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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005Any other 'startled jumpers'?
I know that some might think it's 'cruel', but as a true 'cat person' I absolutely HAVE to play on this 'idiosynchrosy'(?) of my boy, Oreo - I think it's a cat companion LAW to F**K with their heads. I discovered that, if I sit quietly watching TV, with all the lights off, and Oreo comes creeping into the living room, often he sees something on the floor (like maybe a shoe) that, if it's out of place in the room, it will (always) kind of of 'peak' his 'primal curiosity'. He will spot it, and SLOWLY approach it ... while I quietly wait, he moves as close as he can to it,while, of course, maintaining a 'SAFE' distance ... he cocks his head about 90 degrees ... then will slowly reach out with one paw to carefully touch it ... I will then (sometimes with PURRFECT timing) just move my foot (usually just a FRACTION of an inch) and at the same time make the "P-S-S-S-S-S-S-T" sound. And, I am sad to say (well, not really sad), this poor cat will SPRING into the air. I swear I can get about 3-1/2 feet outta him (with pretty good 'hang time'). I gotta admit, it is FREAKIN HILARIOUS - sometimes coffee comes outta my nose (oddly enough I will be drinking Pepsi at the time). What's even more funny (more funnier?), if he leaps, then comes back down and hits the floor and hits SOMETHING ELSE on the floor (bubble pack is a great invention), he will spring into the air AGAIN. I've gotten FOUR good bounces outta him. I think I'll change his name to Tigger.. Poor thing is gonna need Kitty Xanex(?) ... but I can't help it ... I just GOTTA do it. Am I just PURE EVIL? Don't answer that ... John R Oh don't feel bad, I do that to Mischief all the time There the empty Nilla Wafer cookie box that was on the living room floor that she was investigating. And shs didn't see my foot inch close behind it When it suddenly moved forward she jumped a good 2 feet, turned around and smacker headfirst into the floorlength mirror nearby. hehehehehe I also have this elastic thingy that I put ick packs in to ice my back and jsut the other day she was looking at it when it was on the floor. You could almost see the question mark above her head. Then it suddenly moved and she levitated. I was laughing, and she walked off with her tail flicking in big "HMPH!!" hehehehehe Kristi > I also have this elastic thingy that I put ick packs in to ice my back Well, I too would wonder why you're putting icky stuff on your back... >> I also have this elastic thingy that I put ick packs in to ice my back > > Well, I too would wonder why you're putting icky stuff on your back... rofl!! > I know that some might think it's 'cruel', but as a true 'cat person' > I absolutely HAVE to play on this 'idiosynchrosy'(?) of my boy, Oreo [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > John R I do this all the time. It's really funny when their back end lands further away than the front - they've spun in mid leap. Once back when we only had Tennessee, Smokey & Ivy (RB2002), we had a remote control car that we had been playing with in the house. We had let it stop near a corner of the coffee table. It was still turned on. The tiny little flag on the antenna was still wobbly. Three cats approaced, from three different directions. Right when they get to the point where their noses are almost touching it, DH touches a control on the remote just the slightest. RC car moves a fraction of an inch. Three cats jump up about 3 feet straight up, then collide mid-air in a mad cap- er, cat scramble to get away from the eveil machine that wants to hunt them. I only wish the camcorder had been running. --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep >> I know that some might think it's 'cruel', but as a true 'cat person' >> I absolutely HAVE to play on this 'idiosynchrosy'(?) of my boy, Oreo [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > cap- er, cat scramble to get away from the eveil machine that wants to hunt > them. I only wish the camcorder had been running. We had a plastic jumpy frog. My cat Sooty (RB) couldn't resist it, but everytime you made it hop, you got an equal and opposite reaction from Sooty. Still, he always came back for more. > We had a plastic jumpy frog. My cat Sooty (RB) couldn't resist it, but > everytime you made it hop, you got an equal and opposite reaction from > Sooty. Still, he always came back for more. Hee. One weekend years ago I was staying at my parents' house while they were out of town; I'd come to take care of their animals while they were gone, and of course had brought Mikey with me. We opened the door early Sunday morning and all came trooping out onto the patio - me, dogs Mack and Ziggy, and cats Patty and Mike. As soon as we were out the door, a snake fell from the sky and landed right in front of us. (Seriously, I still don't know where it came from.) It was not a happy snake; it was writhing around and biting at itself and generally didn't seem to be doing well at all. I thought maybe a raptor bird had dropped the snake and it was dying, but I couldn't find anything I might use to put it out of its misery. I herded all the intensely curious animals back inside, found a big mixing bowl, and popped it over the snake to contain it before letting the four-legs back out to relieve their bursting bladders. Everyone nosed around the bowl, then went about their business. Everyone but Mike, who couldn't resist that snake. It was only a short time before the snake perked up, stopped writhing and striking itself, and took lively umbrage at Mikey's interest. Mike would sloooowly approach the bowl. The snake would strike at Mike, slamming into the clear glass dome of the bowl. Mike would leap straight in the air, about 4 feet up and 3 feet back, then immediately begin again slooowly approaching the bowl. This went on all day long. :-D Late that afternoon, parents on the way home and petsitting duties done, I scooped up my exhausted kitty and went back home to my own house, leaving the snake for my dad to deal with and a note to that effect. Mr. Mighty Snake Hunter slept all the way home. ------ Krista >> We had a plastic jumpy frog. My cat Sooty (RB) couldn't resist it, > but [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > out the door, a snake fell from the sky and landed right in front of > us. (Seriously, I still don't know where it came from.) Yikes, Krista! Given the part of the country you're it, it could well have been poisonous. Glad it didn't "get" anyone. Great story, Sam > Yikes, Krista! Given the part of the country you're it, it could well have > been poisonous. Glad it didn't "get" anyone. > > Great story, > Sam Thanks, Sam. This is one of my favorite memories of Mikey; he had a great time bouncing around that snake. :-) ------ Krista > I know that some might think it's 'cruel', but as a true 'cat person' I > absolutely HAVE to play on this 'idiosynchrosy'(?) of my boy, Oreo - I [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > John R I must admit, as a younger person, I have done this with my cats. But I have matured past it now. It's kind of hard to resist, but it seems the right thing to do. (It is awful funny.) > Am I just PURE EVIL? No, quite the contrary. You're making sure your cat gets the proper exercise. He'll live longer because of all this. I do the same for my Mindy.  