Woman goes to check cat house, unprepared for unexpected guest
In a TikTok video, a farm owner from Illinois found her cat "subletting" the little house she built for her, and internet users can't cope with the unexpected tenant.
The hilarious clip, shared on Monday under the username @sagewindfarmstead, shows the poster walking up to the little cat house to check on the feline, however, as she opens the roof she finds somebody else there with the calico cat.
"Are you renting it out? Got an Airbnb situation going on here? You're subletting? How is this working?" she asks the cat, as she points to a hen sitting right in front of her, totally unbothered by the feline's presence.
"Do they lay the eggs and then you lay on them? You're hatching them out for them?" she continues asking the cat.
A caption shared with the clip, which has received over 18,500 views and 4,037 likes on the platform, says: "POV : your porch cat has a side hustle. We get one-three eggs door-dashed directly to the cathouse every day for collection now thanks to Wednesday's business acumen."
The poster, Kayla Thompson, who owns a small regenerative pastured pork farm, told Newsweek that when she first moved into the farm, she inherited a semi-feral porch cat she later named Wednesday.
"Over the years we have become friends and I built her a matching porch cat house that I fill with straw to help keep her warm and give her a safe space to sleep at night," she said.
However, unlike most other cats, this one doesn't live with the poster rent-free, and has recently started a "side-hustle."
"Recently I believe she has started a new side hustle with the chickens because I frequently find her cohabitating with the hens in the cat house and sometimes even sitting on the eggs," she said.
If you're a cat owner who wants to get chickens, or vice versa, you're probably wondering if the two can live together, but the answer isn't really straightforward.
A Catster article by Dr. Paola Cuevas explains that while cats are predators and may attack chickens, they won't always do that, especially when the chickens are already adults and cats are more on the smaller side.
However, the chance of cats attacking little chicks is quite high, even if they don't mean to eat them and they just want to play with them. That's why Cuevas suggests keeping chicks away from felines.
However, having cats around your chickens comes with some benefits. As predators, they will hunt away all the critters, mice, snakes, and wild birds making their way into the barn, keeping your chickens free of disease.
Not all felines will react the same way around chickens, regardless of their size, so you may want to contact your veterinarian to assess the situation before making a decision.
Users in the comments couldn't stop laughing at the cat's side hustle and her unusual client.
One user, Red curls, commented: "They're obviously sisters they have the same colors!"
Abbyistoooldforthis said: "That chicken is definitely lecturing you about how landlords aren't allowed to enter without at least 48 hours advanced notice!"
Mercy added: "Oh she's not subletting, they're sharing the latest farm gossip!"
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