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A cat owner was worried her pet destroyed her roommate's silk pillow, but what the roomie responded with left people cracking up.
Kaylee, who is known on TikTok as @smoothiegal101, returned home to her cat lounging on a pillow. She immediately began to worry because it looked like the feline "destroyed" the silk pillow. The cat, named Poppy, wouldn't stop licking it. Every time Kaylee tried pushing the cat away, Poppy kept going back, adding to the slobbery masterpiece.
Kaylee immediately texted her roommate, expressing her concern about Poppy chewing on her pillow. She sent a video and couldn't explain the behavior. But, much to her surprise, her roommate didn't seem miffed. The first text back she received read: "LMAFOOO YES."
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As it turned out, Kaylee's roommate purposely added a catnip leaf inside the pillow case with the hopes Poppy would want to be in her bed. She was "desperate for his love."
A common herb from the mint family, catnip can cause behavioral changes in about 60 percent of cats, such as openly expressing signs of affection, relaxation and happiness, an article from PetMD explained. Some cats could become playful or even aggressive.
In this instance, the catnip made Poppy obsessed with her pillow. He wouldn't leave it, which was exactly what the roommate wanted. The hope is that he would find her bed appealing and they would cuddle the night away.
Newsweek reached out to @smoothiegal101 via email for additional information and comment.
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Astonished by the response she received, all Kaylee could say back was "Ur crazy," which her roomie acknowledged as being correct.
What Do the Comments Say?
As of Wednesday, the TikTok video reached over 992,100 views and 53,500 likes as viewers flooded the comment section with hysterics over the relatable desperate attempts to get a cat to love you.
"She's so real for this," wrote one person, while another echoed: "Oh my god, this has me in tears I am so her, she is so me."
A third user commented: "'It worked,' she's been plotting this one for a minute."
But it turns out she's not the only one willing to go to extremes for a pet's love. Someone shared: "Me when i taped a piece of chicken under my pillow so my grandma's dog would sleep with me."
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