Cat 'Isn't Happy' as Neighbor Takes Drastic Action To Ban Him From House

A woman was forced to install a state-of-the-art cat flap to stop her neighbor's pet from constantly getting inside her home, and he is "not happy" about it.

Daisy-May Lee lives in the U.K., where her family was repeatedly getting an unwelcome visitor in the form of the neighbor's tabby, who was sneaking in and stealing "leftover dinner."

In May, Lee took to her TikTok account @daisymaylee where she revealed she had installed a new cat flap that uses a sensor to detect a pet's microchips, and will only allow that chip through the door.

She captured the neighboring cat's annoyed expression at no longer being able to sneak inside, leading to hilarity online.

And she told Newsweek: "He does still turn up every single day and constantly gives me the evils. Even since my own cat passed away, he still turns up trying to get in."

In the viral clip, which has been viewed over 1.2 million times, Lee zooms in on the now-locked cat flap, writing: "Neighbours cat isn't happy with the new microchipped sensor cat flap..."

And as she zooms in, the tabby's face comes into view, giving the camera what can only be described as an unblinking death stare.

Lee added in the caption: "Hopefully that will stop fluffy owl cat (not sure its real name so kids choose the nickname) from stealing leftover dinner hahahaha."

She told Newsweek that the "evil fluffy owl cat" started sneaking into their home earlier this year and following her cat through the door, where they would "go on a bender eating everything left out."

As time went on, the neighbor's cat became more confident and would let himself in in the middle of the day. "When I was letting my toddler's dinner cool down I found evil owl cat on [the] kitchen side, eating my toddler's food. He wasn't very pleased about me stopping him stealing food and would hiss."

Lee revealed the cat—who is the "well-loved" pet of her neighbors, who live two doors down—is "famous around here for being naughty and giving people the evils," and has gone on a "rampage" in other houses, too.

After struggling to find a way to keep him out without scaring her own cat, she eventually came across the microchip flap which "worked straight away", leading to the now-viral video.

TikTok users responded in their hundreds, with many jokingly taking the side of the cat, with one commenting: "You let that baby in now!"

A second user: "Girl, he's gonna light your house on fire after he steals his 3rd breakfast."

And another joked: "Open the door, or I'm gonna throw rocks through your window."

One TikToker revealed they had got the same cat flap installed but the "neighbours cat broke through it with its head. Persistent floof!"

Microchip cat flaps, which can cost up to hundreds of dollars depending on the brand, allow your own pet to come and go as they please by detecting their microchip, while at the same time keeping out strays—or, in Lee's case, food thieves.

While Lee's visitor was a neighbor's cat, stray and feral cats can be found all over the world. In the United States alone, around 3.2 million cats enter shelters each year.

Of those, around 100,000 lost cats are returned to their owners each year, while 2.1 million are adopted, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Pet owners finding random animals inside their home isn't an uncommon experience, with a woman recently going viral for recording the moment she came downstairs to find her dog having a "play date" with a neighbor's pet after apparently opening the door for him.

Another became the owner of a stray cat when he simply walked into her home as she was collecting a food delivery, and has remained there ever since.

Correction 6/26/24, 12 p.m. ET: This article was updated to note Daisy-May Lee's pet cat had passed at the time of writing.

Update 6/26/24, 1 p.m. ET: This article was updated to include video and comment from Daisy-May Lee.

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