“I have two cats back home,” Barcenas told The Washington Post. “I wasn’t about to shoo her away.”
“We’re a three man crew now,” Salas joked on Twitter. The pair named their new kitten friend “Millie,” and she quickly became a favorite online, dubbed #HurricaneCat.
The cat appeared to be health and well-fed, which made them think she might have a home, but a trip to the animal hospital revealed no microchip.
With no information about her background, Millie was taken in by an animal shelter in Lee County. They are waiting to see if anyone claims her — but if no one does, she has a new home already lined up: Barcenas filed an application to adopt Millie if she isn’t claimed, and plans to bring her back to DC with him.
#Hurricanecat update:
Millie is an adult female cat we found up near FGCU near Ft.Myers FL. I dropped her off at the Blue Pearl Pet Hospital where they confirmed she does not have a microchip. Docs say she does not seem to be feral and is well mannered meaning she may have… pic.twitter.com/Il8AdwDZMV
— David Barcenas (@brcns_david) October 10, 2024
It would be a heartwarming ending to the story if Millie got adopted by her rescuer, but she might have a family out there looking for her, so we’ll have to wait and see. We will update this story if there is any further word.
Either way, Barcenas told the Post that he was “happy to have found a new friend on the road.”
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