A cat owner who checked her security camera in the middle of the night was left astounded after realising what her feline friend was getting up to. With the rest of the house asleep at 3am, Stevia appears to still be full of energy, sprinting across the laminate flooring and leaping over a box from one side of the room to another.

In a TikTok video shared by Stevia's owner, the moggy then appears to go into hunting mode, transfixed on something before embarking on a chase after an unsuccessful pounce. The clip closes with the cat letting out a meow, seemingly unsuccessful from catching her prey.

Writing in response, one spooked TikTok user queried: "What the heck were the random floating eyes at the end of the video?"

To which Stevia's owner explained: "Ambrose [her pet chihuahua] appeared at one point and in the back window were car headlights."

Whilst a second person joked that their cat, Peaches "performs parkour" at that hour. The video's poster replied: "Hahaha I always hear 'galloping' when she's sprinting across the laminate."

Last year Stevia's owner revealed she was forced to take her for treatment after spotting she was unable to breathe through her nose and was suffering with a poor appetite as a kitten.

Thankfully, she pulled through and became the active cat she is today.

According to WebMD, cats have different sleep-wake cycles than other animals, which is why they are often busy at night.

"This is usually caused by your cat's natural instinct to hunt and travel at these times," WebMD adds of the nocturnal activity.

"But there may be other factors that add to excessive nocturnal behavior in cats, including:

There are a number of techniques you can adopt to try and help your pet sleep at night meanwhile.

"The most important part is not to reward nighttime behavior with attention and instead schedule daytime play and feeding with your cat," WebMD notes.

Woman checks pet cam at 3am and is floored by what she sees cat doing - The Mirror