When Rachel said she's similar to Poki, I thought she meant constantly getting into the garbage and screaming for food But instead she's smol soft quiet baby

I'm glad Rachel mentioned the situation in japan regarding adopting vs buying cats. It was SO HARD for us to find adoptable cats in japan, because all the locals we asked would just suggest we go to the pet store and buy one. Shelters never seemed to cross their minds. :( And buying a kitten at a pet store easily cost $1000 or more. I think it was actually a website mentioned on this channel years and years ago that eventually led us to our cats. The group who was taking care of them, as far as I could tell, was really informal and 100% volunteer. I'm eternally grateful to those people, but I do wish Japan as a whole had better systems (and social attitudes!) for pet adoption.

"temporary home" >gave her a matchy name to poki so you have a fourth cat now

Since she's an uncommon breed and definitely somewhat socialised around humans she's probably been dumped for "undesirable" traits like her eye issue :( It's really sad that some people see cats (and other pets) as household objects and not as living companions, but I'm really glad Pichi got lucky and ran into you!

The fact that Rachel specifically mentions that she is NOT pregnant makes me think some people (online) are pushing them and that makes me sad actually

"she's welcome to live with us forever" okay so y'all have a fourth cat now lol

Rachel: "We realized she has a LOT in common with Poki--" Me: Oh no.

Yeah, she's probably a dumped cat. And theres no way shes feral. I've worked with feral cats and they are... a lot more dramatic. Hopefully meeting your cats will help bring her out if her shell! They tend to learn from each other and are far more socially oriented than we give them credit for.

the fact that shes not a feral, and used the litter tray from day 1 makes me think she was dumped by someone- the breeder most likely if shes got these "defects" : (

Ok but the fact that Pichi can't get her eyes off the birbs is adorable

Funny you named your cat that way... in Persian, ''pishi'' means Kitty

I have to agree with a lot of the comments here... she's not feral, she's just terrified poor thing. I'm glad you're reassuring her and helping her feel safe.

She’s a snowshoe cat... they’re supposed to be super social and curious. She’s missing an eye and withdrawn. Seems like she’s been through a lot. I hope she stays with you guys

I love the way you had to reassure everyone you're not pregnant Rachel, lol, whereas in my head I was like DID THEY FIND ANOTHER CAT?!!! XD

She was probably dumped because of her problems, like her tail (she's not "sellable" with it) and got attacked by a colony cat for being in their territory.

Rachel immediately telling everyone she isn’t pregnant made me burst out laughing. I can’t imagine how tiring it must be for everyone to have everyone put that pressure on you, but the way she immediately was like “Good news! NOIMNOTPREGNANT but you’ll find out what it is in the next video!” Was funny to me

"She's welcome to stay with us forever if she doesn't find a home" soooo in other words welcome to Rachel and Jun's fourth furry baby xD This is so cute and you're amazing

I don't think she's feral either, she doesn't act at all like a cat that's feral, she's acting like a cat that's very, very scared. A feral cat doesn't even let a person get NEAR it when inside, and the fact that she will even let you touch her after one month tells me at some point in kittenhood, she had humans. I'm so very glad you guys were able to find her and help her!

some advice from someone who also has a one eyed kitty; my cat loves to play and his favorite toys are all sparkly/shiny or they have a bell or some other noise maker. he plays a lot more with those toys than any of the other ones and its obviously easier for him to see/hear them. he does still have depth perception issues but i do too so lol

"We realised she has a lot in common with Poki-" Me: *The reign of trash cat terror is coming.*

“I’m not pregnant.” Rachel, I thought you were gonna tell us about finding land for your house or something. Lmfaooo. People really stay asking you that.

not gonna lie I shed a tear when she said Pichi is welcome to stay with them forever if she can't find a home, Rachel and Jun are angels, thank you so much for caring for her!

Rachel, you being pregnant wasn’t even on my mind when you mentioned there being exciting news. I just assumed it had something to do with the house you and Jun wanna build. Yours and Jun’s personal lives are none of anyone’s business. People need to stop being so nosy.

