A stray kitten was so hungry that it ate steel wire balls. Good Samaritans tried to stop it. The cat’s reaction made people cry.

 8:59am, 8 October 2025

What is the most important thing in life to you? I guess everyone will have a different answer, but for stray animals, nothing is more important than food. This is what every stray furry child is looking for throughout his life. Having food means he is still alive.

I still remember a few years ago, every time I passed a garbage dump, I would see some stray furry children. They walked together in twos and threes, rummaging through the garbage pile, just to find the little leftovers.

Now, the trash cans have become taller, and the stray furry children have lost their main source of food and can only rely on the charity of well-wishers. A video was posted not long ago, which showed a kitten placing the only food next to its deceased mother, and eating dirt to survive.

Once upon a time, I thought this was just an extremely rare example of how a normal cat could eat rocks and sand. It wasn’t until I saw this cat that I understood what an extremely hungry cat could put in its belly.

Extremely hungry stray kitten

In mid-December this year, a poop scraper in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, went on a business trip with his colleagues. During the lunch break, he accidentally discovered a small kitten on a wooden bench in the courtyard of a restaurant.

The little guy is dirty and thin. He looks like a stray cat, but his blue eyes are particularly beautiful, like two dazzling gems.

We have a cute little cat at home. As soon as he saw this cute little guy, he couldn't walk. He couldn't help but reach out and touch him. After a few touches, the cat suddenly ran away.

The man wanted to see where the little guy was going, so he followed it quietly. The little guy ran to an open-air faucet. When the man thought it wanted to drink water, what the cat did next shocked him.

Under the faucet, someone left a used steel wool ball. Without thinking, the cat picked up the steel wool ball and started chewing it. He chewed it while humming, with relish, as if he was enjoying some delicious food.

The steel wool balls that have not been cleaned are still stained with oil stains and food debris. Perhaps it is for this reason that the steel wool balls smell like food, which attracts this hungry cat!

Because they are extremely hungry, things that are completely inedible in the eyes of humans are, in the eyes of cats, rare delicacies and food that can fill their stomachs.

A kind-hearted person intervened to stop the cat, and the cat’s reaction made people cry.

Seeing this scene, the poop shovel officer felt very sad, and quickly stopped the cat’s behavior and picked it up from the ground.

The originally docile cat suddenly became angry and let out a threatening growl in its throat. It probably thought that the scavenger was competing for food with it.

Meow Star: I can’t even eat this food myself, so I can’t share it with you!

The little guy tried his best to break free from the scrapper's arms, ran to the steel wire ball in a hurry, and continued to chew it hungrily.

The scavenger realized that the cat was just too hungry, so he quickly asked his colleagues to go to a nearby supermarket and buy a pack of cat food. With the delicious cat food, the little guy naturally gave up the steel wire balls, and a large handful of cat food was immediately swept away by it.

The scavenger asked the aunt in the restaurant and learned that the kitten only appeared in the past week. It usually makes a living on leftovers from the restaurant, and also eats every meal.

The shit shoveler felt very sorry for the cat, but the business trip was over. He had to take the train back to Zhengzhou immediately tomorrow. After thinking about it for a night, the shit shoveler felt that he could not save the cat. If he left the cat alone, the little guy might not survive this winter.

The reborn kitten

In the end, the shit-sweeper canceled the train ticket, switched to carpooling, and returned to Zhengzhou with the cat.

As soon as he got home, the scavenger took the kitten to the pet hospital without stopping. The physical examination results showed that the little guy was malnourished and had mild diarrhea. The doctor dewormed the cat and gave him an anti-inflammatory shot.

Because the little guy is very weak and cannot take a bath yet, he needs to be observed at home for a while to confirm whether he has other symptoms.

Now, the cat has been brought to the company by the poop manager. Colleagues like it very much, and the little guy has become the company's favorite.

Now it has food, drinks, and a super luxurious cat villa. It eats and sleeps during the day, and eats when it sleeps. When it is bored, it has two-legged animals to play with. It is a winner in the life of a cat.

Who would have thought that a week ago, it was a homeless furry kid who was so hungry that he ate steel balls? Thanks to the scrapper and colleagues for giving this cat a chance to live again.

In today's era, almost no one worries about food. It is probably difficult to understand the feeling of being extremely hungry, but many homeless furry children.

Because they cannot find food and are so hungry that they cannot stand it, they will eat things that we cannot imagine. Many things are difficult to digest, and the final results can be imagined.

I hope that everyone can lend a helping hand when meeting a stray furry child asking for help on the road. Even if you can't take it in, you can give it some food so that it can at least get through the current difficult moment, because the feeling of being hungry is really uncomfortable.