Cat Walks Across Wet Cement, ‘The Consequences’ Are Hilarious

A cat who took a leisurely stroll across wet cement suffered the consequences, as did her owners when she was forced to take a bath.

Myrtle the ragdoll cat lives in Doncaster, England, with her owner Moya and her mother, who are currently in the middle of doing up their house.

Unfortunately for Myrtle, workmen are currently doing a job on her favorite room in the house, where she eats and uses the toilet—but she was determined to get into her room no matter the cost.

“She’s always been a very sassy cat and she definitely runs our household,” Moya told Newsweek, adding that the feline was very much not amused that she had suddenly lost access to half of the house.

“But one day we slipped up and my mum’s room was accidentally left open, allowing Myrtle to make her way into the dining room.”

Seemingly by “instinct”, Myrtle walked across the room into her usual toilet spot, which unfortunately was “now next to a pool of half-dry cement,” Moya explained.

“The second we saw her waltz into the kitchen flicking her feet, my mum knew exactly what had happened.”

In a clip shared to her TikTok account @myrtlefrommars on August 14, which has 4 million views and over 800,000 likes, Moya shows small kitty footprints in the wet cement. The caption reads: “The consequences.”

Then comes Moya’s mother gently rubbing off the cement from Myrtle’s paws, but it clearly wasn’t enough, as the video then changes to a photo montage of Myrtle becoming increasingly more upset as she’s washed in the bath, aptly set to dramatic classical music.

“I knew in my heart this was about to be a disastrous event,” sales assistant Moya, 22, told Newsweek.

Ragdoll cats like Myrtle are generally noted for their docile, laid-back nature, according to Purina. But, like many cats, they are not fans of water, with Moya saying Myrtle “does not like water AT ALL and it is extremely rare that we bathe her, only in situations where it is completely necessary.”

She took the video and photos for her partner, who was at work, and captured the moments where Myrtle bit, scratched, and was accidentally dropped in the shallow bathwater and made her chaotic escape.

“After her bath, she got dried up, and after sulking for a bit, my partner came home and we gave her some Dreamies (cat treats) which are her favorite,” Moya said.

“She definitely didn’t learn her lesson and kept trying to scratch at the dining room door for the remainder of the builder’s work.”

But the story didn’t end there, as when Moya was at work the next morning, her mother let her know that the cat had left a surprise for the builders: “Not only had she stood in the cement but had left a poop embedded into it.”

TikTok users fell head-over-heels for Myrtle, with one joking: “Thank God she didn’t overreact,” and another shared a similar comment: “At least she was calm about it.”

A third user laughed: “I love cats who get to experience the consequences of their actions.”

A fourth user wrote: “I’ve been so depressed all week, and this has been the first thing to make me absolutely cackle.”

Moya said the massive reaction to her video has been “bizarre,” as usually her clips are only watched by family and friends.

“I had to turn off my notifications because when I was serving customers at work all of a sudden my phone just wouldn’t stop pinging,” she said.

“It was so funny coming home to Myrtle and knowing that she had no clue that millions of people had seen her tantrum online.”

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