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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004Unexpected thud? Look for a stunned cat.
I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever do the inside and outside at more or less the same time. So I don't find it completely amazing that my three year old, gosh, almost FOUR now, cat, Sally, should try to go outside through a closed window. Awww, poor little sausage! She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window sill.  SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk UNEMPLOYMENT: The usual alternative to overwork. Ooooooo. Ouch. Grant got carried away at a bird on the deck one day and tried to jump through the window. Owie. Karen > I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, > and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window > sill. Richard <Richard@pridge.uk.uk> had some very interesting things to say about Unexpected thud? Look for a stunned cat.: >I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, >and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window >sill. Poor kid. Hope she's OK. My bird still tends to fly into windows in an apartment he's lived in for a year and a half. He just does not seem to be able to master the concept of glass. :-) Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL Some people said things, and then:- Seanette Blaylock added >Richard <Richard@pridge.uk.uk> had some very interesting things to say >about Unexpected thud? Look for a stunned cat.: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Poor kid. Hope she's OK. Sure she is. She wasn't moving at top speed, just quick enough to produce a solid sounding thud. If she'd tried going through the window at the sort of speeds she usually travels through the cat flap then she might well have knocked herself out. >My bird still tends to fly into windows in an apartment he's lived in >for a year and a half. He just does not seem to be able to master the >concept of glass. :-) Flies are like that - they know how to fly in and then find it impossible to fly out again. SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk One cannot judge 'Lohengrin' from a first hearing, and I certainly do not intend to hear it a second time. [Rossini] >She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window >sill. I used to live in a place with floor to ceiling sliding patio doors along one wall of my living room. I had a pet door in the sliding door track but I'd sometimes leave the door open a foot. There were vertical blinds in front of it. My cat just had breakfast and was running around crazy because I had a friend over. He ran straight to the door at full speed thinking it was open. It was not. He ran into the glass and the entire 20' wide patio doors shook and shuddered for thirty seconds. He then slowly crawled face down through the cat door then laid face down in the enclosed patio. I went out there and said "Boots, are you okay?" and he went "mrrrrrrrrrrp." He stayed there for five minutes then slowly started walking around again. No swelling, cuts or bruises, just a bruised ego. After that I put a little decal on the window cat eyes high so he wouldn't run into the glass again. > >She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window > >sill. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > just a bruised ego. After that I put a little decal on the window cat eyes high > so he wouldn't run into the glass again. Oh my gosh!!! Poor Boots! Grant at least only had a little shake off to do. Aawww.....thank God he was just stunned for a few minutes and not hurt! Mine don't have the luxury of sliding glass doors - just windows. The windows I had were weird - there were little clips that you had to press in, in order for the window to go up or down. There were little tracks in the frame so when you let go of the clips, they would latch into the track. Eventually the clips break, and once the window is up, it won't go back down - all but one has been replaced. This is the only one that comes down of it's own accord. Tiny Shorty was lying on it one day enjoying the breeze, next thing I know the window came dropping down - thank God for quick kitty reflexes - just missed him by a fur. Now I use an old fashioned window screen to hold window up so it won't crash down on him again. Guess which window is scheduled to be replaced next year? That and the kitchen window which I am having a garden window put in - cats will LOVE that! Hoping my plants will survive. :) > >She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window > >sill. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > just a bruised ego. After that I put a little decal on the window cat eyes high > so he wouldn't run into the glass again. > >She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window > >sill. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > just a bruised ego. After that I put a little decal on the window cat eyes high > so he wouldn't run into the glass again. Ouch ouch ouch. Nikki gave me a scare once. I have a glass door to the balcony, and often keep the door open for the cats to go in and out on the glassed-in balcony. One evening, I had closed the door, because it was getting chilly. Nikki was in the litterbox when I did this, and after she had finished her business, she came careening through the flat and straight at the door!... She stopped with her nose an inch from the door. I almost had a heart attack that time. Another time she was out on the cat tree on the balcony, and a bird swooped close to the glass, and she tried to jump after it. Thud! SignatureMarina, missing Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > My cat just had breakfast and was running around crazy because I had a > friend over. He ran straight to the door at full speed thinking it was [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > He stayed there for five minutes then slowly started walking around again. > No swelling, cuts or bruises, just a bruised ego. Whew, what a scare that must have been! I would