SignatureSteve > I know that some might think it's 'cruel', but as a true 'cat person' I > absolutely HAVE to play on this 'idiosynchrosy'(?) of my boy, Oreo - I [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > John R LOL!! It is awfully hard to control the impulse, isn't it? The funniest cat incident I ever witnessed happened one night as I was coming home from work a few years ago. I was literally in the doorway with the front door still open and Pan and his then companion Izzy(RB) were doing the "in and out dance in their indecision between taking a pee outside and getting fed supper right away. Pan was deciding he was hungry and was on his way in, while Izzy decided the big outdoors was worth another sniff when they literally collided in mid-air on the threshhold. There was a tremendous but brief outbreak in which both cats were obviously telling one another "Look where you're going, you oaf!" After supper, they split for opposite sides of the living room and avoided one another for the rest of the evening. =o) I still giggle about it. Melissa Another good game is played with the dvd player. We noticed the cats getting very curious since we used the remote to open the disc drawer. Soon my husband was opening and shutting it just to watch the cats jump back in suprise! SignatureSandra >LOL!! It is awfully hard to control the impulse, isn't it? The funniest cat >incident I ever witnessed happened one night as I was coming home from work [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Melissa LOL DOn't you love it? When Mimi finally decided she could tolerate Stinky, they had a kind of Laurel and Hardy or Three Stooges thing they always did. Mimi was always saying "Why you nincompoop!" or "This is another fine mess you've gotten us into!" ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com [[LOL!! It is awfully hard to control the impulse, isn't it? The funniest cat incident I ever witnessed happened one night as I was coming home from work a few years ago. I was literally in the doorway with the front door still open and Pan and his then companion Izzy(RB) were doing the "in and out dance in their indecision between taking a pee outside and getting fed supper right away. Pan was deciding he was hungry and was on his way in, while Izzy decided the big outdoors was worth another sniff when they literally collided in mid-air on the threshhold. There was a tremendous but brief outbreak in which both cats were obviously telling one another "Look where you're going, you oaf!" After supper, they split for opposite sides of the living room and avoided one another for the rest of the evening. =o) I still giggle about it.]] LMHO! You reminded me of an episode between Melody and Harmony (both RB, sad to say) when they were kittens. I hadn't had them long, and they were still getting used to one another and to me, so they tended to keep some space between themselves. I had a tennis ball. I also had a guitar case which was standing on its side on the living room floor, as I'd recently used the guitar. I started to bounce and catch the tennis ball, to see what the cats would do. I happened to be standing near one end of the guitar case, at the time. Melody crept along one side of the guitar case to stalk the tennis ball. I could see her do that little hip-wiggle maneuver as she prepared to pounce. Unbenownst to her, and unaware that Melody was nearby in stalk mode, Harmony crept along the OTHER side of the guitar case to hunt the tennis ball. Harmony also also wiggled her hips in preparation for a leap. Both cats pounced simultaneously. They also ran DIRECTLY into one another, head-on. Thoroughly startled by having been, apparently, attacked by the other cat, they each ran in opposite directions. I don't know when I've laughed so hard. :o) Poor kitties. > Both cats pounced simultaneously. They also ran DIRECTLY into one another, > head-on. Thoroughly startled by having been, apparently, attacked by the > other cat, they each ran in opposite directions. > > I don't know when I've laughed so hard. :o) Poor kitties. OMG! That's hilarious. I'd love to se avideo of that. Katz > LMHO! You reminded me of an episode between Melody and Harmony (both RB, > sad to say) when they were kittens. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > I don't know when I've laughed so hard. :o) Poor kitties. I think that goes the door collision story one better. =o) ROFL! Cats are so funny when they screw up, and they try to act nonchalant when they see we've noticed and that we're laughing at them. =o) From their perspective, it must have seemed like they were being attacked by the other cat. Melissa > Gabey8 <gabey8-@-aol-dot-com (formerly dgabriel-at-netaxs-dot-com)> wrote > in [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Melissa This reminds me when I was free-sparring some less-than-elegant unarmed combat techniques, and my partner and I simultaneously saw an opening to the groin. We were wearing solid crotch protectors. Unfortunately, we shifted slightly, and our unpadded knees met with full force. Both of us fell to the mat, alternately clutching our knees and moaning, and laughing hysterically. > I know that some might think it's 'cruel', but as a true 'cat person' > I absolutely HAVE to play on this 'idiosynchrosy'(?) of my boy, Oreo [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Don't answer that ... Just consider it revenge for all the time he's roused you out of a sound sleep by using you for a spring board. My little Sasha is so easy to startle, she is already scared of my closet, so it is a perfect set up for her. I will hide in the closet and when she walks by I will make a noise to get her curios and then spring out at her, she will jump about 3 feet of the ground land and litterly run around the walls. Then she relizes its me and gives me the dirty cat look. She really gets mad at me when I laugh at her. > I gotta admit, it is FREAKIN HILARIOUS - sometimes coffee comes outta > my nose (oddly enough I will be drinking Pepsi at the time). Maybe you should change your brand of soda. Pam S. giggling
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