Strange!

The big cat tree we just bought is the first scratching post that Sammy has
ever been able to stretch upwards on. She likes to scratch on sisal but
every scratching post in the house is about 3 feet too short for her to
stretch fully, vertically. The sisal post on the new tree, however, goes
all the way to the top (just the post itself is almost 5 feet tall).

http://www.possibleplaces.com/catnip...tn100_0735.jpg

Last night I watched as she scratched and stretched horizontally on the very
bottom of it (like she has to do on the one in my bedroom), then she
slooooooooooooowly placed her right front paw a little bit higher, then
sloooooooooooowly placed the left front paw a little higher, then she kept
"walking" her front paws up the sisal post in seeming amazement that she
could do this. When she had stretched as far as she could, vertically (look
at the picture and imagine her front paws halfway between the highest
"hammock" and the house on top), she sloooooooooowly raised her right hind
paw and put it on the post, then she slooooooooooowly placed her left hind
paw on the post. She was *totally* amazed that the whole structure didn't
tip over on her (actually, given Sammy's size, so was *I*). She proceeded
to very slowly climb the post until she could peek into the house to make
sure nobody else was in there, then she crawled over the ledge, shoved her
entire body into the house (picture a 20 pound ham in a 2 pound sack),
turned around inside (!!!!!) so she could face outward. She is so big that
quite a bit of her was sticking out the front of the house, but she looked
*quite* smug at her accomplishment! ;

You have to remember that Sammy *NEVER* jumps up on anything higher than my
bed. Aside from most everything tipping over from her weight, there's the
danger of jumping with that much weight *down* from wherever she is. So, I
don't know if she'll ever repeat this performance, and there I was *without*
my camcorder!!! :

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Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters he http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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The big cat tree we just bought is the first scratching post that Sammy
has ever been able to stretch upwards on. She likes to scratch on sisal
but every scratching post in the house is about 3 feet too short for her
to stretch fully, vertically. The sisal post on the new tree, however,
goes all the way to the top (just the post itself is almost 5 feet tall).

http://www.possibleplaces.com/catnip...tn100_0735.jpg

Last night I watched as she scratched and stretched horizontally on the
very bottom of it (like she has to do on the one in my bedroom), then she
slooooooooooooowly placed her right front paw a little bit higher, then
sloooooooooooowly placed the left front paw a little higher, then she
kept "walking" her front paws up the sisal post in seeming amazement that
she could do this. When she had stretched as far as she could, vertically
(look at the picture and imagine her front paws halfway between the
highest "hammock" and the house on top), she sloooooooooowly raised her
right hind paw and put it on the post, then she slooooooooooowly placed
her left hind paw on the post. She was *totally* amazed that the whole
structure didn't tip over on her (actually, given Sammy's size, so was
*I*). She proceeded to very slowly climb the post until she could peek
into the house to make sure nobody else was in there, then she crawled
over the ledge, shoved her entire body into the house (picture a 20 pound
ham in a 2 pound sack), turned around inside (!!!!!) so she could face
outward. She is so big that quite a bit of her was sticking out the front
of the house, but she looked *quite* smug at her accomplishment! ;

You have to remember that Sammy *NEVER* jumps up on anything higher than
my bed. Aside from most everything tipping over from her weight, there's
the danger of jumping with that much weight *down* from wherever she is.
So, I don't know if she'll ever repeat this performance, and there I was
*without* my camcorder!!! :


I bet that was amazing to watch. And that Sammy felt amazed to be doing it.

Way to go Sam!

Jake and Molly send their congrats. They both find climbing with claws to
be a most exhilarating activity. Its usually accomplished on an old Ash
tree in the back yard here.

Molly likes to be chased for her climb. She will deliberately harass the
dogs or even Jake.


