“She very clearly has chosen you,” one said, or as another put it: “She adopted you now.”

“Adopt her,” one pleaded, as another jokingly threatened: “OP had better not come back unless they can say they adopted this cat.”

But one user took a more measured approach, as they wrote: “I know a bunch of these comments hope you have adopted already, but if you cannot adopt for whatever reason, please know you are so appreciated. Thank you for spending your free time loving these cats and getting them prepped for someone who can take them home.”

And Valerie had a similar thought process, telling Newsweek the massive response made her somewhat nervous, especially the pressure to adopt.

“I think adoption should be a thought-out process since you’re bringing a new animal who may have had a rough start into a new environment and you have to be prepared for whatever conflicts may come up,” she said, noting that it’s “always sad to visit the rescue shelter and see that an animal has been returned.”

While Tinkerbell was nothing but loving toward Valerie herself, she appeared “territorial” of other cats “that came my way or I showed interest in,” and Valerie explained she already has three cats at home.

“I want to give her a chance to be adopted out to a family that doesn’t have any cats yet since she may thrive in a single-cat home better than a multi-cat home,” she said.

But, that said, she’s not ruling anything out.

“If I still see her there for a while during my visits, we may be adding a fourth cat to our family.”

Tinkerbell is one of millions of cats across the United States searching for a forever home. Each year, around 3.2 million cats enter shelters each year, and 2.1 million are adopted, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).