A TikToker who has spent 9 months defending a stray cat from freezing temperatures and a territorial raccoon lastly earned the feline's belief

• A TikToker who discovered a cat in his yard documented his evolving relationship with the stray.
• Kyle Parnell posted movies of himself caring for the cat from a distance, like making him a winter house.
• After feeding the cat and defending him from a raccoon, Parnell lastly earned his belief.

TikToker Kyle Parnell’s quest to earn the belief of a stray cat has gone viral. And after 9 months of taking good care of the stray from a distance, his most up-to-date video in Could, which had 1.7 million views as of Thursday, exhibits the cat stepping inside his house.

Parnell first posted in regards to the cat in April. The video, which has racked up greater than 8 million views, particulars Parnell’s historical past with the cat, which started in August 2022 when he moved into a brand new house.

“After we moved into our new place, the yard was solely grime, lifeless grass, and this cat,” he says within the video. “He was round for weeks … typically disappearing for just a few days, however all the time exhibiting up simply while you thought he wasn’t going to come back again.”

As winter approached, Parnell was involved about how the cat would alter to the climate, as he wouldn’t go inside the home, he mentioned within the video.

So Parnell emptied two storage bins from his basement and put them on prime of one another to make just a little home. After placing a fluffy blanket inside, Parnell put the home exterior.

“He claimed it instantly like he knew it was meant for him,” Parnell mentioned within the video. “The storage bins from the basement had been marked ‘Allison’s Keepsakes,’ and we determined ‘Memento’ was a advantageous sufficient title for a cat.”

When spring got here round, a raccoon threatened Memento, in response to the video.

“There was an unavoidable showdown, first between the cat and the raccoon, after which between the raccoon and me,” the video says over a shot of Parnell poking the creature with a stick.

Parnell has additionally been feeding Memento and giving him catnip since discovering him, in response to the video.

After 9 months of distanced care, the latest video posted on Could 13 exhibits the laborious work paid off, as Memento lastly accepted Parnell’s pets and invitation to come back inside the home.