On 7/19/2016 7:12 PM, Bastette wrote:
If Jackson came to your house, he would tell you that your cats need lots
of high places to hang out where they would feel safe. And they'd need
more play time.

This isn't my opinion necessarily, because I don't know how many high
perches you already have in your house, or whether you play with them a
lot (or they play with each other). But I've watched a number of his
shows and he pretty much always says the same thing - especially about
the high perches.

-- Joyce

On some of the shows I've seen, he describes cats that like high places
as tree dwellers and cats that don't are cave dwellers.

Persia (RB) never really liked getting getting up on high places. Some
folks have cats that will snooze on top of the refrigerator. She never
showed any interest in getting up on anything taller than the couch or
the bed. Buffy seems to be pretty much the same way.

I'm not sure it's true they all want to be high up off the ground. Of
course, I've only ever had one cat at a time.

I do know Buffy hid from her former bully cat-mate, Frankie. When I
went over to adopt her she was hiding on a chair under the dining room
table. There were no high perches in the house (no toys or anything I
could see, either!). I guess that was the only place she felt fairly
safe. When I brought her home she hid under the bed. A couple of hours
later I couldn't find her. She was on a chair under the dining room
table. I guess the table cloth made it feel like sort of a safe "fort".
I assured her it was just me and her and she came out and explored.
She still startles easily, sometimes, as if she's expecting another cat
to jump out at her.

Jill