Sideways kitten

Silly question methinks, but do cats ever grow out of that sideways
kitten run? I ask because none of my adult cats have ever done it.
However my "kitten" who is easly the size of a small serval, spends a
good part of the day crashing through the house sideways with his fur
bristling like a rhodesian ridgeback. The sight of this huge cat
playing like a 3 month old kitten is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
He's grown so big he barely fits through the door head to sideways
tail.
Is this a lifelong behavior?
Thanks.

Silly question methinks, but do cats ever grow out of that sideways
kitten run? I ask because none of my adult cats have ever done it.
However my "kitten" who is easly the size of a small serval, spends a
good part of the day crashing through the house sideways with his fur
bristling like a rhodesian ridgeback. The sight of this huge cat
playing like a 3 month old kitten is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
He's grown so big he barely fits through the door head to sideways
tail.
Is this a lifelong behavior?
Thanks.

My grown up females don't do it anymore but my male still does (7 yrs old).
So maybe it's a playful, crazy male thing (?); Or maybe it depends on the
male -mine is pretty hyperactive and I don't see him slowing down any time
soon.

Anna

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Silly question methinks, but do cats ever grow out of that sideways
kitten run? I ask because none of my adult cats have ever done it.
However my "kitten" who is easly the size of a small serval, spends a
good part of the day crashing through the house sideways with his fur
bristling like a rhodesian ridgeback. The sight of this huge cat
playing like a 3 month old kitten is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
He's grown so big he barely fits through the door head to sideways
tail.
Is this a lifelong behavior?
Thanks.


We need to see this.

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Silly question methinks, but do cats ever grow out of that sideways
kitten run? I ask because none of my adult cats have ever done it.
However my "kitten" who is easly the size of a small serval, spends a
good part of the day crashing through the house sideways with his fur
bristling like a rhodesian ridgeback. The sight of this huge cat
playing like a 3 month old kitten is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
He's grown so big he barely fits through the door head to sideways
tail.
Is this a lifelong behavior?

For some cats, yes. I think it's a survival behavior - they tend to do
it when they are scared and puffed-up. I also think they play "scared"
for fun.

-L.

Oh, it's delightful. Sometimes when he's doing it through the doorway,
his tail touches the door and then he jumps about a foot. He's just
absurd. He also sleeps upside down with his legs straight in the air,
sits up like a prairie dog when he's trying to see something up high,
and tries to pull me out of the shower with his paws because he's
afraid the water will get me. I've had probably close to 15 cats in my
day and never one quite as ridiculous as him.

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Oh, it's delightful. Sometimes when he's doing it through the doorway,
his tail touches the door and then he jumps about a foot. He's just
absurd. He also sleeps upside down with his legs straight in the air,
sits up like a prairie dog when he's trying to see something up high,
and tries to pull me out of the shower with his paws because he's
afraid the water will get me. I've had probably close to 15 cats in my
day and never one quite as ridiculous as him.


Please. We need movies.