“I could tell right away they had a special connection,” Farrell said. “He chose well in his new human. So after a bath and a brush, they both went to sleep warm, happy and snuggled.”
Farrell brought the cat, whom they named Pumpkin Jr., to the vet, where he was dewormed and treated for fleas. And after some asking around the neighborhood, they discovered that Pumpkin Jr. was an outdoor cat belonging to their neighbor across the street.
With permission from Pumpkin Jr.’s owners, the cat now visits his little girl every day, and their sleepovers have continued.
“He is so sweet and constantly purring — I don’t think I’ve heard him stop,” Farrell said. “Her room is his domain, and [he’s] let our other three cats know that they dare not enter his human’s room.”
“I guess I have a fourth cat now,” she added.