A woman has gone viral after sharing an odd punishment she gave to a neighbor’s son for what he did to her beloved cat.

Shannon Cooper has ignited a heated controversy on social media after revealing that when her neighbor’s child spilled water on her cat, she replied by throwing water on him.

She addressed the scenario on X (previously known as Twitter), and others are now giving their thoughts in the comments section.

One person writes: “It’s very childish how you handled it you should have told the parents first so that they could punish their own kid.

“Like no that wouldn’t hurt a kid but at the same time as a parent myself I’d LIKE TO HANDLE MY KID because no it’s not right the kid did that but it’s also not yours.”

Another adds: “People defending this clearly haven’t surrounded themselves by children and don’t understand the development they are still going through.

“The child is still growing and understanding consequences. How could a FULLY DEVELOPED adult act like a 10-year-old who is still learning?”

However, others are on Cooper’s side, with one person penning: “Someone messes with my cat, they will be dealing with me.”

“Just goes to show you that if you don’t teach your kids respect, somebody else will!” someone else comments.

While one mum shares: “I have 11-year-old twin boys. If they did that and you chose to throw water on them. I am good with that. It’s water, they will survive. A 10 yr old knows better!”

Sharing their own story, one commentator says: “I had neighbours kick my ass when I was little. Water… I wish. Parents have grown a little soft to [the] principal.

“Sounds almost like you continued the game. All fair in my book. Actually, a good lesson for the kid. Actions have consequences. Some more severe than others.”

It all started when Shannon approached X to tell her side of the tale.

She wrote: “My 10-year-old neighbour just threw a cup of water over my cat who was sitting on the fence minding his own business and laughed so I threw a basin of water over him from the window and now his dad is at my door going mental but I don’t see the problem, don’t touch my cat.”

After her initial tweet created a dispute, Cooper clarified and justified her conduct, claiming that she and the neighbours are friends.

“People are so mad over this,” she shared. “The kid and his dad were laughing about it today, we are friends (also might I add the dad never knew what his son [had] done which is why he was mad, to begin with), also the kid is 13 he really looks 10.”

She also shared an image of the cat, who appeared to have survived the terrible incident unhurt.