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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2004the zoomies
My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from zoomies. Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no designation. They just run like wild. They did this as kittens and I thought maybe it would cease with age, but no. They do it at least twice a day. Madness plus fun watching them. :) > My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from zoomies. > Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no > designation. They just run like wild. They did this as kittens and I > thought maybe it would cease with age, but no. They do it at least twice a > day. Madness plus fun watching them. :) Nanki-Poo does this after he's spent some time getting affectionate with the Cat Claws scratcher (with catnip). He does it two or three times a day. I think he's a catnip junkie. ;-) Joy lol! If my cats get catnip, which I do every weekend, they (2 males) start to fight. Nothing serious but they just lay on their sides and whip each other with their front legs. It is funny. Once in awhile, Casey will hiss but mostly they are just acting like they are drunk. I put the catnip on their scratching post. A floor post. They just lie on it and get catnip all over their long hair and play stupid for 30 minutes. Then, they always end up grooming each other and falling asleep. >> My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from >zoomies. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Joy Stinky still does it at nearly 14. I love to see it, it means he's still not slowing down. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Kreisleriana <kreisleriana2@yahoo.com> had some very interesting things to say about Re: the zoomies: >Stinky still does it at nearly 14. I love to see it, it means he's >still not slowing down. Felix has never been prone to that. Ava does it, OTOH. :-)  Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL >Kreisleriana <kreisleriana2@yahoo.com> had some very interesting >things to say about Re: the zoomies: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Felix has never been prone to that. Ava does it, OTOH. :-) And she's got WINGS! ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Stinky still does it at nearly 14. I love to see it, it means he's > still not slowing down. It's so nice to watch. Frank (17) and Nikki (16) both still do it. I'm glad I got them a bigger flat to do it in. :o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Stinky still does it at nearly 14. I love to see it, it means he's >> still not slowing down. > >It's so nice to watch. Frank (17) and Nikki (16) both still do it. I'm > >glad I got them a bigger flat to do it in. :o) Spicey (a youngin at nearly 2) does it too, I think its a happy healthy kittything. Suz Macmoosette =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= "People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") >My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from zoomies. >Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no >designation. They just run like wild. They did this as kittens and I >thought maybe it would cease with age, but no. They do it at least twice a >day. Madness plus fun watching them. :) Oh, we have all kinds of names for that. The Thundering Herd of Elephants. Bouncing Off The Walls, etc. Why don't you introduce yourself and your kitties? Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from > zoomies. Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and > have no designation. They just run like wild. They did this as > kittens and I thought maybe it would cease with age, but no. They do > it at least twice a day. Madness plus fun watching them. :) Persia gets the zoomies right after she's eaten in the morning or if she's trying to wake me up to tell me she should be fed, pronto. After a nice afternoon nap she starts playing with her mousies and crinkly mylar balls and then goes zooming around again. Jill > My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from zoomies. > Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no > designation. They just run like wild. They did this as kittens and I > thought maybe it would cease with age, but no. They do it at least twice a > day. Madness plus fun watching them. :) Harri sometimes gets the zoomies when we're on a walk. Today, for example. We're at a truck stop in Tonopah, AZ, with a lot of empty desert on either side of us. It was raining this afternoon, but about 4 PM it tapered off to a gentle drizzle, and Harri was REALLY bored (we've been waiting for a load since midnight last night). We went for our usual walk in the drizzle, and Harri seemed not to mind. There is a small gully with a bottom of soft sand that we crossed several times during our wandering. Each time we'd upon it Harri would hunker down in the middle of it, do the butt-twitch thing, and get the zoomies. She'd take off in one direction, run almost as far as the leash will let her get (just over 10 feet), come to a sudden stop, turn and zoom the other way, and repeat a few times. We came upon this little gully close to a dozen times, so by the time we finished our walk (just over an hour) she was one exhausted little kitten. I had brought along a dry towel in a plastic bag, so when it was time to return to the truck I picked her up in the towel and started drying her as we walked. By the time we got back to the truck she was darned near asleep! She napped while I ran into the truck stop to shower and do laundry. >> My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from zoomies. >> Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > darned near asleep! She napped while I ran into the truck stop to shower > and do laundry. Man, how cute is that?? >> My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from zoomies. >> Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > darned near asleep! She napped while I ran into the truck stop to shower > and do laundry. Sounds like she is a great companion. MLB > We came upon this little gully close to a dozen times, so by the time we > finished our walk (just over an hour) she was one exhausted little kitten. