Original Article: https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/tiktok-distract-cat-hack/

Every cat owner knows there is one thing that a cat can never resist: sitting on a keyboard when you’re working.

Whether you’re working on a laptop or a desktop there is something about you being hard at work that a cat cannot seem to resist.

Even when you try to do it quietly and in secret, it’s like they’ve got a radar for when you’re on your computer.

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And for cat owners, it can be a challenge trying to work around your adorable little feline who suddenly craves all the attention in the world.

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As a result, there have been some pretty creative thoughts that have gone into creating a cat-friendly deterrent to this age-old problem.

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Thanks to TikTok, the solution made a viral round to cat owners everywhere.

Check out the video below:

@huckleberryh20

He’s got a lot of business to take care of now 😂

♬ original sound – huckleberryh20

In the TikTok, a cat owner shows off their clever solution. It’s basically using an alternative keyboard or laptop to pull a fast one on your cat. This creative takeout can be achieved through various ways, but the whole point is that you trick your cat into thinking that the laptop or keyboard that they’re sitting on is interfering with your work.

Essentially, you’re distracting the distractor. Pretty clever, right? Oh, how the tables have turned for our cats.

Hopefully they won’t catch on!

Source: The Animal Rescue Site Blog