Can anyone explain this reaction?

"blkcatgal" wrote in message ...
My 8 month old kitten has really wanted to go outside. I will not let him
go outside without supervision. So I decided to get him a harness and a
leash. I put the harness on him inside the house to let him get use to it.
At first he didn't like it, but after a while (hour or two) he seemed to
accept it. Then I tried to put the leash on him. I had purchased one of
those retractable ones that usually are for dogs, but I liked the fact that
the leash could be extended to16 feet. As soon as I clicked the leash onto
the harness, my kitten went beserk running frantically through the house
until I could catch him and remove the leash and harness. He was very upset
but I managed to calm him down.

I waited until the next day, put the harness on him again. No problem with
the harness on him. Again, after about an hour or so, I put the leash on
and again, he went ballistic running through the house. Once I caught him,
I removed the leash and calmed him down. I have not tried to put it on him
again.

Does anyone have any ideas why he would react this way to having the leash
put on him? He didn't seem to mind the harness, only the leash.

Sue


He doesn't like it, Sue. That's all there is to it. Probably akin to
some type of phobia. We took ours to the beach on one of those things.
My wife thought he would "like the birds." He never even looked at
them. Even when the seagulls came right in to attack him! He just
twisted and spun against it, and tried and tried to get into his kat
karrier. That told me all I needed to know, so I went ahead and put an
end to the wife's family beach-blanket folly.


IBen

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"IBen Getiner" wrote in message
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He doesn't like it, Sue. That's all there is to it. Probably akin to
some type of phobia. We took ours to the beach on one of those things.
My wife thought he would "like the birds." He never even looked at
them. Even when the seagulls came right in to attack him! He just
twisted and spun against it, and tried and tried to get into his kat
karrier. That told me all I needed to know, so I went ahead and put an
end to the wife's family beach-blanket folly.


IBen

The thought of anyone being married to Iben is frightening. He also doesn't
know how to spell cat.

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"IBen Getiner" wrote in message
om...

He doesn't like it, Sue. That's all there is to it. Probably akin to
some type of phobia. We took ours to the beach on one of those things.
My wife thought he would "like the birds." He never even looked at
them. Even when the seagulls came right in to attack him! He just
twisted and spun against it, and tried and tried to get into his kat
karrier. That told me all I needed to know, so I went ahead and put an
end to the wife's family beach-blanket folly.


IBen

Well maybe he has just a 14 year old's mentality? Unless Iben is prepared to
flash his ID we'll never know.

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"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in
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In article WvJ3c.79$wg.26@okepread01,
"Cat Protector" wrote:

The thought of anyone being married to Iben is frightening.

I don't think marriage to a 14-year-old is legal in most states. Depends
on where he is.

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Well maybe he has just a 14 year old's mentality? Unless Iben is prepared to
flash his ID we'll never know.

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"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in
message k.net...
In article WvJ3c.79$wg.26@okepread01,
"Cat Protector" wrote:

The thought of anyone being married to Iben is frightening.

I don't think marriage to a 14-year-old is legal in most states. Depends
on where he is.

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