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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2006Are cats psychic? (psychotic?)
My Dusty ... it's very strange (the situation, that is)... it seems she can anticipate my every move. If I get up to go to the bathroom ... she is two steps AHEAD of me ... if I get up to go to the kitchen ... two steps AHEAD of me ... leading the way ... kind following me ... in reverse(?) The strangest thing is ... occassionally when my back is bothering me I'll jump into a hot bath with ... of course ... Dusty sitting on the side of the tub watching over me. Ever since she was a kitten we played a bathtub game where I squeeze my fist real fast and water squirts out of my hand, and she 'catches' it with her paw. She loves that game ... Every once in a while I would cup some water in my hand and pour it on her just to mess with her (cuz if you can't MESS with cats' heads, then what's life all about?) ... she would, of course, get pissed and jump down for a minute ... then be right back for more play ... And now it seems like if I just THINK about pouring water on her ... she lets out a little chirp (yelling at me) and jumps down. I don't know if it's just some very subtle move that I might make which she then recognizes or what ... but she sure seems to KNOW what I am THINKING about doing ... Maybe I should have named her Claire? (voyant) ... > My Dusty ... it's very strange (the situation, that is)... it seems she > can anticipate my every move. If I get up to go to the bathroom ... she [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Maybe I should have named her Claire? (voyant) ... Maybe psychic, maybe just really attuned to subtleties of body language and movement, plus our patterns of behavior. They are hunters after all, it pays to know your "prey". Your water game sounds cute! I had a desktop fountain that squirted water up in various patterns that the cats were enthralled by. Unfortunately it leaked, so I had to return it. -Caroline S. (snip) >(cuz if you can't MESS with cats' heads, then >what's life all about?) Well said. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War Hehehe, my uncle has this ginger cat that showed up a few years ago. My uncle is allergic to a lot of things, including cats and has bad asthma. He didn't want this cat to keep hanging around, so one day when the cat was wandering around the back door, looking for a way to get in, my uncle took a cup of water and threw it and hit the cat full in the face with the water, thinking it would scare the cat away. The cat jumped back, ran a few steps, shook his head vigorously, and then the little bugger came back for more!!! He's strictly outdoors, but likes to keep my uncle's yard as his domain. My uncle has named him Goofball. Once Goofball was sunning himself while my uncle was watering the yard with a hose. you see what's coming? He just aimed a little squirt in Goofballs direction, and got him good, and it was enough to make Goofball levitate a few feet. and after he had recovered, go back to sunning himself, but with a sneaky eye on my uncle. Silly cat. Whenever i get a chance to relax in a hot bath, it's only a matter of time before i see the door nudged open and a pair of paws on the edge of the tub. It's usually Mischief, with a WTH look. Kristi > Hehehe, my uncle has this ginger cat that showed up a few years ago. > My uncle is allergic to a lot of things, including cats and has bad [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Silly cat. LOL! > Whenever i get a chance to relax in a hot bath, it's only a matter of > time before i see the door nudged open and a pair of paws on the edge > of the tub. It's usually Mischief, with a WTH look. I just took a shower, and as always, Caliban sat just outside the shower curtain and every now and then stuck a paw or his face around the curtain. I think he's trying to protect Meowmie from the evil waddermonsters. This boy is just fascinated by water. He never tires of watching the toilet flush. He hangs with his paws over the edge of the bowl and tries to catch the water as it's swirling away. I never dare to leave the lid open, because I'm quite sure he would eventually fall in. Here he is at his favourite pastime: http://tinyurl.com/7ryrv He's even bigger now, so his whole front end hangs into the bowl when he's at his hobby. ;o) I'm a bit worried about how he'll react on the island this summer. I hope he doesn't jump into the sea.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I just took a shower, and as always, Caliban sat just outside the shower > curtain and every now and then stuck a paw or his face around the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > he's at his hobby. ;o) I'm a bit worried about how he'll react on the > island this summer. I hope he doesn't jump into the sea. Pua has a water fascination as well! Every morning when I get up, if I don't immediately get her a fresh bowl of water, she screams at me in her weird, little meezer voice. Once I put the bowl down, she consumes half of it and she's happy. (I have to do this *before* I take my morning pee.) Then she follows me to the bathroom to carefully watch me pee and as soon as I hit the "flusher" she jumps up to the rim to watch the water swish and swirl. Then I have to close the lid completely, so that she doesn't jump into the toilet bowl. The next part of her daily routine is a leap into the tub to lick the dripping water from the tub drain - our bathtub spiggot leaks, no matter how much my hubby has tried to fix it. It's like a mini waterfall to Pua and as such, she's almost always playing in the tub. Her little paws get all wet, so when she crawls out of the tub, I get little kitty footprints all over the bathroom floor. It's never boring around here. :~) kili >> I just took a shower, and as always, Caliban sat just outside the shower >> curtain and every now and then stuck a paw or his face around the [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > kili can i see pics of your meezer girl?? i got my first two meezers this year; I wanted one all my life, so when I got the chance I got two! They are the first cats my hubby has actually liked, he is a d++ person, but you can't resist meezers.....I would love to see pics of yours! > can