Cat owners thought their Roomba was broken until they discovered the truth

A couple who believed their Roomba was broken were left in shock when they realized what – or who – was really behind it.

Laura Elle, 27, lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two cats, including 3-year-old Winnie, who they adopted from a rescue as a kitten.

On April 25, Winnie became an unsuspecting social media star when Elle shared a video of her on TikTok, which has racked up over 1.5 million views.

In the video, which you can watch here, Elle reveals that “they thought our Roomba didn’t work.

It shows Winnie trapping the Roomba in a corner and rubbing against it, kicking it and pushing it back whenever she tried to leave a certain spot.

“Lol she thinks it’s her friend,” Elle wrote about the video of the playful kitten.

Speaking with NewskElle explained, “We bought that Roomba at Costco and had no idea she would like it.

“It seemed to be working fine for a while, and then I kept finding it dead in that corner of our room and it clearly wasn’t cleaning everywhere because the trash bin wasn’t full. There was an app for the Roomba that I hadn’t yet figured out , but it showed that everything should be fine, so I had no idea why it wasn’t working.

“So one day I heard this in the room and I was looking for Winnie and I saw what you see in the video! She was playing with him and trapping him and inevitably he would just die in that corner and stop vacuuming the house. “

The Roomba actually broke down soon after, and while Elle doesn’t know if “that was all Winnie or if it just wasn’t a good vacuum,” she and her husband still think the video is hilarious.

Elle’s video got a massive reaction on TikTok, with nearly 40,000 likes and hundreds of comments, including some that asked Elle to get another cat for Winnie to play with and others that even suggested that Winnie wasn’t getting enough attention from her owners.

Pet care company Purina reports that “some cats, depending on personality and age, may benefit from the presence of another cat.”

“Please consider the fact that the introduction of another feline should be gradual and it may take some time for both cats to feel completely comfortable with each other – and accept that they may never be best friends,” the company writes. .

But in good news for concerned commenters, Elle said News week that “this kitten receives a lot of love and attention and has a brother who she plays with like crazy!”

Content creator Elle didn’t expect Winnie’s video to go viral, saying it was “so random.”

“I posted our other cat who can literally play ping pong and it got about 300 views, but Winnie playing with our Roomba gets over a million, you never know what people will watch, love and interact with.”

Elle explained that the video of Winnie was taken when she was about a year old, after they adopted her as a sick kitten full of “worms and fleas” who had been found in a barn.

While they’re not sure of her breed, some say Winnie looks like a Russian Blue, but all Elle and her husband know is that “we’re obsessed with her and have been since the day we got her.”

“Winnie has a lot of silly and funny quirks,” she said. “She likes to go into rooms and close the doors as if she were having an important meeting.

“She butts her sister repeatedly when it’s time for treats/wet food. She LOVES TV, she watches it on her iPad, iPhone or climbs onto the TV cabinet and watches her shows.

The response to Winnie’s Roomba video was “really positive, and that’s the best part,” Elle said.

“Cats are honestly the best and having a viral video with an overwhelmingly positive response is so cool! People sharing about their own kitties and just knowing that the content I put out there is putting a smile on people’s faces or making them feel good in some way is the best feeling.”

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