A farm owner caught her cat's first-ever hunt on camera, but it didn't exactly go as planned.

Shared on TikTok in November by Katie Van Slyke under the username @katievanslyke, the video shows the poster's youngest cat, Salem, during his first attempt at hunting a mole, which turned out to be a lot more difficult for him than she would have thought.

"Oh my gosh, y'all, it's a monumental moment. The barn cats are not useless!" Van Slyke can be heard saying as Salem and his sisters spot a mole in the grass and start chasing it.

While Salem did try his best to impress his older sisters, both expert hunters, he wasn't able to keep focused on the prey, which made it harder for him to catch it.

"He keeps getting distracted. Salem! You can't let him get away!" she continues, "Oh my gosh, the girls are so disappointed. I've already seen both of these girls have a mouse."

Then, out of nowhere, Salem comes sprinting with the mole in his mouth, surprising his owner and his siblings at the barn.

"Oh, oh, it's got it! It's got it! That's the first confirmed, Salem. I can't even say kill because I don't think it is. I think he's literally just playing with it. But that's the first confirmed that Salem has done something. So bravo, Salem, good boy!"

But before she can even finish her sentence, Salem sets the mole free. "Oh yeah, not dead," she says.

Van Slyke is the owner of a "mini" farm with over 100 animals, including her mini cows, mini horses, mini goats and mini donkeys, according to her media representative.

Hunting is usually instinctual behavior for cats, inherited from their wild ancestors, and while most domestic cats are pro hunters, others back off from this duty or kill prey and then leave it without eating it.

There can be many reasons behind this behavior, according to an article by Jess Kirk on the website Vet Explains Pets. Maybe they aren't hungry, or they just see the prey as a toy. However, some cats lack the killer instincts typical of predators.

Eating prey can be dangerous for cats, especially mice, which can carry disease, parasites and even poison. That's why it's probably better for you to remove their catch instead of letting them eat it.

In most cases, hunting behavior can't be stopped. But you can provide them with different forms of entertainment to keep them away from the fauna, including toys, climbing spots and a safe, enclosed yard area to play in.

The video quickly went viral and has so far received over 1.2 million views and 165,000 likes.

User @Patriot2167 commented: "Meanwhile my two 'coop cats' have taken up with 2 possums and a raccoon they share their food with them."

Jessie said: "Salem just peacefully escorting him off the property."

Fire & Ice Farm added: "Oh ya' not dead...' He's like the ADHD kitty of the farm."

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