Jessica Means noticed a “sweet” orange kitten with one eye on the Idaho Humane Society’s Instagram story.
She knew she wished the cat instantly, so she texted a photograph of Luckee to her fiance, Travis Stepon, on Nov. 15 and stated, “Do we need this cat?”
He stated they might meet her after work, however Means stated she knew the kitten could 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 informed McClatchy News by telephone Nov. 16.
Kitten has tough begin
Luckee was in “bad shape” when she was found July 5, the Idaho Humane Society stated in a Nov. 15 Facebook submit.
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 stated.
The kitten was fostered till she was wholesome sufficient to be adopted, after which her picture was shared on social media.
Within about 45 minutes of the submit being up, Means stated 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 stated.
And regardless that Luckee needed to overcome quite a bit, Means stated she doesn’t present it.
“When I met her, she was just so cuddly, and she wanted to ride around on my shoulders,” she stated.
She’s additionally “completely fearless,” Means stated, and she or he had no downside 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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