"you just gotta let a cat be whatever kinda cat it wants to be." i second this so much!! my mom thinks my cat is bipolar but she's just hyper, energetic, and gets overstimulated easily when pet. i started noticing that when she was around 6 months old or so, and by the time she was a year old i realized it wasn't just kitten energy that would fade, and that this is just who she is. i wanted a cuddly lap cat, but i also wanted other things that she wasn't either (male silver tabby is what i'd always wanted, but she's a regular tabby). i often say she's not what i wanted, but she's what i needed. i've accepted that she's crazy, she's hyper, and she won't cuddle or tolerate being pet much. i've also learned how she shows love, though - we wink/blink at each other a good deal, she brings me toys when she wants to play, and she loves to be right up in whatever i'm doing. i love her too much to not accept her as she is, and dropping her off in a shelter is something i physically couldn't do. she's my child, in every sense pretty much, and a mother doesn't abandon her kid just because they aren't who she wanted them to be. besides, she's named after freddie mercury, so i kind of brought this on myself. but hey, at least she's fabulous!

"cats are about consent" is....the wisest thing I've heard this week.

My cat does this too, with the flicking of the eye back and forth. She only started doing it when she lost one eye. The vet said it was a depth perception thing... but in any case, she's happy and seems to get along fine with it.

Imagine what the world would be like if every neglected human being was nurtured and cared for like this

In Siamese cats, the gene that causes their coat color also effects their eye-brain connection because that gene codes for tyrosinase, which is both involved in the synthesis of melanin (that gives fur and skin darker coloring) and the development of the optic chiasm (the connection between the brain and the eyes).

pichi be like : "Why this woman speak in English? I'm a Japanese cat"

"Even if she doesn't become adoptable to another family, she's welcome to live here with us forever" The way I teared up!!

4:36 “Lift up her paws and extend her claws” Aka you squished the beans.

Haku: from "Kohaku" which means Golden Nagi: means Calm and Peaceful Poki: as far as I could find is Japanese onomatopoeia for something breaking Pichi: means Young and Energetic Your cats all have such perfect and fitting names!

As a rescuer myself, i’d put good money on her having been abandoned when they realized she has some issues. Or the breeder couldn’t home or use her for breeding her so they left her out.

Ooh FEMALE CAT (Give her an eye patch and she can be the lieutenant to Captain Poki)

Rachel: So we wanted a name that kinda matches his Me: Moki Rachel: Pichi Me: Oh ok 👁👄👁

My siamese boys eyes shake. They were crossed when he was a kitten and "straighted out" but they shake. Hes fine ☺

When my son and I were visiting Japan last fall, we went to a cat cafe in Tokyo. I was disappointed to find that most of the cats were purebreds who were bought for that form of entertainment. The cat cafes that we have where we’re from have rescue cats that are all adoptable. It takes effort to change attitudes, but it’s so worth it. “Don’t shop. Adopt!”

Hi Rachel, I’ve fostered a lot of cats (11 just in the last 12 months) and you’re getting amazing results so early on, you’re doing everything perfectly. 🥰🥰🥰

Watching your cats made us want a cat and Pichi inspired us to finally adopt. Last weekend we adopted a bonded pair of older cats, including one who lived in a colony and evaded capture for a year (and two litters), but didn't end up being feral. We are rewatching your cat videos while we wait for them to be comfortable enough leave under the couch :)

The fact that she sleeps so well in your presence is a very good sign. Cats won’t sleep like that if they don’t trust you. I hope she and the other cats will get a long . And that she has found her forever home with you guys. Since she is already trusting you.

I choked on the end line..... "she's welcome to live here with us forever". I had to give my rescued feline friend up for health reasons, and I miss her every day. I let her down.

A little salty that you didn't name her "Hokki" so that you would have the "Hokki Pokki" Or "Hokey Pokey" as it were

Hmm. Maybe Rachel and Jun should open their own shelter one day...

It’s really damaging to women that we’re just ’expected’ to drop everything and have children - can’t imagine what it’s like for couples online such as yourselves. You do what u wanna do and I’ll do what I wanna do and everyone’s happy 👌

You guys should do a crowd fundraising for her medical bills. We want to help her! Have you ever thought about opening a cat shelter of your own? I'm sure your subscribers would help economically, but I guess it's really difficult to even create a network of foster homes and caretakers for the cats. It would be nice, though!