i see pics of your meezer girl?? i got my first two meezers this year; I > wanted one all my life, so when I got the chance I got two! They are the > first cats my hubby has actually liked, he is a d++ person, but you can't > resist meezers.....I would love to see pics of yours! Sure! I've got pix of her in a couple of places... http://www.catster.com/?183929 http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ahuihou.geo/my_photos In Yahoo, you can click on my "animals" album to see various pix of all the kids or just on "new kids". Pua came to me as a starving stray back in August last year. She was so starving she could hardly walk and she didn't have much fur due to a bad ringworm problem in addition to the lack of nutrition. I've turned her completely around. She's a wonderful, sweet little girl and I just adore her. kili >> can i see pics of your meezer girl?? i got my first two meezers this >> year; [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > kili Oh, poor little girl!! That's wonderful that you took her in. I cannot understand how people can do that to such lovely animals. I don't know if I ever will. I looove your cats (who am I kidding? I love every cat I see! I would happily take home the whole rspca.....) I love your two little tuxies they are soooo cute!! I want a tuxie one day......if I can convince hubby.....Your meezer girl looks like a red point Balinese cross. She is a stunner, and it's great to see her looking so healthy. Looks like a backyard breeder product to me :( I'm so glad you took her in. I think I'll have to join Catster, it looks like fun!! A site just for cats!! > >> can i see pics of your meezer girl?? i got my first two meezers this > >> year; [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > breeder product to me :( I'm so glad you took her in. I think I'll have to > join Catster, it looks like fun!! A site just for cats!! Catster IS fun and they've got another site called d*gster. It's all free! Thanks for the kind words on my kids; they bring so much happiness into our house. I'm so lucky to have a husband who likes cats! Do you really think Pua is a red point Balinese cross? How can you tell? What are the distinguishable features? kili >> >> can i see pics of your meezer girl?? i got my first two meezers this >> >> year; [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > kili Well, my boy is a red point, I believe it's called flame point. Your girl probably had one parent who was a red point Balines/Siamese with a touch of the 'silver' gene. I can tell this because her tail has no barring as red points often do. The reason I am thinking she may be Balinese is that they are often a bit rounder in head shape than Siamese, with smaller ears. It's possible she is Siamese cross, and takes after the non-siamese parent, but I am guessing balinese as she is stockier, and also looks like she has 'Balinese' type fur, which is softer and tends to be silky instead of fluffy like other longhairs. Whatever she is, she's lovely!! > >> Oh, poor little girl!! That's wonderful that you took her in. I cannot > >> understand how people can do that to such lovely animals. I don't know if [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > 'Balinese' type fur, which is softer and tends to be silky instead of fluffy > like other longhairs. Whatever she is, she's lovely!! Thanks for the info. She does have some almost non-existant tan stripes on her tail, so I don't know what she really is other than gorgeous. Her fur is completely different than that of my tuxedos. Their fur is shiney and glossy whereas Pua's is longer and thicker; you pet her and you're covered. I had no idea her fur would be that thick, because as I said, when she found us, her fur was so sparsely thin you could see right through it. Not anymore! :~) kili >> >> Oh, poor little girl!! That's wonderful that you took her in. I cannot >> >> understand how people can do that to such lovely animals. I don't know [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > kili It's lovely when that happens!! I was remarking to DH yesterday how much healthier Jasmine looks now; it's a few months off a year since she came to us, and she is healthy, and shiny, and feels 'solid' when you pick her up. She still has the kink in her tail where it was broken, and a scar on her nose (and a really bad attitude) but she is going back to her playful old self since desexing. She scared the living daylights out of mango this morning by trying to play with him! He is used to her trying to attack! and she bowled him over too, which I think insulted his dignity! > It's lovely when that happens!! I was remarking to DH yesterday how much > healthier Jasmine looks now; it's a few months off a year since she came to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > morning by trying to play with him! He is used to her trying to attack! and > she bowled him over too, which I think insulted his dignity! LOL! So nice to hear that Jasmine is reverting to her playful self. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> It's lovely when that happens!! I was remarking to DH yesterday how much >> healthier Jasmine looks now; it's a few months off a year since she came [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > LOL! So nice to hear that Jasmine is reverting to her playful self. Yes it's very nice!! Especially as she has people to play with now; she used to try and play with me as if I was a cat. It used to hurt! So now she looks like she is relaxing and having fun, after the move, then having kittens, new cats, etc. It's REALLY freaking out the other cats though.....which is hilarious to watch; they are all looking at her like 'have you gone MAD mum?' and the Siamese, poor fragile little dears, are having their dignity offended on a regular basis! I think they consider Jasmine 'rather rough, my dear' but I think they're just being bad sports as they know she is the boss, and could bap them silly if she felt like it!! Having six cats is so much fun, I'd go mad without them!! <SNIP> but she sure seems to KNOW what I am > THINKING about doing ... > > Maybe I should have named her Claire? (voyant) ... Simply a good communication line with the Mothership. 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