Jessica Means noticed a “sweet” orange kitten with one eye on the Idaho Humane Society’s Instagram story.
She knew she needed the cat instantly, so she texted a photograph of Luckee to her fiance, Travis Stepon, on Nov. 15 and mentioned, “Do we need this cat?”
He mentioned they might meet her after work, however Means mentioned she knew the kitten can be adopted by then. So to keep away from that, she drove to the humane society in Boise on her lunch break.
“She was just so sweet that I took her right then. I called out of work for the rest of the day and took home a cat,” Means advised McClatchy News by telephone Nov. 16.
Kitten has tough begin
Luckee was in “bad shape” when she was discovered July 5, the Idaho Humane Society mentioned in a Nov. 15 Facebook put up.
She had one eye crusted shut, and the opposite one was swollen.
Eventually, one eye was eliminated after it didn’t present any indicators of therapeutic, the animal shelter mentioned.
The kitten was fostered till she was wholesome sufficient to be adopted, after which her photograph was shared on social media.
Within about 45 minutes of the put up being up, Means mentioned she had adopted her. The 5-month-old cat cost $40.
“I find that when animals have such a tough start like that, they can just be so loving, and they’re so thankful when they get rescued. I think that that just really makes them so sweet,” she mentioned.
And though Luckee needed to overcome loads, Means mentioned she doesn’t present it.
“When I met her, she was just so cuddly, and she wanted to ride around on my shoulders,” she mentioned.
She’s additionally “completely fearless,” Means mentioned, and she or he had no drawback assembly their different animals, together with two dogs and a “cranky” cat.
Means and Stepon haven’t renamed Luckee but, however they’re desirous about altering her identify to Clementine.
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