have been freaked out if one of my cats did that. Glad he was OK. > After that I put a little decal on the window cat eyes high > so he wouldn't run into the glass again. Did that work? Joyce > > My cat just had breakfast and was running around crazy because I > > had a friend over. He ran straight to the door at full speed [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Did that work? A former co-worker once told me about his experience with his Boston Bull Terrier. A neighbor's cat would come over and taunt his dog through the patio doors, and the dog would run the length of the apartment and thud into the glass. This happened every day; apparently the dog wasn't bright enough to learn that he couldn't run through a closed glass door. One day, however, the cat did this when the doors were open. The dog charged out onto the patio, stopped just short of the cat, and looked back at the doors with a puzzled expression, as if trying to figure out what was different. This gave the cat time to get over the fence. Given that the cat was larger than the dog, this was probably just as well for the dog. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > A former co-worker once told me about his experience with his Boston > Bull Terrier. A neighbor's cat would come over and taunt his dog [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > the cat time to get over the fence. Given that the cat was larger > than the dog, this was probably just as well for the dog. It sounds like this dog didn't have a lot upstairs to begin with, and I'm sure banging his head against the glass every day didn't help! Joyce >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >=n4Fm >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Very Funny! MLB Some people said things, and then:- Mary added >>She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window >>sill. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >just a bruised ego. After that I put a little decal on the window cat eyes high >so he wouldn't run into the glass again. LOL I've got a decal too - but it's for spiders in the bath. SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk Next Week: In a Blackpool competition Tony Blair will be buried in sand and the first kiddie to dig him up will get a thick ear. >I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, >and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window >sill. What are you doing on RPCA? I thought the post was familiar! SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 11 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 2 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- Some people said things, and then:- David Stevenson added >>So I don't find it completely amazing that my three year old, gosh, >>almost FOUR now, cat, Sally, should try to go outside through a closed >>window. Awww, poor little sausage! > > What are you doing on RPCA? I thought the post was familiar! I'm on my annual walkabout. What took you so long to spot me? SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk Jewish Telegram: "Begin worrying. Details to follow." >Some people said things, and then:- >David Stevenson added [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >I'm on my annual walkabout. What took you so long to spot me? Errr - dunno Brian. SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 11 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 2 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- Some people said things, and then:- David Stevenson added >>>>So I don't find it completely amazing that my three year old, gosh, >>>>almost FOUR now, cat, Sally, should try to go outside through a closed [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Errr - dunno Brian. You spelled brain wrong. SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk WHY MOTORCYCLES ARE BETTER THAN WOMEN If your motorcycle is too loose you can tighten it. > I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, > and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever > do the inside and outside at more or less the same time. Hmmm... you're *supposed* to clean the windows? Well that explains why there's less sunlight coming in... which is a good think during summer. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com Yeah, I thought all windows looked better with nose and paw prints. hehehehe Kristi Some people said things, and then:- Victor Martinez added >> I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, >> and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever >> do the inside and outside at more or less the same time. > >Hmmm... you're *supposed* to clean the windows? Well that explains why >there's less sunlight coming in... which is a good think during summer. Actually, for outside windows, there's usually a limit to how dirty they get. The variation being dependent on annual rainfall... SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk Syntax Error - Walking into a computer store and saying "Hi, I want to buy a computer and money is no object." >Some people said things, and then:- >Victor Martinez added [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Actually, for outside windows, there's usually a limit to how dirty >they get. The variation being dependent on annual rainfall... Yes, but you can still have dust accumulate on the inside... I need to take the storm window on my bathroom window off and clean it. The inside window is less than airtight, and, every time that I take a shower and the outside temperature is cool enough, the storm window fogs up. As a result, it has lots of dust, and probably its own micro-ecology as well. