There’s no doubt that adopting a pet can change your life. Suddenly, you have a new best friend who will always be eagerly waiting by the door when you return home. But this experience can be equally transformational for the little creature that you’ve decided to welcome into your family, and this list is definitely proof of that.
We took a trip to the Before N After Adoption subreddit and gathered some of their most adorable photos of kitties down below. Some of these cats have clearly been through a lot in life, but since being adopted into loving homes, they’re now thriving! Enjoy scrolling through this heartwarming list, and keep reading to find conversations with Bonne VeVea, Executive Director of MEOW Cat Rescue, and Emily Verna, President of Furry Friends Rescue!
#1 Tinker Before And Six Months After Adoption
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#2 Before And After In One Week. My Recent Rescue – White Cat With Diaphragmatic Hernia. Twp Days Ago He Had A Surgery And He Had Only 10% Chance To Survive. And He Sucessed
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#3 Day Of Adoption And One Month Later. My Sylvester
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#4 Found In A Thunderstorm On The Side Of A Highway, Nearly Passing Away- 2 Months Later She’s My Thriving Velcro Kitty!
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#5 My Cat Has Officially Lost Half Of His Body Weight!! He Is So Much More Active And Healthy ♥️
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#6 Before And After We Found Our Girl, Chloe. She Was 4 Weeks Old When Found, She’s 11 Years Old Now
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#7 A Brave Little Cat
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#8 Desi Showed Up In My Yard, Eating Garbage And Licking Dry Plates Of Old Cat Food
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#9 My GF’s Cat. They Don’t Know Her Whole Story But Needless To Say She Was Severely Neglected
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#10 3 Months Apart. Turns Out Gregory Did Love Astronomy!
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#11 I Found Her, Thought She Was A Stray. Turns Out She Belonged To A Family That Just Wanted An “Outdoor Only” Cat
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#12 Deaf Beliashka From The Kitten Mill (Now Adopted). Before And After
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#13 No Longer Frowning
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#14 This Is A Very Sickly Yuki The Day I Got Him vs. Now (6 Years Later)
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#15 Philomena
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#16 Before And After Adoption. My New Rescued 12 Yo Cat. He Was Hit By A Car 6 Months Ago And The Owner Refused To Treat Him. He Had A Broken Jaw. Now He Is A Big, Toothless, Affectionate Cat
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#17 7 Years Of Being A Stray Cat vs. 1 Year As A House Cat
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#18 The Night I Brought My Cat Max Home And 5 Years Later
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#19 A Year Ago, Adopted Baby Baldur. He’s Had A Bit Of A Glow Up
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#20 Before And After. My New Rescue. Milun Cat. 4 Surgeries (Ct Scan With Contrast) In 95 Days. Traumatic Hernia, Rotten Teeth, Glass In The Stomach And Pelvic Fracture
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#21 Little Buddy Showed Up On Our Porch Exactly 2 Years Ago Today 🧡
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#22 Three Month Before And After Of Our Former Street Cat, Adonis!
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#23 From The Streets Of Tunisia To The Alps, These Two Little Rescued Siblings Finally Found Peace
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#24 Crusty Kitty Transformed Into Cuddle Bug
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#25 Jeffy When We Met vs. Now
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#26 She Was Rescued 1 Month Ago Today!
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#27 This Is What 6 Months Of Love, Food, And Cuddles Looks Like. 💕
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#28 Meet The Earl Of Lemongrab
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#29 Hi, I’m Fynn. This Is My Rescue Glow-Up. 🐾
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#30 Flea When I Rescued Him From The Road vs. Flea Today :)
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#31 Then 🥹 And Now 😍
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#32 I Found Hamlet In The Dumpster, Now He’s My Best Friend 🍊🤍
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#33 99-Day Difference
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#34 8 Day Difference
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#35 2.5 Months After Rescue. My 12-Year Old Munchkin Cat, Rescued From The Kitten Mill. The Cytology Results Are Negative For Cancer ❤️ She Is Completely Ok Now
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#36 Skinny To Floofy
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#37 Before And After Adoption. Miss Whiskers. I Noticed Her On 22th Of September 2024 Near Big Shopping Mall And Used A Cat Trap To Catch Her
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#38 Lola’s Recovery
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#39 Loki The Day I Caught Him vs. Two Years Later
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#40 Meet Ned – From Sick And Depressed From Being Alone, To Playful, Happy, And Healthy In His Forever Home!
