Motion of a cat

WTF would you call it then? I meant a medium speed, not the fastest they can run at if scared, and not the slow movement when trying to catch prey.

Cats never walk off window ledges?

I've heard it everywhere.

I let mine out whenever they want through a catflap. Many kittens result. Just how far did your one travel?

Enclose the cat in a pillowcase, make sure you're wearing thick gloves, and hold it underwater until it stops moving. I did that to one of mine when he was old and sick and whining in pain. Drowning seemed the nicest thing to do to him.

I was talking about Rod, so yes, I will demonstrate him "falling" off.

Last fall ROFL. So who fell?

With our cats, such mistakes are usually followed by a frantic, embarrassed, washing session.

Thats because you have neurotic cats.

Of course they do say that pets take after their owners.

With cats its the reverse, the owners take after their cats.

Autumn, wise ass. Since the cat was on a slender limb above where I was working I advised him if he fell I wasn't going to catch him. F*ck this covid s*it. It's got me talking to cats in my old age.

I thought about a cat flap but last summer skunks were helping themselves to his food. He has no interest in being indoors in the summer so I leave his bowl on the deck.

I don't think he goes very far. A couple of times I walked to the mailbox but he would only follow me to a particular point and wait for me to return. The last time though he followed me all the way. Maybe he's expanding his horizon, as long as he doesn't find his way to the county road.

The cat was semi-feral and missing his balls when he adopted me. I assume he didn't care much for his last home.

Ah, that. I don't have a problem with the cat curling up by my feet at night unless he decides on a 12 AM power grooming session.

There may be some truth in that. The cat doesn't like people, is very independent, and has no desire to wear a mask. His vaccination status is also unknown.

I like dogs but I prefer a cat's attitude.

Why?

Brian

You mean their offspring are.

Bill

No it isn't friction. Friction would be if it was merely using its pads. If it digs its claws in that's actually a fixing.

Bill

Can't be bothered finding it.

I am not a cat.

Pedant.

There's a name for this sort of behaviour. [Is it called 'reinforcement activity?] It's an instinctive reaction to some traumatic experience, where many animals (and also people) enthusiastically engage in some form of familiar behaviour in order to calm down and erase their shock, and rapidly regain their composure.

Why would you want a cat to do that, just use any human to jump or fall from a 10th of the height of any skyscraper, there would be less chance of survival!