Jo

"jofirey" wrote in message
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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The big cat tree we just bought is the first scratching post that Sammy
has ever been able to stretch upwards on. She likes to scratch on sisal
but every scratching post in the house is about 3 feet too short for her
to stretch fully, vertically. The sisal post on the new tree, however,
goes all the way to the top (just the post itself is almost 5 feet tall).

http://www.possibleplaces.com/catnip...tn100_0735.jpg

Last night I watched as she scratched and stretched horizontally on the
very bottom of it (like she has to do on the one in my bedroom), then she
slooooooooooooowly placed her right front paw a little bit higher, then
sloooooooooooowly placed the left front paw a little higher, then she
kept "walking" her front paws up the sisal post in seeming amazement that
she could do this. When she had stretched as far as she could,
vertically (look at the picture and imagine her front paws halfway
between the highest "hammock" and the house on top), she sloooooooooowly
raised her right hind paw and put it on the post, then she
slooooooooooowly placed her left hind paw on the post. She was *totally*
amazed that the whole structure didn't tip over on her (actually, given
Sammy's size, so was *I*). She proceeded to very slowly climb the post
until she could peek into the house to make sure nobody else was in
there, then she crawled over the ledge, shoved her entire body into the
house (picture a 20 pound ham in a 2 pound sack), turned around inside
(!!!!!) so she could face outward. She is so big that quite a bit of her
was sticking out the front of the house, but she looked *quite* smug at
her accomplishment! ;

You have to remember that Sammy *NEVER* jumps up on anything higher than
my bed. Aside from most everything tipping over from her weight, there's
the danger of jumping with that much weight *down* from wherever she is.
So, I don't know if she'll ever repeat this performance, and there I was
*without* my camcorder!!! :


I bet that was amazing to watch. And that Sammy felt amazed to be doing
it.

Way to go Sam!

Jake and Molly send their congrats. They both find climbing with claws to
be a most exhilarating activity. Its usually accomplished on an old Ash
tree in the back yard here.

Molly likes to be chased for her climb. She will deliberately harass the
dogs or even Jake.


Jo

It was really weird to watch because all of my other cats (including the
kittens) run across the room and *fling* themselves onto the top of the tree
in a single leap (well, the kittens can only fling themselves to the middle
of the tree, but give them time ;). Poor Sammy, had she done that, would
probably have sent the whole cat tree through the window and into the front
yard!!! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped

CatNipped wrote:
The big cat tree we just bought is the first scratching post that
Sammy has ever been able to stretch upwards on. She likes to scratch
on sisal but every scratching post in the house is about 3 feet too
short for her to stretch fully, vertically. The sisal post on the
new tree, however, goes all the way to the top (just the post itself
is almost 5 feet tall).
http://www.possibleplaces.com/catnip...tn100_0735.jpg

Last night I watched as she scratched and stretched horizontally on
the very bottom of it (like she has to do on the one in my bedroom),
then she slooooooooooooowly placed her right front paw a little bit
higher, then sloooooooooooowly placed the left front paw a little
higher, then she kept "walking" her front paws up the sisal post in
seeming amazement that she could do this. When she had stretched as
far as she could, vertically (look at the picture and imagine her
front paws halfway between the highest "hammock" and the house on
top), she sloooooooooowly raised her right hind paw and put it on the
post, then she slooooooooooowly placed her left hind paw on the post.
She was *totally* amazed that the whole structure didn't tip over on
her (actually, given Sammy's size, so was *I*). She proceeded to
very slowly climb the post until she could peek into the house to
make sure nobody else was in there, then she crawled over the ledge,
shoved her entire body into the house (picture a 20 pound ham in a 2
pound sack), turned around inside (!!!!!) so she could face outward. She
is so big that quite a bit of her was sticking out the front of
the house, but she looked *quite* smug at her accomplishment! ;
You have to remember that Sammy *NEVER* jumps up on anything higher
than my bed. Aside from most everything tipping over from her
weight, there's the danger of jumping with that much weight *down*
from wherever she is. So, I don't know if she'll ever repeat this
performance, and there I was *without* my camcorder!!! :

You must remember to carry your camcorder at all times. ;-)
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk