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Cat Forum / General Topics / September 2007What are they looking at?
Ever notice how your cat stares at something, but when you look in the same direction, there's nothing there? Or when they take off chasing something, but again, there's nothing there? I always tell people they're chasing ghosts. Maybe it's the ghosts of mice and cats. I call 'em googlie-mooglies. I think they are semi-invisible squiggly things that float around. We can't see 'em but Isis does. Maybe they are inter-dimensional worm things out of phase with our reality like you see on Star Trek. Isis' head turns as she watches them float and squirm in the air. Isis has too much dignity to chase after 'nothings', though. In the old days I could count on Isis to kill little bitty spiders and crawlie bugs but she doesn't do that anymore. She's on the couch in my office now sharing space with me. Mike in Illinois > Ever notice how your cat stares at something, > but when you look in the same direction, there's [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I always tell people they're chasing ghosts. > Maybe it's the ghosts of mice and cats. >I call 'em googlie-mooglies. I think they are semi-invisible squiggly >things that float around. We can't see 'em but Isis does. Maybe they are [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> I always tell people they're chasing ghosts. >> Maybe it's the ghosts of mice and cats. They could be "floaters"....Especially if she's an older cat....Perhaps she's diabetic....I am, and I have floaters...they are caused by small bleeds in the macular plane of the eye. You can have her tested for diabetes....... > They could be "floaters"....Especially if she's an older cat....Perhaps > she's diabetic....I am, and I have floaters...they are caused by small > bleeds in the macular plane of the eye. You can have her tested for > diabetes....... I never thought of that, and that is a good suggestion. I have a few small ones of those myself, and indeed you could confuse those for a flying insect nearby sometimes. However what I was refering to most likely does not have anything to do with that. Even kittens and cats of all ages do this strange behavior. Sometimes it's their enhanced hearing that hears something you can't, other times though...it's just strangeness...they just stare and/or take off chasing nothingness. I'd swear they're looking at ghosts of somekind. It's probably just some form of instinctive psychological motor skills though. >> They could be "floaters"....Especially if she's an older cat....Perhaps >> she's diabetic....I am, and I have floaters...they are caused by small [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > It's probably just some form of instinctive psychological motor skills > though. I used to have a cat called "Missy". She was about 10 or 12 years old, and one day I noticed that she was staring at the carpet just in front of her intensely. I got a bright light and magnifying glass and looked at where she was staring myself, and realized that she saw fleas there....She also stayed off the carpet as much as possible, and traveled across the floor by jumping from one piece of furniture to another. We got some flea spray and powder, and took her to a friends house, and sprayed and dusted the hell out of the house, and then cleaned up real well and got rid of all the fleas, and she was fine after that....So, they have pretty good eyes, and can see even very small things that we will often miss....... > So, they have pretty good eyes, and can see even very > small things that we will often miss....... Another good point. I've often wondered 'just how good' their eyes are. >> So, they have pretty good eyes, and can see even very >> small things that we will often miss....... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >seem to be always on the move, so that's why my Missy could see them in the >rug. : : : On Sep 27, 8:43 pm, "William Graham" : : : <w...@comcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] : : : moving....But fleas seem to be always on the move, so : : : that's why my Missy could see them in the rug. My cat is called Missy :-) She too does this, when sitting on a windowsill. She also spends a lot of time sniffing around the carpets, God only knows what she can smell there, probably mice that she caught a few months ago <g> Ivor I hope the sniffing adventures are indications she's been spraying. . . . If not, well, I'm happy for you! Mike in Illinois > : : : On Sep 27, 8:43 pm, "William Graham" > : : : <w...@comcast.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Ivor Are cats normally near-sighted for far-sighted? I guess we'll never know. I suspect Isis doesn't see things well up close as she sniffs out food bits when they are an inch or two away from her. Mike in Illinois >> So, they have pretty good eyes, and can see even very >> small things that we will often miss....... > > Another good point. > I've often wondered 'just how good' their eyes are. That's a good idea. Luckily for me, Isis passed her last blood test with flying colors only a few months ago. She's just fine in all respects. She has sleeping down to a fine art. Thanks! Mike in Illinois >>I call 'em googlie-mooglies. I think they are semi-invisible squiggly >>things that float around. We can't see 'em but Isis does. Maybe they are [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > bleeds in the macular plane of the eye. You can have her tested for > diabetes.......
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