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria Some people said things, and then:- John F. Eldredge added >>Actually, for outside windows, there's usually a limit to how dirty >>they get. The variation being dependent on annual rainfall... > >Yes, but you can still have dust accumulate on the inside... Which is why I clean them once a year whether they need it or not. ;^) >I need to take the storm window on my bathroom window off and clean >it. The inside window is less than airtight, and, every time that I >take a shower and the outside temperature is cool enough, the storm >window fogs up. As a result, it has lots of dust, and probably its >own micro-ecology as well. You shouldn't say things like that in public - someone is sure to slap a restraining order while they work up a case for saving your ecology for posterity. Remember, bugs are people too. ;-) SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk He's also a master of the English language. He's the only bloke I know who can describe Pamela Anderson and Dolly Parton without using his hands! >On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 18:36:33 +0100, Richard <Richard@pridge.uk.uk> >wrote: [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >window fogs up. As a result, it has lots of dust, and probably its >own micro-ecology as well. Perhaps you should just take the window out every few months and turn it so the inside is out? SignatureDavid Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK <cat2@blakjak.com> Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 11 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 2 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- We have a dining room table with an all-glass top. One day we took the glass top off so we could move some furniture. While it was off, I saw Toby sizing up a jump onto the table, only to end up back on the floor with a severly bruised ego :-) Eugene Styer > I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, > and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window > sill. > We have a dining room table with an all-glass top. One day we took > the glass top off so we could move some furniture. While it was off, > I saw Toby sizing up a jump onto the table, only to end up back on > the floor with a severly bruised ego :-) My first car had a large black canvas sunroof that my parent's cat used to sleep because it got nice and warm on a sunny day. She felt the car was her "perch" because it was my mums car before I got it and she'd been sleeping on it for years. So imagine her surprise one day when she jumped up on the car only to find that I'd left the sunroof open... She was not pleased, especially as we'd all seen her loss of dignity and had the temerity to laugh! SignatureNik Simpson Some people said things, and then:- Eugene Styer added >We have a dining room table with an all-glass top. One day we took the glass >top off so we could move some furniture. While it was off, I saw Toby sizing up >a jump onto the table, only to end up back on the floor with a severly bruised >ego :-) LOL nice one. SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk The difference between psychoneurosis and plain old-fashioned nervousness is approximately seven hundred dollars. >We have a dining room table with an all-glass top. One day we took the >glass top off so we could move some furniture. While it was off, I saw >Toby sizing up a jump onto the table, only to end up back on the floor >with a severly bruised ego :-) What a mean trick. :) I have a coffee table with a glass top, and just for fun, I tried putting Betty on top of it, and she looked down with wide eyes like "Aaaaaahhhh!!! Nothing is holding is up!!!", and scrambled off. Normally though, we use the glass coffee table to play. I drag a toy along the surface, and Betty follows underneath, batting at the glass. It's neat looking at her from above. It's like looking at an underwater cat-shark going after its prey. circa Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:33:46 +0100, in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes, Richard (Richard@pridge.uk.uk) said, > I have to admit I don't clean my windows any more often than I have to, > and I clean the outside even less often, and it's very rare that I ever [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > She now CHECKS that the window is open before hopping onto the window > sill. I have glass-fronted bookcases and just adopted two cats from a family that was relocating to the UK. One of the new cats apparently thought that the bookcases had all those little pane separators (whatever they're called) for show, because she tried to jump into the bookcase the other day. The BONK sound when she hit the glass, followed by the thud as she hit the floor scared me to death. I was terrified that she'd hurt herself and was trying to figure out how to explain to her former family that I'd killed their cat within a week of having her. Fortunately, after a lick or two to cover her embarassment, she simply strolled away as if nothing had ever happened. :-) Laura SignatureExperience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. -Oscar Wilde > circa Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:33:46 +0100, in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes, > Richard (Richard@pridge.uk.uk) said, [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Laura Natasha is sure making herself at home! Nice to see you here Laura. Karen > The BONK sound when she hit the glass, > followed by the thud as she hit the floor scared me to death... > Fortunately, after a lick or two to cover her embarassment, she > simply strolled away as if nothing had ever happened. :-) It always amazes me how much abuse a cat's head can take when they are racing around and crashing into things head-on. Don't they get brain damage from all that bonking? Oh, wait - maybe that's why they're the way they are... Joyce "Laura R." <firstinitiallastname@technologist.com> wrote > I have glass-fronted bookcases and just adopted two cats from a > family that was relocating to the UK. One of the new cats apparently [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Fortunately, after a lick or two to cover her embarassment, she > simply strolled away as if nothing had ever happened. :-) Cats have remarkably hard heads. ;o) SignatureMarina, missing Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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