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high places
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:55:21 +0000, jmc
wrote: ken wrote: Why do kittens want to jump up to the highest places in a room..Mine does this and in doing it, she knocks off phots, books, cd's, - anything in her way. Ken Hunter instinct, I would guess. Easier to see the prey (you,probably) from higher up. Not just kittens, they'll always do this. I'm a bit more lucky, Meep doesn't like to knock things over, so she won't go onto high places that have stuff on them. It is a shock when you are sitting quietly and suddenly a cat flies past your face as she jumps off the top of the refrigerator or cupboard. |
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William Hamblen wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:55:21 +0000, jmc wrote: ken wrote: Why do kittens want to jump up to the highest places in a room..Mine does this and in doing it, she knocks off phots, books, cd's, - anything in her way. Ken Hunter instinct, I would guess. Easier to see the prey (you,probably) from higher up. Not just kittens, they'll always do this. I'm a bit more lucky, Meep doesn't like to knock things over, so she won't go onto high places that have stuff on them. It is a shock when you are sitting quietly and suddenly a cat flies past your face as she jumps off the top of the refrigerator or cupboard. Worse, when you're walking past the refrigerator or cupboard and a cat comes zooming onto your head on the way down. Pam S. who's had that happen a few times |
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ken wrote:
Why do kittens want to jump up to the highest places in a room..Mine does this and in doing it, she knocks off phots, books, cd's, - anything in her way. Ken [much cross-posting snipped] Persia must be one of the few cats who doesn't like heights. She will get on the back of the sofa, and on the toilet seat and bathroom counters. That's it. No jumping on my desk, no jumping on the dresser, definitely no jumping on the kitchen counters or my coffee table or end tables. I don't think she's ever *thought* of trying to get up on the refrigerator. I don't know how I wound up with such a well mannered lady. The only thing I can figure is my dog Sampson (RB November 3, 1999) communicated the basic rules before she yelled at my door 01/06/2001. Jill |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:39:15 -0500, Howard Berkowitz
yodeled: In article , "Kim Walters" wrote: Rocket started this: He starts in the living room, runs down the hallway, run into the computer room, leaps up the cat tree, jumps to the bookcase, and them to the next bookcase. One day he is going to sling shot around and come flying back into the hallway. Clifford (RB) definitely had the slingshot approach, sometimes likened to a circular nuclear accelerator. He was known to dash around the house once or twice, building speed, and then leap for the ceiling. We had paw marks on it. OH YEAH!! I wish Stinky would do that instead of bouncing off of *me*. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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