Nigel Kidd is the jr. sidekick of Gideon Kidd , who you have intercourse from his ' I ’ve Pet That Dog ' Instagram and Twitter story .
Nigel Kidd is giving the the great unwashed what they desire .
Recognize that last name ? Nigel , 10 , is the younger brother of Gideon Kidd , the 12 - year - old mastermind behind theI’ve Pet That Dog phenomenonon Twitter andInstagram . Now , Nigel has made it a bite of a family business : He ’s the youngster behind the fresh christened I ’ve Pet That Cat accounts onTwitterandInstagram .
Photo: Courtesy of Rachel Braunigan
In the same panache as his brother , Nigel post a picture of his feature cats or kittens he ’d care to positron emission tomography along with a small vignette about the cats ' personality and what they care to do . He launched the chronicle in November aftera guest appearanceon I ’ve Pet That Dog for National Cat Day .
After that , people kept sending in their cat exposure . Nigel and his ma , Rachel Braunigan , had previously talked about starting African tea accounts , but he was n’t sell on the estimation at first . But that was before the tidal wave of cat photos .
" I just thought that it might just be time because they ’re still sending in pictures when I had n’t even enjoin that I would start the business relationship , " Nigel told Daily Paws .
Nigel is a big - clip cat guy . Between his mom ’s and dad ’s houses , he drop time with five of them : Fred , Cherry , Meowzer , Pizza , Blanco , and Toffee . He roll in the hay that they play with him and provide stacks of entertainment but then calm down and cuddle or sleep in his lap .
Fred , for case , likes to come visit Nigel in his room , scratch up on the door to let in before join him on the layer to snuggle .
While Gideon — in non - pandemic time — is capable to find frankfurter to pet around their hometown of Cedar Falls , Iowa , Nigel acknowledge he might not get to meet all the primarily indoor cats he boast . But he still relish sharing their photos and narration .
" I think what I wish most about them is get to know and learning about all these amazing and funny cats , how they ’re each unique in their own way , " he says .
Watching his brother post over the retiring few years showed Nigel how to run his account . So far , he ’s probably received thousands of pic of cat to be sport . All of them are " amazing , " he says , mentioningtrouble - reach kittens like Thor and Lokiand the mischievous Tacocat as some of his former favorites .
I ’ve Pet That Cat is still in its early days after launch in November , so Nigel does n’t know if he ’ll explore product option like his brother , but he still has a end during pandemic days that are sometimes isolate and disheartening : spreading pleasure .
" Times are unmanageable and there ’s so much go on that petty happy thing help , and I call back that was a reason that it helps Nigel , and he can bring something happy to the world , too , " Braunigan says .
It also pass Nigel and his mom something to do each day . With Nigel launching his accounts , Braunigan has find herself even more busy with her secondary job : superintend both her son ’s wildly popular social media accounts . Exactly what she imagined with kids , veracious ?
" Absolutely not , " she say with laughter . " Never in my uncivilized dreaming would I have imagine this . "
you may find Nigel ’s stake on Twitter ( @IvePetThatCat1)and Instagram ( _ ivepetthatcat ) .
