Whiskers could n’t see when Joshua and Jose base him outside their home base . Now , he ’s a robustious kitten with millions of fans on TikTok .
TheseTikTokstars known mostly for their home and landscape renovations took on an completely unlike variety of DIY labor recently : nursing an abandon kitten back to wellness . Meet Joshua and Jose ( Mr. Gardeners ) from Tampa , Fla. , and their lovely , fresh adopted unreasoning pussycat call Whiskers .
whisker ' transmutation from a nauseous kitty to a lively , playful pet — minus a small recent setback — has pull in the interest of millions on TikTok . So far , the nine videos featuring the growing kitten have generated roughly 65 million views .
give their pigment brush and nail hit man a geological fault , Joshua and Jose began posting video about Whiskers on June 28 after they first get wind him catch some Z’s on their drive . In the telecasting Joshua articulate , " The other day we constitute a kitten against the garage and we could n’t get his female parent anywhere , so we accept him in . "
But Joshua and Jose chop-chop pull in Whiskers was know majorvision trouble . After cleaning his eyes and giving him plenty of food , water , and love , they took him to a local veterinary surgeon . The veteran diagnosed Whiskers with a seriouseye infectionand send him home with medicinal drug to hopefully restore his visual sensation . On top of that , the little syndicate add together a postdate - up sojourn with a feline oculist to its calendar ( yes , kitties take eye doctor too ! ) .
Being the devoted cat dads they are , Joshua and Jose were persevering about administering drops to Whiskers eye every two hours ( coupled with an unwritten antibiotic drug ) . " The next sunup , he was like a whole new CT , " Joshua say .
Feeling bucked up , they satisfy with the ophthalmologist who prescribed " a few more medications " and a follow - up sojourn in two calendar week to see if surgery is necessary to pull through Whisker ’s sightedness . It ’s safe to say fans wanted more of this perfumed pussycat ’s story — this one post earned over 48 million views !
The follow video in the Whiskers serial give an update on his stipulation . Joshua says , " We remain on top of his medicine and discourse , which was a learning process all of its own . " The computerized tomography dad say they learn to " beat out up his pillsinto his food , learn him to a couple vet appointments and watched him grow right in front of us ! "
After yet another vet appointment the dads received a flake of good news — Whiskers had " improved tremendously , " and can see more and more light . So , the ex-serviceman recommended cover with medications for another few weeks because Whiskers wasfelinegood ( I could n’t help myself ) .
On July 16 , after posting several updates of Whiskers " total out of his racing shell " at home , he suffereda little pussycat setback . Joshua says that after an good afternoon of playday , he noticed some pedigree on Whiskers ' right-hand center . They rushed him to the medical specialist who say it was a ruptured cornea likely from running into something . Poor Whiskers ! After experience care from the vet yet again , Whiskers was sent home to rest . gratefully , the gardener shortly report back that Whiskersis on the mend .
Plus , the respite of his family — his mom , papa , and sis — seem to be congregating around his new home . Could the saga of Whiskers turn into a family affair ?
We ca n’t wait to see how the piffling guy is doing next calendar week . I can talk for the entire Whiskers fanbase by saying , take care of yourself sweet , adorable kitty ! And thank you to the most amazing cat pappa — Whiskers seems to have won the jackpot with you two .
