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Couple relaxes with cat by Christmas tree, then realizes something is wrong

Couple relaxes with cat by Christmas tree, then realizes something is wrong

A couple who spent quality time with their cat watching TV in front of the beautifully decorated Christmas tree told News week of their shock when they finally noticed that it wasn’t their pet at all.

Jacqueline, 47, from Kansas, lives on a twenty-acre farm with her husband and their multiple animals, but recently realized they gained an extra one out of nowhere.

“We just set up the tree and sat down to relax for a few minutes when I looked over and noticed that the cat by the tree was the neighbor’s cat, not one of us,” a- she declared.

Jacqueline took to her TikTok account @lotfwtloml — which she says means “farm life with the love of my life” — on December 15, where she shared a clip that has so far been viewed more than half a million times.

It features a black and white cat sitting in front of its sparkling Christmas tree, looking like a picture of relaxation and paying no attention to Jaqueline, who laughs heartily as she films.

The reason for the laughter is because, as she wrote in the video: “We just noticed that the cat in front of the Christmas tree is not ours.”

And she added in the caption: “How did he get in?”

Jacqueline and her husband were watching television with their cat when they took a closer look. They then realized that it wasn’t their cat at all.

TikTok @lotfwtloml

Jacqueline, who only gave her first name, said News week They know the cat well: “My husband and I call him Spotfface, but his name is Socks,” she said, adding that he comes to their property regularly because he “loves our dogs.”

And the reason it took them so long to notice that the neighbor’s cat was relaxing like a king in their own living room was because they had two cats of their own: rag doll Ollie and black and white cat Archer .

“Spotface and Archer are black and white cats that look similar,” she explained.

The neighbor’s unexpected visit and Jacqueline’s breathless laughter proved popular on TikTok, racking up more than 25,000 likes and hundreds of comments.

One wrote the video “made me laugh a lot”, while another joked that the cat was thinking: “Just fit in, act normal and maybe no one will notice. “

“I guess you have a new cat,” said another. “He has made himself at home, it would be heartless to throw him out.”

The neighbor cat Socks, aka Spotface, who has made himself at home near the Christmas tree. On the right, Jaqueline’s own cat, Archer.

TikTok @lotfwtloml

Jacqueline did not keep the cat, which has its own family and simply enjoys coming to visit the neighbors’ dogs and cats.

But she said Information week, she and her husband “had a good laugh” and fed him before he went home.

A 2020 study by the Zoological Society of London found that the average outdoor domestic cat typically roams within an area of ​​approximately 0.01 square mile.

According to Cats.com, this can change depending on the cat’s age, sex and health, as well as whether a male cat is neutered.

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