, we wanted to but we kept all her babies and they are all around me now as i write this! 6 of her kids 4 years now! We knew nothing about pets and now we know it all and are still learning...lol.
So beautiful😻😻😻😻So happy the mama kitty picked a nice cat daddy🤗🤗🤗🤗❤❤❤❤
AWW, good to hear that he and his dear sweet kitties are doing fine :-)
I remember reading about this & love it. Thank you for being yourself & letting them in your heart & giving them a forever home. I have an aunt & niece who are now 14 & 15 years old. They are my fur babies❤
It's so lovely that Paris kept all the kitties together. Many first time cat parents would have been overwhelmed. The family is beautiful.
I hope he had them neutered, or the family can get a lot bigger, really bigger.
Load More Replies... When I was a teen, my family lived in the countryside. One stray cat came through the window and gave birth in the closet in my room. Four kittens: a tuxedo like the mom, a grey, a white and grey, and a calico. We ended up adopting them all, but the mama cat repeated the procedure twice more. She would just go and come back to give birth again. Each time 4 kitties. All together we had 12 cats, all birthed in my closet and their very... adventurous mom.
I'd take her to get fixed after the second visit lol!
Load More Replies... They all looks so healthy with shiny coats :) he is clearly a very good cat dad
BEAUTIFUL!!! All those sweet furry babies kept with Meowmie and given a wonderful life. God love you Paris - your a very special man xxx
We did kind of the same thing. Never had a pet in our lives and took in momma's kitties. First her 2 babies and then she brought us 4 more kittens months later. We got her fixed and she was way to feral to take in, we wanted to but we kept all her babies and they are all around me now as i write this! 6 of her kids 4 years now! We knew nothing about pets and now we know it all and are still learning...lol.
So beautiful😻😻😻😻So happy the mama kitty picked a nice cat daddy🤗🤗🤗🤗❤❤❤❤
AWW, good to hear that he and his dear sweet kitties are doing fine :-)
I remember reading about this & love it. Thank you for being yourself & letting them in your heart & giving them a forever home. I have an aunt & niece who are now 14 & 15 years old. They are my fur babies❤
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