I know she might not be comfortable with the tomfoolery like the other cats are, but Pichi would make a magnificent pirate cat for halloween! 🐱🎃

I was surprised that you were even able to hold her paw while eating. Cats generally don't like that. Keep building that positive association.

As a one eyed cat owner he still has remarkable depth perception. And also has the bump on the hip... It was a scar. But wow, the rehabilitation is quite different from Poki.

*KZfaq is getting real comfortable with these double no skip ads*

You ending the video by saying that as long as Pichi's comfortable, she'll have a home with you even if she doesn't find another family to adopt her, made me tear up 😭 I'll be making a donation to my local cat charity today in her (/your) honour! Thank you for all the work you do.

Really appreciate you talking extensively about socializing a scared cat and also the struggles of cat rescue in Japan. It’s something I hope more people know and understand.

7:22 the moment she set herself comfy and started closing her eyes... i wanted to cry thats so heartwarming you finally won her with patience and love

Pichi is like the exact opposite of my cat Arturo. My cat Arturo was also a stray, but he came to us. Like seriously he just walked up to us one night we were looking at the stars.

At the end “if she can’t find a home she is welcome to stay with us forever.” 😭♥️🐈

It hurts my heart to know a beautiful soul like Pichi was abused. I’m so glad that she found Rachel and Jun to love her and hope stays with them forever. Thank you so much for sharing!

Pichi was an indoor cat at one point vecause she was familiar with cat litter. She's a beautiful girl.....I would definitely adopt this sweetheart. Thank you so much for rescuing Pichi.

Rachel and Jun are such adorable cat parents. Its so wholesome and I'm glad she's doing well!

Little mad you didn't call her Hokey. Then you would have Hokey Pokey

My "adopted" Siamese cat has the same issue with her eyes. I talked with two separate vets about it, and they couldn't offer any further insights. (In fact, neither had ever encountered a cat with that affliction before.) It doesn't seem to bother her, and she runs around the apartment like the madcat she is, so I just let her be. :)

I had a kitty named Pokie too! He was a handsome cat; he was with me for almost 20 years before he checked out. Glad to meet your Pokie, and am happy y'all helped the one eyed kitty.

I'm literally crying for happiness to see her improvements. My country has a severe problem of stray animals, all my furry babies are rescued off from the streets. I still remember the first time each of them allowed me to touch their paws. The first cat I rescued and kept is blind and I couldn't have imagined how strong and capable of everything cat he is, I hope she can recover and adjust to being loved and taken care of 💕

I rescued a kitten myself. He was scared of me a lot during my first day, but at night he was crying, so I went and carefully carried and held him. He latched on with his claws and his his face in my shoulder and neck. And taking I've been holding him and feeding him and giving him attention. He will now cry to get my attention or shutter at me. He will wake me up in the morning licking my face and chattering. He climbs only my leg and should when I get home from work. He misses me when I'm at work. He is a sweet boy, who I named Michio, still have bad habits of attacking hands, jumping into shoulders with claws out, but lately he's been mainly licking and nipping lightly, which I prefer he does and prefer it when playing. He is slowly learning to be gentle when playing.

Pichi was probably a 'throw-away' cat from the breeders in-breeding their cats when they found she had the eye and tail issues. That's so sad!

The constant horizontal movement of the one good eye is to compensate for the lack of stereoscopic vision with two eyes. Her brain adjusts by estimating depth by the changing horizontal views from the one good eye.

This poor thing might have been a cat that a breeder couldn't sell so they dumped her...poor little thing. I am so glad that you and Jun have her. I have three rescues myself and any cat that has ever found it's way into my life was from the streets. I hope that she will learn to get along with your three boys, she deserves to be with people that will be kind and loving to her as I know you and Jun will. Looking forward to more updates about her :) You worked SO hard to get her help and I think she has to know that.

