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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2007I'm a giant bird!!
I finally got the Africam to work, and it's driving Baby Eyes wild! She's been racing around looking for the birds, and, not finding any, she has apparently decided that *I* am a giant bird, and she's pretending to eat me. I kid you not! As cute as she always is, this is the cutest thing I've ever seen her do. She walks up to me and asks for pettins, which of course she gets, but in the middle of it she takes hold of my hand with her mouth and starts "killing" it. If you've ever watched a cat eating prey they have just killed, you've seen this type of chewing, where they rip off a piece of meat and then turn the head kind of sideways, and narrow the eyes, and chew. This is what Baby Eyes has been doing to my hand, over and over again. The part where she rips a piece of meat (off my hand) is done very, very gently. And after she has "eaten" a few bites of me, she stops "eating" and spends a minute or so licking my hand as if to make amends for pretending to tear it to shreds. At one point I had to use both hands for something else, so she started doing the same thing to my knee. And any of the other cats who've come around since she got into this mood have also been "killed and eaten". It's like the sounds of the birds from the Africam have awakened the sleeping lion. I'm a giant bird!! by "Pat" <patricia251.catlitter@centurytel.net> Jan 5, 2007 at 02:10 AM I finally got the Africam to work, and it's driving Baby Eyes wild! She's been racing around looking for the birds, and, not finding any, she has apparently decided that *I* am a giant bird, and she's pretending to eat me. I kid you not! As cute as she always is, this is the cutest thing I've ever seen her do. She walks up to me and asks for pettins, which of course she gets, but in the middle of it she takes hold of my hand with her mouth and starts "killing" it. If you've ever watched a cat eating prey they have just killed, you've seen this type of chewing, where they rip off a piece of meat and then turn the head kind of sideways, and narrow the eyes, and chew. This is what Baby Eyes has been doing to my hand, over and over again. The part where she rips a piece of meat (off my hand) is done very, very gently. And after she has "eaten" a few bites of me, she stops "eating" and spends a minute or so licking my hand as if to make amends for pretending to tear it to shreds. At one point I had to use both hands for something else, so she started doing the same thing to my knee. And any of the other cats who've come around since she got into this mood have also been "killed and eaten". It's like the sounds of the birds from the Africam have awakened the sleeping lion. _ _ _ _ _ LOL! Elisabet > I finally got the Africam to work, and it's driving Baby Eyes wild! She's > been racing around looking for the birds, and, not finding any, she has > apparently decided that *I* am a giant bird, and she's pretending to eat me. > I kid you not! Makes me remember our dearest RB girls Fugazi and Isis who used to watch telly and one day were watching a wildlife documentary when the picture came up suddenly of a Golden Eagle! They both jumped and ran for it! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> I finally got the Africam to work, and it's driving Baby Eyes wild! >> She's been racing around looking for the birds, and, not finding [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Slave of the Fabulous Furballs They weren't daft. ;-)  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > Makes me remember our dearest RB girls Fugazi and Isis who used to > watch telly and one day were watching a wildlife documentary when the > picture came up suddenly of a Golden Eagle! They both jumped and ran > for it! Frank once watched a small bird on a wildlife show. It was walking on the ground. When it took flight, Frank tried to jump after it. Then he went behind the TV to look for it. Some claim that cats don't see what's on the TV screen, but that proved to me they do see it perfectly well. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. 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 >> Makes me remember our dearest RB girls Fugazi and Isis who used to >> watch telly and one day were watching a wildlife documentary when the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > behind the TV to look for it. Some claim that cats don't see what's on the > TV screen, but that proved to me they do see it perfectly well. Yes, Holly sometimes watches and reacts to the TV. It also depends on what is on the screen. In other words, not every movement will attract her, but pictures of birds (and sometimes other animals) will. That is especially true when it is on the little TV beside my computer monitor because she sits right beside my keyboard and therefore is close to the screen. MaryL >>> Makes me remember our dearest RB girls Fugazi and Isis who used to >>> watch telly and one day were watching a wildlife documentary when the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > true when it is on the little TV beside my computer monitor because she sits > right beside my keyboard and therefore is close to the screen. Oh! I just remembered! Miranda isn't interested in wildlife shows (except sometimes if there are birds chirping, and then she's attracted to the sound, not the image), but around Yule I stumbled on her favourite show by accident. I was channel-surfing, and came upon a children's program with two very simply drawn stick men that were just walking along, going up or down escalators, etc. Miranda was fascinated! But then, she loves string, and maybe the stick figures looked to her like moving string. It was so funny, she sat right up with her nose against the screen and tilted her head this way and that. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. 