Strange things that cats do

in article ,
Sumkatz at dotes wrote on 2/13/05 12:41AM:

My parents had to go out to some kind of meeting or what not, out to do things
that parents do. I would have been left all alone if it hadn't been for my Tom
cat and one of the neighbours sitting for me.

The Tom cat looked just like a Scottish wild cat, wide faced, broad and
muscular. The neighbour looked like the neighbour. The neighbour who happened
to smoke a pipe, no less.

Pipe smoke and Tom cats don't mix. We were all in the same room. The
neighbour,
sat on the settee, lit up. The cat went wild, he started running around the
room (anteclockwise, if that makes any difference). Not on the floor, as you
might expect a crazed cat to do, but around the walls way up to the ceiling.
He didn't looked frightened at all. He was just running and the walls were
covered with wallpaper, wood, wallpaper and curtains. None of which seemed to
hinder him in any way.

He would only stop when the pipe was put out. So, as I've only ever had the
pleasure to know one adult male cat, I was wondering if this is peculiar to
all Toms or to just one.

I think it's an extraordinary feat any way I look at it.


Miaow

Wow. I'd say it's just that cat. Perhaps he'd been in a fire situation
before and thought the person was on fire?

"Sumkatz" wrote in message
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My parents had to go out to some kind of meeting or what not, out to do
things
that parents do. I would have been left all alone if it hadn't been for my
Tom
cat and one of the neighbours sitting for me.

The Tom cat looked just like a Scottish wild cat, wide faced, broad and
muscular. The neighbour looked like the neighbour. The neighbour who happened
to smoke a pipe, no less.

Pipe smoke and Tom cats don't mix. We were all in the same room. The
neighbour,
sat on the settee, lit up. The cat went wild, he started running around the
room (anteclockwise, if that makes any difference). Not on the floor, as you
might expect a crazed cat to do, but around the walls way up to the ceiling.
He didn't looked frightened at all. He was just running and the walls were
covered with wallpaper, wood, wallpaper and curtains. None of which seemed to
hinder him in any way.

He would only stop when the pipe was put out. So, as I've only ever had the
pleasure to know one adult male cat, I was wondering if this is peculiar to
all Toms or to just one.

I think it's an extraordinary feat any way I look at it.


Miaow

How old is your Tom cat? Always been a house cat? Intact male? It's
extraordinary when cats do this. A monkey does this easily but then that's more
in their nature. My female feral cat no longer bounces off the walls any more.
I miss that springing from wall to wall. For a while, I recall some humans were
doing wall bouncing and climbing, and it was quite amazing to see humans
bouncing off various walls.

There was even a school to teach this but I forget the web site which had
pictures of people bouncing off walls. Just amazing really what people can do
if they decide to regress. The missed opportunities of life. A chance to bounce
off walls before each missed wall becomes a trip to the ER...

in article , Treeline at
wrote on 2/14/05 9:49 PM:

"Sumkatz" wrote in message
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My parents had to go out to some kind of meeting or what not, out to do
things
that parents do. I would have been left all alone if it hadn't been for my
Tom
cat and one of the neighbours sitting for me.

The Tom cat looked just like a Scottish wild cat, wide faced, broad and
muscular. The neighbour looked like the neighbour. The neighbour who happened
to smoke a pipe, no less.

Pipe smoke and Tom cats don't mix. We were all in the same room. The
neighbour,
sat on the settee, lit up. The cat went wild, he started running around the
room (anteclockwise, if that makes any difference). Not on the floor, as you
might expect a crazed cat to do, but around the walls way up to the ceiling.
He didn't looked frightened at all. He was just running and the walls were
covered with wallpaper, wood, wallpaper and curtains. None of which seemed to
hinder him in any way.

He would only stop when the pipe was put out. So, as I've only ever had the
pleasure to know one adult male cat, I was wondering if this is peculiar to
all Toms or to just one.

I think it's an extraordinary feat any way I look at it.


Miaow

How old is your Tom cat? Always been a house cat? Intact male? It's
extraordinary when cats do this. A monkey does this easily but then that's
more
in their nature. My female feral cat no longer bounces off the walls any more.
I miss that springing from wall to wall. For a while, I recall some humans
were
doing wall bouncing and climbing, and it was quite amazing to see humans
bouncing off various walls.

There was even a school to teach this but I forget the web site which had
pictures of people bouncing off walls. Just amazing really what people can do
if they decide to regress. The missed opportunities of life. A chance to
bounce
off walls before each missed wall becomes a trip to the ER...

You know, I was thinking maybe the cat was allergic to the smoke.

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in message
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You know, I was thinking maybe the cat was allergic to the smoke.

Makes sense. He is trying to get away. Next question. No where else to go?