A video of a farm cat that loves hanging out in a tractor has gone viral on TikTok.
The video was shared from @kbeavers32, the TikTok account of “Fred the Farm Cat,” and has had 1.9 million views because it was first posted final month.
The footage begins with what seems to be an aerial view over a property. A message overlaid on the clip says: “Yesterday I obtained a notification Fred was outdoors his boundary, so I instantly textual content my husband and that is what I obtained.”
The video reveals an orange-haired cat sitting inside an enormous tractor automobile, staring out of its window as a person is seen driving it over farmland.
A caption shared with the submit reads: “My husband loves his tractor cat!”
Tracking Your Cat’s Whereabouts Outdoors
The cat within the viral clip fortunately didn’t wander away removed from his home. But permitting felines to roam outside comes with numerous dangers and security hazards, warns an article for VCA, the animal hospital chain, written by veterinary specialists.
The VCA article explains: “Free-roaming cats danger life-threatening encounters with autos and predators. They might also carry home parasites reminiscent of fleas and ticks. While outside, a cat could also be uncovered to different cats, placing them liable to being injured or contracting a power infectious illness reminiscent of feline leukemia, feline infectious peritonitis, or feline immunodeficiency virus.
“There are additionally issues in regards to the affect that cats have on wildlife, affecting songbird populations and different species which might be necessary to the ecosystem,” the article says.
Carissa Kehr, an authorized veterinary assistant, beforehand advised Newsweek: “Through my expertise with cat possession and dealing within the vet subject, figuring out the place your cat is and with the ability to observe them is necessary.
“Especially in the event that they begin to conceal as a consequence of sickness, escape, or turn out to be misplaced. Since cats are masters in athleticism, they’ll go into hard-to-reach locations and areas, making it troublesome for us to find them,” she added.
‘He Probably Works the Hardest’
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According to later feedback from the unique poster, they “rescued [the cat] from a truck store” and confirmed that “he actually loves the farm life.”
TikTokers have been delighted by the tractor-loving cat within the viral video.
User Paul J wrote, “I knew he was gonna be orange,” and the unique poster wrote, “I swear it is within the genetics.”
Commenter Cfdhcy wrote: “He in all probability works the toughest out of everybody there [to be honest].” The authentic poster agreed, writing, “Oh for certain he does.”
User medic7 commented: “That’s a wise option to preserve observe of your husband by placing a tracker on his cat lol,” to which the unique poster responded, “my husband is the explanation i purchased it…he stored taking the cat with out telling me so I might panic after I obtained home and he wasn’t there.”
User @nikkid2001 wrote: “That’s how our Cinnabon is, he ain’t bothered with something however likes to try to ‘assist’ lol.” The authentic poster replied: “Only factor he does not actually like is the skid loader.”
Newsweek reached out to the unique poster for remark by way of TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.
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