A man went shopping one day to buy cat food but what he actually came out with was a 25lb rescue cat!

It was definitely love at first sight for the man as they opened the cage door and Pumpkin the cat began to squeak at him.

“When I walked into the PetSmart to get food, I saw this dude, Pumpkin, in the SPCA adoption center. His paperwork said he was 25 lbs and came from England,” explains Reddit user GREGORIOtheLION.

Apparently his owners had brought him to the US when they emigrated, but when they had a child they decided that he was ‘too needy’ and gave him up, even though he had been part of the family for six years.

“I called my wife in from the car because when the employee opened the cage for me, he literally squeaked at me. It was love at first sight for us.”

With the adoption came instructions that whoever adopted him needed to get his weight down.

The man wasn’t daunted by this as he had already been through this before with his other cat.

“The vet said he’s actually 21.8 lbs, and we need to get him to 13. He’s the most affectionate cat we’ve ever had. We normally don’t keep the name they come with, but what else do you call a 25 lb orange cat?”