"I'm fine with skipping meals, but the cat needs to eat," he said.

The story of Loong Dum has viral after a young woman named Warunya Wattanasupachoke, saw him selling limes with a sign saying, "20 baht per bag, profits will pay for stray cat's food expenses."

Animal lovers admire his kindness and offer to help him when his story made round on social media. Some of them came to buy limes from him while others gave him cat food and supplies.

After that, some people even took him to get haircut and gave him brand-new clothes. After he got his makeover, he went back to the street to sell limes because his life meaningless without his beloved cats.