The cat was taken back to the shelter for being ‘too cute’ and is now thriving in a new home

A cute cat whose affection was too much for a family has finally found her perfect match.

Bruno, a tabby from New Jersey, went viral late last month after the Montville Animal Shelter posted on Facebook about the cat’s adoption and subsequent return.

“Sad news, Bruno is back after only a week!” wrote the shelter. “The family had never had a cat before and said she was too affectionate, always wanting to sit on their laps, follow them around and give them kisses and pets.”

The shelter also wrote that Bruno was “too playful” for the family and “would grow up at night,” referring to the bursts of energy that can drive cats crazy.

But Bruno’s big personality made him the perfect pet for another couple in the state. The couple, identified by their first names Catherine and Andrew, told NorthJersey.com in a story published Friday that they first saw Bruno online before the animal shelter’s post went viral.

“A few hours later, [Catherine] He sends me a screenshot of the post with about a thousand shares, freaking out like “What if we don’t get this? If he gets too famous,’” Andrew said on the site.

There was so much interest in Bruno that the shelter had to suspend applications for him. But in the end, Catherine and Andrew brought him home. He settles in well and finds his new family “nice” when he wakes them up with a bang on the head.

“When I first got him, he basically crawled up my neck… I think he was really excited to leave the shelter and be held again,” Catherine said.

But while only one family may be Bruno’s lucky adopter, his story has helped other cats at the shelter find homes, staff member Lindsay Persico told NorthJersey.com in a previous story. So many people were hoping to meet Bruno, she said, that “almost all” of the shelter’s cats were adopted.