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > asleep! She napped while I ran into the truck stop to shower and do > laundry. It's just so nice to read your stories about Harri! What a cat, and what a great companion she must be to you. And your way of treating her: Excellent! There aren't many cats getting as much loving and care as Harri does. I'm looking forward to reading your next posting, Dan. Have a nice trip wherever you're going! Hans > It's just so nice to read your stories about Harri! What a cat, and what a > great companion she must be to you. And your way of treating her: Excellent! > There aren't many cats getting as much loving and care as Harri does. Which is too bad. I'm firmly convinced (as I'm sure just about everybody on this group is) that you can't give a kitty too much attention. And you're right, she is an excellent companion. I've never spent this much time with a kitty before (heck, I've never spent this much time with a human before!), so it does bring a whole new level of bonding to the relationship. > I'm looking forward to reading your next posting, Dan. Have a nice trip > wherever you're going! > > Hans Thank you, Hans! Our next trip is a fairly short run, from just outside Phoenix, AZ to El Paso, TX (right on the Mexican border). I made that run a lot during the weeks I was trying to get up north to pick up Harri, so it will be a refreshing change to do it with feline company for a change. Dan > We came upon this little gully close to a dozen times, so by the time we > finished our walk (just over an hour) she was one exhausted little [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > darned near asleep! She napped while I ran into the truck stop to shower > and do laundry. Aww! She sounds like the perfect trucking buddy. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Dan, did you ever see that segment on Animal Planet about the trucker who had a cat? I think about it every time I read about you & Harri. The neat spin on the story was that his cat needed a kidney transplant to live, so they took a cat from animal control (I believe it was scheduled for euthanasia)....for a donor. Then he adopted the donor kitty, and now both cats go with him in the truck. Sherry > Dan, did you ever see that segment on Animal Planet about the trucker who had a > cat? I think about it every time I read about you & Harri. The neat spin on the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sherry No, I haven't seen that. But I'd love to! Dan > We went for our usual walk in the drizzle, and Harri seemed not to mind. > There is a small gully with a bottom of soft sand that we crossed [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > will let her get (just over 10 feet), come to a sudden stop, turn and > zoom the other way, and repeat a few times. I would love to be on a trip and run into you and Harri at a rest stop. How cute that would be!! Joyce > I would love to be on a trip and run into you and Harri at a rest stop. > How cute that would be!! > > Joyce I've had kittens before and have always enjoyed it, but the different environment of travelling with one makes the experience so much different. Spending so much time together, and the unusual aspect doing kitten walks in different places every day make my time with Harri fascinating. And I suspect that folks who observe the kitten walks get a kick out of it too! Today we return to Buckeye, AZ and pickup a load that delivers in the early AM tomorrow in El Paso. Dan >> I would love to be on a trip and run into you and Harri at a rest stop. >> How cute that would be!! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >fascinating. And I suspect that folks who observe the kitten walks get a >kick out of it too! I can't help thinking about what could happen if she got a case of the zoomies in the truck cab. I imagine something like wild electrons bouncing around. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > I can't help thinking about what could happen if she got a case of the > zoomies in the truck cab. I imagine something like wild electrons > bouncing around. ;) Actually, you're not far off! She doesn't do it often, but she does sometimes get in-cab zoomies. She runs from one end of the sleeper to the other, leaps onto the passenger seat, down into her litter box, jumps onto my leg (claws out, of course), scales my leg, jumps to the top of my seat, leaps into the overhead compartment, jumps to the other side, back down onto the passenger seat, jumps back into the sleeper, and does it all over again. > I had brought along a dry towel in a plastic bag, so when it was time to return to the truck I picked her up in the towel and started drying her as we walked. By the time we got back to the truck she was darned near asleep! She napped while I ran into the truck stop to shower and do laundry. She is such a sweet kitty. Suz Macmoosette =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= "People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > My cats are 9 years old and are indoor-only. They suffer from zoomies. > Zoomies is when they start to zoom from room to room and have no > designation. They just run like wild. They did this as kittens and I > thought maybe it would cease with age, but no. They do it at least twice a > day. Madness plus fun watching them. :) That's a great name for it. =o) Francesca and Nina frequently get the zoomies. Of course, Nina's just a baby, and her mother's still almost a kitten herself. =o) Melissa |
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