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O J - 10 Jun 2004 18:31 GMT

Hi All,

Our home was built about thirty years ago, when fully paneled
interiors were in fashion here. This provides my boy Sumo (the Devil
Cat) a rare opportunity for an inside cat. Every kitty has a
particular behavior that they exhibit when they get really wound up
and Sumo is no different.

We have a straight shot of about forty five feet where he can
race from the back of the bedroom, down the hall, through the computer
room, into the living room, and up and around the right-angle
sofa-sectional like a banked track at a motor speedway.

When he has done this a few times, he will run straight at the
corner where the walls from the hallway and the laundry room meet and
run right up the paneling to the ceiling. He will hang there for a
few seconds, leap down to the floor, and continue tearing around the
house some more. He really makes a spectacle of himself, but at least
he does avoid trying to make high-speed course corrections on the
slippery kitchen floor.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

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Sherry - 10 Jun 2004 18:42 GMT

My grandcat would love your house. He can scale a door facing in nothing flat.
He'd love to be able to climb the walls too!

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Norm - 10 Jun 2004 20:18 GMT

> We have a straight shot of about forty five feet where he can
> race from the back of the bedroom, down the hall, through the computer
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> he does avoid trying to make high-speed course corrections on the
> slippery kitchen floor.

A sight to see, and memories of mine own Siamese who loved a Rya rug I
had on the wall - it was great fun to launch themselves down the
hallway, over the sofa and onto the rug and hang there. Unfortunately
with both of them the rug would come down!

--
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got." <via Nat King Cole

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Nik Simpson - 10 Jun 2004 21:10 GMT

Reminds me of two incidents...

First was Mojo's attempt hunt birds from his favourite sleeping spot by the
front window. He launched himself almost vertically then tried to hang on to
the fabric sunblind which was sadly inadquate to the task of holding up a
19Lb cat by his front claws. Result was two neat sets of claw marks for
about foot down the blind, and a very embarrassed cat.

Then there was Muddy (who is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.) A few
years ago I went for a two week safari in Tanzania and had to leave the cats
at cattery. Getting them there was a story in itself as catching three cats
who've sussed that something is not quite right is quite a job. Anyway, when
it came time for them to come home, a freind went to pick them up for me as
I wouldn't get back in time to collect them and I didn't want to leave them
for another night. Anyway, out come the cat baskets and Mojo and Emily
decide that this must mean they are about to be liberated and taken home, so
they go quietly into the baskets without any fuss. Muddy just sees another
cat basket and goes crazy, he climbs straight up a sheet rock wall leaving
deep claw marks until he gets to the top then he goes sideways until he's on
top of cupboard. At that point he makes it very clear that anybody who wants
to put him in cat basket better have good health insurance and up to date
tetanus shots :-) The cattery attendant chickened out and wouldn't go near
him so my friend had to deal with him, he says he's never seen a cat look
that mad :-)

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badwilson - 11 Jun 2004 03:31 GMT

OMG! That is too funny! I'd love to see that! I'd love for Vino to be
able to do that here, but the house isn't set up that way. I've already
told Dennis many times that when we build our own house, there must be one
carpeted wall for Vino...and a few carpeted beams near the
ceiling...and...;-)
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> Hi All,
>
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> Regards and Purrs,
> O J

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 11 Jun 2004 08:46 GMT

> We have a straight shot of about forty five feet where he can
> race from the back of the bedroom, down the hall, through the computer
> room, into the living room, and up and around the right-angle
> sofa-sectional like a banked track at a motor speedway.

> When he has done this a few times, he will run straight at the
> corner where the walls from the hallway and the laundry room meet and
> run right up the paneling to the ceiling. He will hang there for a
> few seconds, leap down to the floor, and continue tearing around the
> house some more.

He *hangs from the ceiling*?? Has he heard of "gravity"? Might he be
channeling Donald O'Connor? :)

Wow!

Joyce

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O J - 11 Jun 2004 12:41 GMT

On Fri, 11 June, Joyce wrote:

>He *hangs from the ceiling*?? Has he heard of "gravity"? Might he be
>channeling Donald O'Connor? :)
>
>Wow!
>
>Joyce

No silly! That only happens in cartoons. What he does is run up
an exterior corner so that he is on the outside of the corner. At
this point his claws face inward at a 90 degree angle. He really will
run up the paneling till he gets to the ceiling. He could touch it
with his nose if he cared to. Seeing him speed-climb the way he does,
I'd be surprised if he hadn't done just that once or twice.

You're post did have it's intended effect though -- I'm LOL as I
write this.

Regards and Giggles,
O J

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Kreisleriana - 11 Jun 2004 13:29 GMT

> > We have a straight shot of about forty five feet where he can
> > race from the back of the bedroom, down the hall, through the computer
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>
>Joyce

Maybe he was gene-splced with a fly! There was a movie about that. ;)

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