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 > Frank once watched a small bird on a wildlife show. It was walking on > the ground. When it took flight, Frank tried to jump after it. Then he > went behind the TV to look for it. Some claim that cats don't see what's > on the TV screen, but that proved to me they do see it perfectly well. Cats definitely see what's on TV. (And the computer screen, too!) Dogs might not see TV quite as well, so maybe that's what some people are thinking of. I get such a kick out of watching one of my cats get riveted to the TV. Usually it happens when I'm watching a show about cats. Which reminds me, I taped a program from Animal Planet last night called "Growing Up Black Leopard". This is one of a series of shows (called "Growing Up <various animals>"), and it's usually about an orphaned baby, or a baby that needed to be separated from its mother for some reason, being hand-raised by humans in their home, usually a married couple and family. The show is taped over several months' time, so as the hour-long program progresses, you see the animal getting bigger and bigger. I started the taping at the beginning of the show, when the baby leopard was about 6 weeks old. He was so adorable - about the size of a regular adult house cat - but with the carriage and demeanor of a kitten. A giant, very clumsy kitten, with a giant sense of entitlement and ownership of the world. Think I'll go watch it now... :) Joyce My sweet Jazz (RB) used to watch Xena: Warrior Princess with me and everytime she threw her chakram (it's like a boomerang and always flew back to her) Jazz would jump up off the sofa from where we were watching and chase it. We have surround sound so he followed the sound go from the front to the back and look behind the sofa so he could pick it up and bring it back to Xena. He loved her. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time. >> Makes me remember our dearest RB girls Fugazi and Isis who used to >> watch telly and one day were watching a wildlife documentary when the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > behind the TV to look for it. Some claim that cats don't see what's on the > TV screen, but that proved to me they do see it perfectly well. > My sweet Jazz (RB) used to watch Xena: Warrior Princess with me > and everytime she threw her chakram (it's like a boomerang and always > flew back to her) Jazz would jump up off the sofa from where we > were watching and chase it Fugazi aka Gaz (RB) loved car chases to the point where if she was asleep anywhere and we called out "Gaz! Vroom-wrooms!" She would come and see the car chase Her favourite film was the "Blues Brothers": lotsa vroom-vroom chases in that Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > Fugazi aka Gaz (RB) loved car chases to the point where if she was > asleep anywhere and we called out "Gaz! Vroom-wrooms!" She would come > and see the car chase > Her favourite film was the "Blues Brothers": lotsa vroom-vroom chases > in that That's amazing!! Joyce > That's amazing!! She was an amazing cat. People told me she was just staring at the screen but I remember during that film, there's a scene where a car flies high into the air and then comes back down (I think it's that hilarious moment where the neo-Nazi leader's assistant turns to him and says "I just want you to know I've always loved you") and Gaz's head would follow the car going up and coming down I think cats do interact with the telly. Mick (alas himself RB) had a cat called Sam who used to sit on top of the telly and watch the snooker and as there would be a shot of the ball heading to the pocket a paw would come down to try and snatch the ball. Sarsi as a kitten went mad during Wimbledon chasing the tennis ball on the screen also when the picture changed she looked behind the telly to try and work out where the people had gone Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> That's amazing!! >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >the screen also when the picture changed she looked behind the telly to >try and work out where the people had gone My parents once had a cat who would paw at the screen when galloping horses were shown, apparently trying to catch them. 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 > That's amazing!! She was an amazing cat. People told me she was just staring at the screen but I remember during that film, there's a scene where a car flies high into the air and then comes back down (I think it's that hilarious moment where the neo-Nazi leader's assistant turns to him and says "I just want you to know I've always loved you") and Gaz's head would follow the car going up and coming down I think cats do interact with the telly. Mick (alas himself RB) had a cat called Sam who used to sit on top of the telly and watch the snooker and as there would be a shot of the ball heading to the pocket a paw would come down to try and snatch the ball. Sarsi as a kitten went mad during Wimbledon chasing the tennis ball on the screen also when the picture changed she looked behind the telly to try and work out where the people had gone Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >At one point I had to use both hands for something else, so she started >doing the same thing to my knee. And any of the other cats who've come >around since she got into this mood have also been "killed and eaten". > >It's like the sounds of the birds from the Africam have awakened the >sleeping lion. That's so funny! She's such a funny cat. But the really funny thing is that we can talk about entire families being "killed and eaten" and find it cute and adorable. I wish I could also experience getting killed and eaten. But in the adorable pretend way of course, not in the Mutual of Omaha way. > I wish I could also experience getting killed and eaten. But in the > adorable pretend way of course, not in the Mutual of Omaha way. You would need a cat who's nutty in precisely the same way as Baby Eyes is, and I'm not sure you could find one, except by the remotest chance accident, that started off being hand-raised along with one other kitten by a single female horse farmer who's also nutty in a certain specific manner and has a kitten-hating female onlycat and two very goofy dogs. But I fear that even if you did find such a cat, there is no guarantee it would ever pretend to kill and eat you.
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