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Flying cat!
Cinders was curled up next to me tonight as I used the computer.
Unfortunately, my allergies are currently acting up, and I sneezed loudly. Cinders took off as if shot from a catapult; I think she made it about 10 feet in her first leap before she touched the ground. I will have to apologize to her later for startling her. Sometimes she just flinches when I sneeze, but most of the time she will dash out of the room. How do your cats react to humans sneezing? -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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On Oct 22, 9:05*pm, "John F. Eldredge" wrote:
Cinders was curled up next to me tonight as I used the computer. * Unfortunately, my allergies are currently acting up, and I sneezed loudly. *Cinders took off as if shot from a catapult; I think she made it about 10 feet in her first leap before she touched the ground. *I will have to apologize to her later for startling her. *Sometimes she just flinches when I sneeze, but most of the time she will dash out of the room. How do your cats react to humans sneezing? -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available fromhttp://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Depends on how loudly I sneeze and whether or not it's a sudden sound after a long period of quiet. (I have a loud sneeze.) Francesca will sometimes huddle down and point her ears out to the sides of her head if she's really startled. Often though when my allergies kick in and I do a lot of sneezing one after another they give me well bred looks of incredible disdain, as if they've never seen any creature as loud and crude as me. Melissa |
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"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
... Cinders was curled up next to me tonight as I used the computer. Unfortunately, my allergies are currently acting up, and I sneezed loudly. Cinders took off as if shot from a catapult; I think she made it about 10 feet in her first leap before she touched the ground. I will have to apologize to her later for startling her. Sometimes she just flinches when I sneeze, but most of the time she will dash out of the room. How do your cats react to humans sneezing? -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Skeeter (RB) is the only one I've had who had a violent reaction to my sneezing. She used to run out of the room, especially if she were on my lap at the time of the sneeze. A really bad sneezing spell would probably send her out the cat door. She reacted the same way to coughing or choking. -- Joy No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. - Leo Dworken |
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Joy wrote:
Skeeter (RB) is the only one I've had who had a violent reaction to my sneezing. She used to run out of the room, especially if she were on my lap at the time of the sneeze. A really bad sneezing spell would probably send her out the cat door. She reacted the same way to coughing or choking. Oh, this reminds me of Nikki. When I coughed, she would answer with a cough-like sound. A little like the ack-ack-ack they use for birds, but it was a special cough just to answer mine. My cats don't care if I sneeze. Sometimes they'll just send me a dirty look for making such a racket. -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. |
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Kiki is frightened by sneezes. Naughty is not frightened by anything
(except toddlers) and when I sneeze she bites whatever is the closest part of me. On Oct 23, 12:05*pm, "John F. Eldredge" wrote: Cinders was curled up next to me tonight as I used the computer. * Unfortunately, my allergies are currently acting up, and I sneezed loudly. *Cinders took off as if shot from a catapult; I think she made it about 10 feet in her first leap before she touched the ground. *I will have to apologize to her later for startling her. *Sometimes she just flinches when I sneeze, but most of the time she will dash out of the room. How do your cats react to humans sneezing? -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available fromhttp://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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John F. Eldredge wrote:
Cinders was curled up next to me tonight as I used the computer. Unfortunately, my allergies are currently acting up, and I sneezed loudly. Cinders took off as if shot from a catapult; I think she made it about 10 feet in her first leap before she touched the ground. I will have to apologize to her later for startling her. Sometimes she just flinches when I sneeze, but most of the time she will dash out of the room. How do your cats react to humans sneezing? Depends on the cat. Licky will of course dash out of the room and completely disappear. Smudge might get up and leave, but not in a panic. Often though, a sneeze will merit little more than an ear swivel. Roxy gives me those well-bred looks of utter disdain that Melissa was talking about. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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"John F. Eldredge" wrote: snip How do your cats react to humans sneezing? Depends on two things: how juicy the sneeze is and whether it lands on fur. Odd how outraged Leila can be when one of my sneezes catches her - compared with how blase she is when one of her sneezes catches me! Baird -- You can fool some of the people all of the time, and in a divided country that's enough to win elections. -Bill Steele |
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How do your cats react to humans sneezing?
-- My partner is allergic to Smudgie so he sneezes quite a lot. When he sneezes (loudly and 3 or 4 in a row) she doesn't react at all - I think she is used to it by now. However, when I sneeze (usually quietly), she jumps and gives me a look of "why the heck did you do that you dopey woman?" Sharon |
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John F. Eldredge wrote:
Cinders was curled up next to me tonight as I used the computer. Unfortunately, my allergies are currently acting up, and I sneezed loudly. Cinders took off as if shot from a catapult; I think she made it about 10 feet in her first leap before she touched the ground. I will have to apologize to her later for startling her. Sometimes she just flinches when I sneeze, but most of the time she will dash out of the room. How do your cats react to humans sneezing? It only bothers her if she's snuggled right next to me, sound asleep Jill |
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On Oct 22, 9:05*pm, "John F. Eldredge" wrote:
How do your cats react to humans sneezing? My Cinder (who mostly lives in the room with my work-at-home desk, of her own volition), makes this combination chitter-growl noise at me. It's apparently distressing to her. And more so in that, like my mother before me, I routinely have sneezing fits of 10-20 sneezes in a row before I'm done. Deborah Slave to the Magnificents |
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