Many cats, when they want to get on your lap will jump or leap on it.
Tiger knows he is big and heavy (25 pounds at his last vet visit). When
he wants to get on my lap (which is often) he slowly gets on the arm of
the sofa and very carefully eases himself into position. I am very
thankful for this!
---MIKE---
Mary - 20 Nov 2004 20:21 GMT
> Many cats, when they want to get on your lap will jump or leap on it.
> Tiger knows he is big and heavy (25 pounds at his last vet visit). When
> he wants to get on my lap (which is often) he slowly gets on the arm of
> the sofa and very carefully eases himself into position. I am very
> thankful for this!
Aww, that's cute. I bet Tiger also has a hard time jumping up very high
at all, if he is like my big cat.
---MIKE--- - 20 Nov 2004 21:25 GMT
Believe it or not, Tiger can jump into the air when trying to get "Da
Bird". He also can climb right up the 46 inch high scratching post and
get on the platform at the top. He just "looks" fat because his hair is
so long. He is very strong.
---MIKE---
Mary - 20 Nov 2004 23:11 GMT
> Believe it or not, Tiger can jump into the air when trying to get "Da
> Bird". He also can climb right up the 46 inch high scratching post and
> get on the platform at the top. He just "looks" fat because his hair is
> so long. He is very strong.
Ah, I see, then it really is just pure consideration. What a special boy.
Laila - 21 Nov 2004 17:37 GMT
>Believe it or not, Tiger can jump into the air when trying to get "Da
>Bird". He also can climb right up the 46 inch high scratching post and
>get on the platform at the top. He just "looks" fat because his hair is
>so long. He is very strong.
are you sure he is a house cat? :)
-L
---MIKE--- - 21 Nov 2004 19:55 GMT
I got him from a shelter so I don't know his lineage but I suspect he is
a Maine Coon.
---MIKE---
equalizer - 20 Nov 2004 21:55 GMT
>Many cats, when they want to get on your lap will jump or leap on it.
>Tiger knows he is big and heavy (25 pounds at his last vet visit). When
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> ---MIKE---
I thought Floppy was big at 20 lbs. You got me beat by 1/4 cat!
Laila - 21 Nov 2004 17:32 GMT
>Many cats, when they want to get on your lap will jump or leap on it.
>Tiger knows he is big and heavy (25 pounds at his last vet visit). When
>he wants to get on my lap (which is often) he slowly gets on the arm of
>the sofa and very carefully eases himself into position. I am very
>thankful for this!
aw! that is so sweet of him! :)
-L
natalie.polson@shetland.uhi.ac.uk - 06 Dec 2004 09:53 GMT
Thank god someone else has a large cat! I've been worrying about my cat
Krispie, currently about 23lbs, and the size he is compared to other
cats. thankfully he is not a lap person! he likes to have his own space
but loves attention as well. He is quite big boned and strong, an
outdoors cat but sleeps most of the day when indoors! He's very cuddly
and is quite clean, quite a job to give himself a bath with the amount
of surface area he has to cover! He's a very happy, healthy cat, 9
years old with no injuries or illnesses yet, long may it continue!
Mary - 06 Dec 2004 16:16 GMT
> Thank god someone else has a large cat! I've been worrying about my cat
> Krispie, currently about 23lbs, and the size he is compared to other
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> of surface area he has to cover! He's a very happy, healthy cat, 9
> years old with no injuries or illnesses yet, long may it continue!
Krispie sounds very sweet. Is he a tiger cat?
jamie - 08 Dec 2004 04:04 GMT
> Many cats, when they want to get on your lap will jump or leap on it.
> Tiger knows he is big and heavy (25 pounds at his last vet visit). When
> he wants to get on my lap (which is often) he slowly gets on the arm of
> the sofa and very carefully eases himself into position. I am very
> thankful for this!
LeMieux is 17 pounds since becoming diabetic (ought to be about 14.5
again, we're working on it). But he was such a long-bodied and long-
legged cat even when he was slim, that he's not comfortable on laps.
He does like to sneak into the bed a couple of hours before I get up,
where I'm sleeping on my side, and curl up leaning against my back.
Unfortunately, he snores loud enough to wake me up. lol
When he visits on the bed when we're awake, he wants to be in the
middle, but he's very careful about either jumping over one of us
to get there, or walking down the side edge to the bottom and up the
middle, rather than stepping on us.

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