My 3 year old rescue cat is still not completely comfortable being held and touched, although we got him when he was really small! When he eats we can touch him anywhere, but when he is not we can't touch his belly, paws, or legs. If we do he starts hitting us with his paw. He is absolutely in love with our dog, pushes his head against our dog constantly and expects to be licked. Overall he is really comfortable in our home, he lays on his side a lot, does want attention and asks for it, but has very stict limits for touching him. Overall very confusing, but we love him anyways! lol

“...She is welcome to live here with us forever.” Woo! The bois get a sister cat!

The Name Pitchi reminded me immediately of a book I really loved as a kid. It is called Pitschi (Autor: Hans Fischer). The story of the book goes like this: Pitschi is the smallest and finest of old Lisette's five kittens. Pitschi is different from his siblings; it runs away and wants to be a rooster, then a goat, a duck, a hare until it is finally scared to death in the dark rabbit hutch when the eagle owl and the fox come ominously close. Fortunately, old Lisette finds the kitten and takes it home. The next day Pitschi is ill, but not for long, because the kitten is pampered and cared for by everyone and can soon celebrate a party with the other animals. Pitschi realizes that being a kitten is the best.

One of the best pieces of advice I've ever heard about adopting cats is not to be upset if you don't get the cat you were expecting. They have their own affection limits and personalities and it's not fair to force them to be something they don't want to be. Excellent job you're doing with Pichi!

Rachel and Jun are actual real-life heroes. They work so hard to be the best they can be.. and that last bit at the end.. that Pichi is welcome to stay at their home, that is such loving kindness! Having the door of your heart open and treating all beings with care. Looks like whatever happens to Pichi from here on will bring her happiness and it's so nice to have some real positivity in these harsh times. I'm looking forward to seeing updates about her and seeing how her relationships develop with the rest of the bunch!! Mreow!

A tip about touching there paws is if you itch between the pad and toes or between the toes. They might resist for a few seconds but they can't help streching there toes out and they really enjoy it. Because they can't itch there very well. Also holding there tail so they can chew on the very tip.

You poor kitty. You look so sad. You have had a rough life. You deserve to have a nice quiet place to live with a decent person who will love you

Edit3: It's back. 😭 I'm sorry to everyone who couldn't watch during these ~40 min. Very disappointed this happened but at least it's okay now! (Detailed info: Reached out to KZfaq several ways--managed to reach someone through the "live chat" help section. They didn't really say anything or seem to know what was happening. I googled the issue myself in the meantime and it seems like other people said this happened to them when they used the blur tool in KZfaq's editor, which I used. Can't confirm it but my suspicion is that the final portion of KZfaq's re-processing the video after the blur tool edit is what caused it to go unavailable for everyone. This theory is supported by the fact that when the video came back, it was only available in 360p resolution first, and also my editor page no longer said it was processing. KZfaq has had live editing tools for years now, where you can roughly trim things/blur/do a couple basic things and while I've used it to blur out things in the past I don't recall the video ever actually becoming totally unavailable during the process. It's not supposed to. But I guess sometimes these things just happen! But anyway, long story short: be warned if you need to use KZfaq's blur tool!!) Edit2: Not sure why it's suddenly saying it's "unavailable on this device"! It's showing that for me, too. This has never happened to us before. Trying to see if KZfaq can help! Edit: Done. AHHH I can’t believe I forgot the Japanese subtitles!! The vet basically said she’s much calmer than she was last time, and she’s made a ton of progress in such a short period of time so he thinks she’ll get used to living with people! That was an important part lol SORRY! I’ll get the subtitles up ASAP! A few people commented about there being no subtitles but my brilliant brain legit thought they were talking about not having ENGLISH SUBTITLES. (Sometimes people ask for them). Excuse me, I'm a little bit daft today lmao.

Our beloved cat developed nysthagmus as one of the early signs of a brain tumor. I was immediately reminded of him watching Pichi. I'm so glad you were not only able to rescue this sweet girl but also that you are so observant of the small signs with her and proactive on getting her a checkup. Thank you for everything you do for your kitty friends!

