Picture this: a kitten so tiny she could fit in your coffee mug, and a puppy smaller than your TV remote.
Both born into litters that didn’t want them. Both fighting to survive. Then – plot twist – they find each other, and suddenly, it’s the start of the unlikeliest friendship you’ve ever seen.
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It all kicked off when Emilie, an animal rescuer in Milwaukee, got a call about a stray cat who’d just had kittens in someone’s garage.
The mum cat was doing her best, but let’s be real – seven kittens is a lot. She started ditching the runt, a teeny grey fluffball named Kangaroo, to focus on her stronger siblings. Cue the tiny kitten screaming her head off for someone – anyone – to care.
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Meanwhile, chaos was unfolding at a local shelter. A dog gave birth to eight puppies in the back of a van during a literal ride to the shelter.
Among the pups was Possum, a speckled mini-me of her mum, except she was roughly the size of a kiwi fruit. The dog mum noped out of raising her, leaving Possum starving and shivering.
Enter Emilie again, who swooped in like, “I’ve got a kitten who needs a mate – let’s try this.”
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The moment these two met? Pure chaos. Kangaroo stopped mid-scream. Possum quit whining. They sniffed, then boom – they were cuddled up like they’d known each other their whole lives.
Emilie plonked them in an incubator (think: tiny baby animal spa) and started bottle-feeding them every two hours.
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Fast-forward a few weeks, and these two are THRIVING. Kangaroo climbs all over Possum like she’s a jungle gym.
Possum just licks her face, tail wagging like she’s at a rave. They nap in a tangled pile of paws and whiskers, wake up for food, then repeat.
Emilie reckons they’ve got some weird twin telepathy going on – separate them for five minutes, and they’ll yell the house down.
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The best part? Kangaroo’s now been semi-adopted back by her cat mum (who’s maybe feeling guilty?), and Possum’s finally catching up to her siblings.
But every night, Emilie tucks them back into their incubator – together – because apparently, even rebel runts need a bedtime buddy.
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Could they live without each other? Sure. Would they? Not a chance. Turns out all they needed was someone their own size to team up against the world.
Want to see these two chaos agents grow up? Follow Emilie’s rescues on Instagram – because let’s be honest, you need this duo on your feed.
