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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/zerolosts on 2025-11-03 01:34:16+00:00.
For context, my cat Juniper has been missing for 3 months. She is an all black Bombay cat with overly large eyes (even for a Bombay, they’re almost cartoonish.) I’ve had her since she was a year old, and now she’s about 2 years old, and incredibly particular. People say cats don’t have personalities, mine does. Juniper hates being picked up, hates the camera, hates a lot of things. Is completely obsessed with 1. me, 2. sauces. Don’t ask me why. When she got out and went missing for so long, I was devastated, and finally had to assume the worst. I found myself at an animal shelter about 45 minutes away from where I lived, looking at the cats. I prefer to adopt cats that are at least a year, if not older, so I was away from the kitten area. Suddenly, I come upon an all black Bombay cat with overly large eyes. My heart stops. I open the cage to pet her and she puts her head in my hand. I can’t believe it. Is this my cat???? I try to pick her up and she resists. My mind is racing, it has to be her, she must’ve gotten her collar off and jumped in someone’s car or something!!! I of course, adopt her immediately and bring her home. Two days later, who shows up at the door but Juniper, still in her collar… after 3 months. I couldn’t believe it. Two cats. Same age, same look, same mannerisms. They’re identical. I decided to name my bonus cat Jinx after my favorite TV show/Video Game character. While it certainly is a happy accident, I absolutely must get these two different collars as even I cannot tell them apart at this point in time.
TL;DR My cat went missing for 3 months, I thought I found her at a shelter and adopted her, it turned out to be her doppelgänger when my actual cat showed up 2 days later.
EDIT: They’ve both been microchipped and identified as my cat, as well as uploaded to a petfinder website!!