Awww, poor baby. We have a young black cat named Orion, she was born to a feral mom and my family caught her with the intent to spay and release her, but we caught her late in the season. When she was spayed and her stomach shaved, her fur took a really long time to grow back and we worried about letting her out in the cold. We tried socializing her since she was still young, less than six months but older than four, and we only had mild success. The surprising thing is as we started introducing her to our cats, she blossomed! We didn't let them touch each other (we had her in a large crate and supervised at all times to ensure her safety and our cats), but when she first laid eyes on our youngest cat she started purring loudly and rubbing on the door of the crate. He didn't know what to make of her but she was so happy to see him. When we got the all clear from the vet on her health we let them meet, and she got along with him in a way we couldn't have imagined, now we joke that they're married. She's still skittish about being touched, most of the time she rejects affection if she's not eating, but she'll jump up on the couch with us to beg for any food we eat, she plays in our presence, and she's fully adjusted to life indoors.

I just adopted a cat. She's a bit skittish right now so I've been rewatching all your Pichi videos as a refresher on how to help a cat become more comfortable around you. I've done this with outdoor cats plenty of times but this is my first indoor cat and it's a whole different rodeo

We want more of Pichi..Hopefully Pichi can be the new members of Jun&Rachel family..loking forward to Haku reaction and of course our favorite air siren raid Poki..and our polite boi Nagi..hehe

My guess is she was dumped after getting hurt, probably due to the people either not wanting to pay for the treatment or unable to.

All cats are good cats. Some just need to ge loved from a distance and that's okay.

"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?" I hope this beautiful cat and your story inspires many others to follow your lead by not backing away from cats in need and if they have the energy and resources will help rescue, foster and adopt special cats like this one!

can everyone stop asking online creators when they’ll procreate??? it’s weird as hell. thx :-)

“No I’m not pregnant” HA

I thought her name was “Pichu” and now i cant stop thinking about Pokémon lol

Most people during the vet scene: **focusing on what's going on** Me: T O E B E A N S !

This is like bunny the rescued greyhound Julien and jenna has. A very nervous lady turned chilled out deer/horse.

The entire sequence from 5:32 where Pichi slowly lies down and gets content with getting pet with the duster - It was so heartwarming and nice! Poor little Pichi, she's lucky as heck that you guys trapped her.

One of my rescue cats is still very skittish and jumpy to this day and we've had her for 3 years. Some cats are just like that. They do indeed have different personalities and we have to let them be who they are.

I can already feel her and Poki becoming best friends and barging in the trash together , meowing for food and having a competition that who can meow the loudest😂😂😂😂

I have a rescue cat, Garo, that was found at a garden center here where I live. We've had him for 7 years now, and his personality has just blossomed in the past few years we've had him. He was very skittish in the beginning: no pats, ran from everyone and anything. With patience, consent and a whole lot of love he is now a round lap cat lol! He is a blast. Some cats just take longer than others and that is totally okay. Great job Rachel and Jun! You guys are awesome 🥰

Usually in human nystagmus the eyes move very rhythmically...but maybe he has pendular or seeking nystagmus...(coming from a human ophthalmologist)

I want you and Jun to be happy with the babies you have now. If you do he or she be really cute. Take care of yall self and the new home you are wanting. No need to rush for a human baby

Love a cat cause you love a cat. That it's a bit feral in attitude is okay. "You be You". Goes for cats too. 😺🐾✌️

*Sees birds on laptop* Pichi: those flying birds are mine!

My first pet was also named "Pichi" hehe she was a chicken tho, not a cat I miss her so much

I have a snowshoe I found her on the streets. Shes probably the most bossy cat I have ever met. She finds places of power threw out the house and monitors and manages all the other cats and people. She’s a Bossy bossy lady but super sweet as well.

LOL the “im not pregnant” 😂she did not hesitate to clarify

A cat update on my bday, the universe is blessing me with cats. This has made my day despite my whole family forgetting about my bday

Pichi! I love Pichi already! Poor baby...I hope she learns how to adjust to being a happy house cat!

I love that she loves 'cat TV'.

I love seeing former feral animals getting better with humans. It's so lovely to see when they start trusting people enough to let them touch them.