This Cat Has Gone Viral For Simply Giving His Owners Anxiety
Carrot did not become an internet favorite by being subtle. One tiny paw in a fridge door crack was enough to turn this mischievous cat into a viral headache for his owners, and the photo practically wrote its own caption.
Behind the joke, though, there is a real rescue story. Carrot was found at a gas station, spent time at an animal hospital, and eventually landed with the couple who could not stop laughing at his chaotic energy and clingy personality.
Now the fridge photo has people talking, but the full story makes it even better.
Bored Panda reached out to Carrot's owners, who gave us the lowdown on how he came to be their little furball.
One of our best friends works at a local animal hospital. Someone found him at a gas station and brought him into the hospital. He was fostered for a bit by someone else, but we suspect it wasn’t a good situation because he was very stressed, and they ended up surrendering him back to the hospital. Carrot then lived at the hospital for a couple of weeks, and our friend who worked there brought him over to our apartment one weekend when she was looking after him.
The original photo that went viral and turned Carrot into a beacon of light for the internet.
It was pretty much love at first sight, and we immediately bonded. We took him in to foster the following Monday, and by Friday, less than a week later, we officially adopted him at 12 weeks! The newly found cat parents couldn’t be happier with their adoption: He is both of our first cat and our best friend, and we feel extremely lucky to have found him. The owners elaborated on Carrot’s personality, and it turns out that for such a small critter, he’s got all the energy in the world: He is extremely playful and has the biggest personality. The way to his heart is to play, for sure. Any time you engage him to play, he will respond. He loves tag, play-biting your hand, being chased, and playing fetch with his tiger, his favorite stuffed animal since he was a kitten. He is also very clingy. If he’s not napping in his closet, he’s never more than a foot or two away. He has special nap spots in every room in the apartment that he picks depending on what room we are in. He likes to act like he doesn’t like cuddling when we’re awake, but almost every night I wake up to him sleeping on my stomach or chest. He’s also super food-obsessed! We were able to teach him some tricks with treats.
Between his ears and his bulging eyes, I can see his mind twirling with a myriad of actions he has planned for later.
Carrot's owners say the fridge photo was not staged, which somehow makes it even funnier.
Carrot's interesting food obsession definitely sheds some light on the original image that circulated. But his owner divulged the lowdown for us anyway:
Carrot thinks it’s a game to stick his arm through the fridge crack and grab us while we are in there. No, he has never been hurt by this, lots of people on the internet seem to think that, and luckily we are only a household of two, are very careful, and we know when he’s doing it. The sign was put up as a reminder. The photo was not staged, and we actually didn’t even think of taking the photo until we saw him do it with the sign and laughed at how perfect it was. If it was staged, we would’ve cleaned out our fridge! Haha.
Cool as a cucumber... Sorry, I meant Carrot. HA!
I'm not even sure what I'd do if I came across my cat like this. LOL.
AWE!
The ears. It's all in the ears.
Is a cat really rambunctious without a box?
Carrot gives the stank eye!
Anyone else envision the Simba scene here?!
"Sup, hooman?"
It can't be a LEAF!
Aw, he almost looks innocent here.
Sweet Carrot boy.
"I did no such thing!"
"What is this nonsense you speak of?"
"You did WHAT?!"
"This is your punishment!"
Carrot may be tiny, but he clearly runs the apartment.
Wait until you see Willow’s viral “squishy” face after one photo blew up online.
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