Cat Fakes Limp for Sympathy in Funny Viral TikTok Video

TO video of a cat Faking a limp to gain sympathy from his owner went viral on TikTok. The video of Edward pretending to limp while at a counter in front of Lauren, a 22-year-old Kentucky resident, has over 10 million views on the account @hotclownwing.

The video shows the mischievous cat quickly forgetting about the limp to stretch out and get attention, switching to lift his other paw instead of the “wound.” The funny video was posted on August 29, 2021. Edward and his owner now have more than 36,000 fans on TikTok after the video caught the attention of social media in September 2021. Lauren captioned the video, “He’s a drama queen ?? #catsoftiktok #orangecat #dramaqueen “.

Edward’s owner says the cat is fine and ‘I just didn’t get any attention all day !!’

The video shows Edward sitting on a counter with his left paw raised in the air with the words “Watch my cat pretend to limp and then switch legs” written above it. As Lauren talks to the cat and says, “Not this again, honey,” Edward jumps on one leg to get attention and pets.

Edward then gets back on both legs and stretches out. When he comes back to get more attention, he suddenly lifts his other leg, lifting his left paw. As Lauren caresses Edward, the owner, laughing, says, “OMG! You just switched legs. ”

Edward’s owner, Lauren, said in the video comments that “he is fine” and said the 3-year-old cat has no nails trimmed and recently received a “certificate of good health from the vet.” Lauren told Edward, “I just didn’t get any attention all day !!”

On Reddit, commenters shared stories of pets doing similar tricks. A Reddit the user wrote, “My dog ​​used to do that because she once limped and my dad gave her a ‘feel better’ award. He tried it one more time a few weeks later, it worked and boom. We have a dog limping for treats. ”

Another wrote, “My cat does this. He’ll walk to the edge of my vision, grab a leg, then limp past me, and as soon as he thinks I can’t see him, he’ll walk normally again ? ”

Edward and his sister, Franny, were rescued from outside a waffle house

Lauren revealed in another TikTok video that Edward is one of two sister cats owned by the recent University of Kentucky graduate. Lauren featured the two cats in a “cat tour” video. Franny, whose full name is Franny Butter, is gray with white spots and is “thick,” Lauren said. Edward, Franny’s biological brother, whose full name is Edward Pickles, is also “stocky.”

Lauren said that Edward and Franny were found together outside a waffle house. Lauren often posts videos of the cats, including a recent video of Edward pulling a plastic bags of a kitchen cabinet. Lauren wrote in the caption: “He would drop me for a plastic bag if he could.”

In another video, Lauren and Edward thanked their new fans. Lauren wrote in the caption from Edward’s video, “Thank you from the most loving cat in the world!”