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#41 2 Years Since I Found Cinnamon On The Street🫶🏽
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#42 Before And After Adoption. Biba And Boba. I Was Asked To Rescue Them From The Forest Camp. They Were Found On The Main Road There More Than A Year Ago
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#43 One Year Difference; From A Little Hairless Runt Found In The Grass, To A Spoiled Princess Ruling The House
We Weren’t Sure She Was Going To Make It, But Hard Work Paid Off. My Lil’ Viking Astrid
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#44 Before And After. Bonya. I Found Him A Year Ago At The Dachas. His Fur Was Fully Knotted And Entangled And We Had To Shave Him + He Had A Big Traumatic Hernia On His Belly. Now He Has Been Adopted For A Year And Is Unrecognizable
His Fur Was Fully Knotted And Entangled And We Had To Shave Him + He Had A Big Traumatic Hernia On His Belly. Now He Has Been Adopted For A Year And Is Unrecognizable
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#45 Abandoned In The Rain 4 Months Ago
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#46 How It All Started
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#47 She Showed Up During The Hardest Time Of My Life. My Little Petal!
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#48 The Day I Found Trixie In A Bush vs. Tonight
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#49 From Matted Fur And A Home With 7 Other Cats To A Complete Lovebug
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#50 She Was Homeless But We’re The Ones Who Found Our Home In Her 🩷
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#51 Found These Two By The Housing Shacks Of Some Mechanics, Ironically Bordering A Palace And Right On The Highway
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#52 Two Kittens – Before And After
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#53 Four Months Ago I Adopted Him. Look How He Has Changed 🐱🐈💗
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#54 Found An Abandoned 4 Oz Kitten
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#55 Found A Stray, Kept Her! Mitsy Then And Now, 6 Months Later
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#56 I Rescue Around 200+ Cats A Year Plus Tnr And Sometimes We Get Some That Have Such Incredible Transformations! Meet Hansel! Found Crying, Unable To See Outside And Now He’s A Happy Healthy Boy!
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#57 Stetson My Fiv+ Stray Who Is Loving The Housecat Life
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#58 Laszlo Before/Shortly After Adoption vs. Now
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#59 Pip: Before & After
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#60 Rex The Chimney Cat
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#61 From Abandoned By The Factory Gate To Fluffy Royalty
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#62 From Dumpster Baby To Fancy Boy
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#63 Goose Went From Dumpster Kitten To A Fat And Happy Cat
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#64 She Is Circe, It Has Only 3 Months With Us And The Difference Is Very Noticeable
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#65 Stuart 💙
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#66 Today Marks 3 Years Since I Saw This Shelter Pic & Fell For This Gal. Swipe For Literal Glow-Up
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#67 My Run-In With The Cds: Mango’s Glow Up
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#68 Rainey When We Found Her And 6 Months Later
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#69 Almost A Month With My Tippy Girl
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#70 Lucille 3 Went From A Scraggly Underweight Kitten With A Nose Infection To An Uncontrollable Diva
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#71 Inky Davinki Inky Da Stinky
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#72 Lava Is One Whole Year Off The Streets :)
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#73 Found Cold And Hungry Beside The Road. Sodapop Then And Now, One Year Later
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#74 Terrence
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#75 Very Affectionate Stray Showed Up With A Bad Respiratory Infection, No Longer Eating
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#76 Meet Nemo!
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#77 Trixie – From Stray To Forever Home
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#78 Greetings From Tolia. I Rescued Him Almost A Year Ago. After Parasite Treatment, Vaccination, Tolia Was Adopted (On On The Second Of June)
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#79 Maple Has Come So Far In Only A Year
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#80 Meet Fish
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