Foiled! Cat freaks out after owner puts tinfoil on his kitchen surfaces to stop the pet jumping up and stealing food
- Cat, conveniently named Kat, was filmed at owner’s home in Adelaide, Australia
- He was annoyed about the cat jumping on the worktop in search of food
- Said he Googled ways to stop it and tinfoil came up as an option
Cats are well known for their ability to be a nuisance around the house.
But one man from Adelaide came up with an ingenious way to stop his own feline, conveniently named Kat, from jumping up on to his kitchen worktop.
He covered the counter with foil and then took up a position in the corner of the room to film the hilarious results.
A man in Adelaide, Australia, covered his kitchen counter in tin foil to stop his cat from jumping up and stealing food. He then filmed the hilarious results
In his video his cat is seen on the floor as it prepares to jump.
But when it springs from the floor it gets a shock when its paws touch the foil and it instantly jumps backwards, as if it has received an electric shock.
The filmer is then heard laughing as the cat runs out of the room.
He said at the start of the video: ‘So me cat won’t stop jumping up on the kitchen bench, so I Googled ways to stop that.
The filmer showed how he put the foil on the worktops and then stood back to film from the corner of the room. His jaded cat ran away after the ordeal
‘Really all you need is some tin foil.
He said he had used the foil because Kat always jumps on the kitchen counter in search of food.
‘I tried one option and because I knew my cat would try jumping up again, I decided to film,’ he added.
‘And now knowing it would go viral, I posted the video on social media.’