Man Goes on Enterprise Journey, Spouse ‘Unintentionally’ Will get 7 Cats Whereas He’s Away

[ad_1] A easy plan to shock her husband with a single cat became a full home of fur when she "by accident" acquired seven cats.

Kelly Beattie and her husband, Adrian, aren't any strangers to pets. She informed Newsweek by way of e mail that they've two German shepherds, two miniature goats and 14 chickens. Adrian adores cats and has all the time wished one, however since she's allergic, they by no means had one.

Beattie thought that since they transformed an previous workshop right into a barn for the goats and chickens, they'd be capable of have a barn cat that might mingle between the 2 buildings. Along with his birthday developing and him being out of city for a enterprise journey, she figured it was time to return the favor after he had gifted her goats for her birthday.

In a March 21 Instagram video posted to her account @thefeatheredporch, Beattie shared the story of how her one-cat concept shortly became seven. She stated she discovered a cat on Kijiji, a Canadian on-line categorized promoting web site, that wanted fast rehoming, because the individual's roommate had left them behind, and he or she was allergic. The caveat was that Beattie wanted to take the cat's sister as nicely, to which she agreed.

<img id="11760189" alt="Husband shocked by 7 cats" caption="Screenshots from a March 21 Instagram video of a husband's reaction to the family surprising him with not one or two, but seven cats." src="@thefeatheredporch/Instagram" sourcealt="" sources="[]" fetchpriority="auto" loading="lazy" width="3000" height="2000" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 1536px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, 100vw" srcset="https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-32-Split-Screen-2026-03-30T182155.529.jpg?w=640&quality=80&webp=1 640w, https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-32-Split-Screen-2026-03-30T182155.529.jpg?w=750&quality=80&webp=1 750w, https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-32-Split-Screen-2026-03-30T182155.529.jpg?w=1000&quality=80&webp=1 1000w, https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-32-Split-Screen-2026-03-30T182155.529.jpg?w=1200&quality=80&webp=1 1200w, https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-32-Split-Screen-2026-03-30T182155.529.jpg?w=1360&quality=80&webp=1 1360w, https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-32-Split-Screen-2026-03-30T182155.529.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1 1600w" bad-src="https://assets.newsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Copy-of-32-Split-Screen-2026-03-30T182155.529.jpg?w=1600&quality=80&webp=1"/> The day after bringing the 2 cats house, Beattie stated, her son went to the barn to feed them, however he got here working again.

"I used to be afraid one thing was fallacious, so I ran and met him on the again door," she stated. "He was screaming, 'There's kittens!'"

Certainly one of their new cats had 5 kittens. Her plan to shock her husband shortly spiraled into joyful chaos.

"I used to be in disbelief but additionally laughing as that is very 'on model' for us—we're magnets for chaos and humorous moments," she stated. "All I wished was one cat for him, and naturally, I ended up with seven that my husband does not learn about."

She stated it was unattainable to maintain the information from him when he known as later that day, particularly because it was his birthday and he now shares the day with these kittens.

The clip reveals Adrian's response in full: full shock, adopted by back-and-forth appears between her and the basket of kittens. He tried to make sense of the shock as Beattie started telling him how they got here to have seven cats. She stated as soon as the preliminary shock wore off, he wasn't even fazed by the kittens and was so pleased.

"He has informed me no extra animals after this and my reply was, 'You knew who you married,'" she stated. "He fears all of this publicity goes to encourage me to shock him once more."

She even teased about wanting a miniature donkey subsequent, as her dream is to have a interest farm. However for now, she'll embrace the additional felines.

Viewer Reactions The stunning video shortly took off on-line, racking up greater than 1.7 million views and 1,600 feedback on Instagram as of Monday.

A person commented: "I like a 'purchase one, get six free' state of affairs."

One other stated: "The cat distribution in bulk."

Another person, who knew this story all too nicely, wrote: "'What's another?' is the way it begins."

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