The cat (Whiskers) belongs to the woman at Charlie's Carrot Surplus (hardware store).
Whiskers, the lost cat, is gray.
On 24 Carrot Island you don't get a wrench. But you do get a pryer thingy. You get that by returning the hardware lady's cat to her.
The waitress at the Carrot Diner will fill the bowl for you.
Take it back to its owner at Charlie's Carrot Surplus.
The cat belongs to the woman at Charlie's Carrot Surplus, and is hiding at the farmhouse. You will receive a reward for the cat's return. (see related question)
Take the bowl to the diner and fill it with milk.
The owner is in Charlie's Carrot Surplus store. (We do not learn if the woman is actually Charlie.) Once you return her cat, she will give you a crowbar.
Return the missing cat to her owner at Charlie's Carrot Surplus and you will receive a crowbar, which will come in handy when you next travel to the Carrot Cake Factory.
~there isno cat in early poptropica. that was your mistake!~but there is a cat in 24 carrot, spy island, and haunted house.
The black cat on Spy Island is just decorative and not part of the game. The gray cat, Whiskers, on 24 carrot island, can get you a crowbar. (see related question)
You don't. He is just there to say "meow." (Because a cat figured so prominently in 24 Carrot island, many players have assumed that the cat has some important role on Spy island, but it does not.)
If you find the lost cat for the clerk at the Carrot Surplus store, she will give you a crowbar as a reward. (see related questions)