Comments on: Friday Cat Blogging

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:52:37 +0000

She was amazing to watch when she was on the hunt, Ellroon. There was no place she could go.

Ah, yes, OWL, the added height made possible by leaping to a picture frame, and then launching again.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 04:08:47 +0000

Oh-oh. I have a moth chasing cat, too. When I come home, sometimes, I find a certain painting askew or even fallen on the floor. Cute kittycat!

By: ellroon

ellroon — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:39:34 +0000

A kitty door percher. THAT takes real talent!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:17:26 +0000

Jen, that is an exterior door, and 1½ inches wide. She also would walk the top of my folding screen, which was half as thick, but she never sat down on it. She knew exactly how much of a jump she needed to reach her target at a dead stop. She jumped from the side and essentially sat down, rather that catching her front paws and pulling herself up.

That was a problem with Koshka, Steve, everything had to be in a cabinet, and you had to remember to close the doors. Brightly colored fish are a real attraction for cats. Good luck, and locate a replacement in a pet store [just in case].

Only if your grandmother is Irish or you were in the military, Andante, as far as I know.

By: andante

andante — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:46:36 +0000

Hang on a minute….you’re supposed to dust the tops of doors?

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 01:07:35 +0000

What a marvelous cat Koshka was; I know you must miss her. I’ve known one astonishing leaper in all my years around cats; they are a real rarity. Thanks for the pictures.

I’m over at Stella’s at the moment. She’s out of town for one more day, and I’m looking after Tabitha and Samantha… and, incidentally, the fish (a beautiful blue betta) that usually resides in Stella’s office at work. The fishbowl is atop the refrigerator, and Stella and I are depending very much on the fact that neither Samantha nor Tabitha can leap anywhere nearly that far.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:56:04 +0000

It’s so amazing that she would figure that out–I guess to her it was probably just a wierd kind of tree to climb, but it’s truly wonderous to me. Natural acrobat for sure. Beautiful!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:44:51 +0000

She was one off, Andante, and I was the only one whoever saw it because she hid whenever anyone else came over. My Mother only saw her in the carrier, as when she dropped by Koshka would evaporate.

By: andante

andante — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:23:20 +0000

My goodness….a door leaper & sitter. I’ve grown used to two overweight, lazy felines that have a hard time jumping several feet and I’ve forgotten how agile cats can be.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:55:30 +0000

Well, Jams, I hope your Kiska wasn’t as cold and rocky as the original. I used to fly off Shemya, which isn’t that far away on the chain. Actually calling her a “female cat”, even in Russian, was a bit of a cop out.