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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005It's amazing he's still alive
Really. It's amazing that Otis has lived to be nine based on his judgement. Besides all the ill-advised escaping that he's done and the number of times he's thus found himself lost ... ... tonight, I was working at my computer on the second floor. Otis was a little squirrly - seemed to want to go out. I was concentrating on my work when all the sudden Otis flung himself at the open window. He hit the screen and appeared surprised to have done so. AND LUCKY HIM. This part of the house happens to plunge straight down - no eaves, no first floor roof to slow the fall. What was he thinking??? Susan M Otis and Chester > Really. It's amazing that Otis has lived to be nine based on his judgement. > Besides all the ill-advised escaping that he's done and the number of times [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester You might be doing him a slight slight here. They did a study and found that cats needed a minimal amount of vertical height to be able to re-orient themselves during a fall. I can't remember the numbers but it's like a small fall was far more dangerous than a larger one if the feline could not re-orient its body during the fall. A second floor fall thought may not be enough if it's too low. Did you see the cat who jumped off the top of a telephone pole? About 40 feet and re-oriented and scampered off. That was one jump. There's a sweet spot in this, I don't mean it's linear and the taller the better, it has to be just so tall, not too tall and not too short. Okay, Otis does seem as though he's hit the wall a few too many times :) Chester > You might be doing him a slight slight here. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > A second floor fall thought may not be enough if it's too low. I've read this too. I'm just not eager to test it out though :-) Susan M Otis and Chester > slow the fall. What was he thinking??? Look mom, I can fly!!!  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> slow the fall. What was he thinking??? > > Look mom, I can fly!!! I think it might have been more like "I can't breathe, I can't take it, I'm going crazy, I've got to go OUT, I've GOT TO GO OUT, the room is spinning, help, help, HELP!!!!!!" Or, maybe nothing at all was going through his head :-) Susan M Otis and Chester > >> slow the fall. What was he thinking??? > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Or, maybe nothing at all was going through his head :-) Clifford (RB) was a devoted moth-er. We felt that we let him down by not having enough wool to protect. It did, however, take him several years to realize that when a moth flew over the stairwell, he was NOT able to fly after it. It was not that he leapt at the moths, but would hurl himself high into the air, apparently expecting to grow wings. His intelligence, wisdom, or both improved considerably with age. > Really. It's amazing that Otis has lived to be nine based on his judgement. > Besides all the ill-advised escaping that he's done and the number of times [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > the house happens to plunge straight down - no eaves, no first floor roof to > slow the fall. What was he thinking??? Oh my! Did you scrape yourself off the ceiling already? :oP SignatureMarina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Really. It's amazing that Otis has lived to be nine based on his >> judgement. Besides all the ill-advised escaping that he's done and the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Oh my! Did you scrape yourself off the ceiling already? :oP That's right - what a shock. It happened in slow motion. "Nooooooo Otttissssssss doooonnnn'tttttttt..." Whew! Susan M Otis and Chester |
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