Tail poofing

As I mentioned in another post, Caliban often poofs his tail for little
or no reason. Lately, I've been suspecting that he is channelling Nikki
in some way. I've never seen any other cat do this with their tail.

Nikki used to walk about with her tail partially poofed out. She could
have just the tip poofed. Or the base and the tip, while the middle was
smooth. Or just the middle, and the base and the tip were smooth.

Just now, I saw Caliban come running with his tail poofed again. But
when I looked closer, I saw that it wasn't poofed all the way; the base
was smooth. What the...? Has anyone else seen this in any cat?

Now I'm waiting for Caliban to start wearing his tail along his back,
like Nikki often used to. Or walk beside Mir and curl his tail around
her back, like Nikki used to do with Frank.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
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"Marina" wrote
As I mentioned in another post, Caliban often poofs his tail for little or
no reason. Lately, I've been suspecting that he is channelling Nikki in
some way. I've never seen any other cat do this with their tail.

Nikki used to walk about with her tail partially poofed out. She could
have just the tip poofed. Or the base and the tip, while the middle was
smooth. Or just the middle, and the base and the tip were smooth.

Just now, I saw Caliban come running with his tail poofed again. But when
I looked closer, I saw that it wasn't poofed all the way; the base was
smooth. What the...? Has anyone else seen this in any cat?

Now I'm waiting for Caliban to start wearing his tail along his back, like
Nikki often used to. Or walk beside Mir and curl his tail around her back,
like Nikki used to do with Frank.

I've not seen odd tail-poofings however two of my owners have had the
ability to curl their tails into spirals!

On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:18:51 +0200, Marina
wrote:

As I mentioned in another post, Caliban often poofs his tail for little
or no reason. Lately, I've been suspecting that he is channelling Nikki
in some way. I've never seen any other cat do this with their tail.

Nikki used to walk about with her tail partially poofed out. She could
have just the tip poofed. Or the base and the tip, while the middle was
smooth. Or just the middle, and the base and the tip were smooth.

Just now, I saw Caliban come running with his tail poofed again. But
when I looked closer, I saw that it wasn't poofed all the way; the base
was smooth. What the...? Has anyone else seen this in any cat?

Now I'm waiting for Caliban to start wearing his tail along his back,
like Nikki often used to. Or walk beside Mir and curl his tail around
her back, like Nikki used to do with Frank.

Sabra (RB, 2005) used to do this, although I called it "floofing" (a
mix of "fluffing" and "poofing"). The only thing I could ever figure
out is that he got scared one time, and floofed, and DH and I ran over
and reassured him a lot, so he decided floofing was connected with
getting pets. I have no idea-- lol!. It was something to see,
though. He was stark black, and looked like a Halloween kitty!

A couple of mine also curl their tails around the back -- Wolfie and
Kate. It's so cute!

Ginger-lyn

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wrote:

Sabra (RB, 2005) used to do this, although I called it "floofing" (a
mix of "fluffing" and "poofing"). The only thing I could ever figure
out is that he got scared one time, and floofed, and DH and I ran over
and reassured him a lot, so he decided floofing was connected with
getting pets. I have no idea-- lol!. It was something to see,
though. He was stark black, and looked like a Halloween kitty!

I knew there was a better term out there. I think we've had this
discussion before, Ginger-lyn. )'Floofing' is an excellent term. I can
imagine that Sabra would have been a sight to see. What makes Caliban's
floofs so spectacular is that his tail becomes almost as thick as his
(not unfluffy) body. That is, when he floofs his whole tail.

A couple of mine also curl their tails around the back -- Wolfie and
Kate. It's so cute!

I always thought it was very touching, when Nikki used to do that.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki