Brooklyn bodega owner Mir Kasham had a mouse problem in his Church Avenue store, so he got a kitten.

That created a cat burglar problem.

Police are now on the prowl for a callous kit-napper who walked off with Kasham’s beloved 3-month-old Takela on the night of Sept. 3.

The caper began at about 8 p.m., when a young man walked into the Moon Mini Mart in Kensington, bought some cookies, and started playing with the feline.

Bizarrely, he then offered Kasham $50 for the silvery gray furball.

Kasham told the pushy patron Takela was not for sale, noting that city animal shelters are filled with cuddly cats needing a home.

Kasham even offered to find the stranger, who said he was from Queens, another kitty.

“He said, ‘I like the cat. I’ll be back,’” Kasham told The Post.

About two hours later, a thin young woman wearing black glasses walked into the store and began strolling down the aisles.

She is captured on surveillance footage cooly picking up Takela, tucking it under her arm, and covering the kitty with a coat before walking off with it.

“What kind of person takes a little cat?” a heartbroken Kasham told The Post. “Takela is like a family member.”

Kasham suspects the man and woman were in cahoots.

Angel Nieves, a retired NYPD detective who does pet investigations, theorized the kit-napper might be a self-appointed animal “rescuer.”

“There is a stereotype that storekeepers don’t feed the cats so the cats will kill the mice and rats. [The thief] probably believes the cat isn’t being fed,” Nieves told The Post.

But Takela is well-loved.

The storekeeper said his customers and 14-year-old son Aaquil are “crushed” by the theft, which was first reported by The Brooklyn Paper.

“Please bring it back. Everyone misses Takela!” said Kasham, who filed a police report with 66th Precinct.