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| the harder they fall? Oliver is a goofball - on one paw, he still thinks he's "the baby"; on another paw, he thinks he's the bad boy and on yet another paw he thinks he's a mountain lion! Tonight he thought he was a mountain lion! We were heating up some water for something warm to drink and he went flying thru the kitchen, up the cat tree and into the eyebrow window. Now, when I had that part of the house added on, I made sure they put an EXTRA WIDE sill up there so the cats could get up there safely and, so far, all the falls that I'm aware of have been due to cat fights and getting one up there trapped and jumping off. Not tonight - the goofball tried to turn around, loses his footing, and, after much scrabbling to try and get it back, falls off. He lands on the exercise bike, breaking his fall, which may or may not have been a good thing... he ran off, but stopped on the other side of the kitchen with his right paw up. Now, when he was a little kitten, he'd "sprain" his paws jumping off the bed and he seems to hurt them a bit more easily than most of the other cats, but he was fine a few minutes later. So - (hey Loverbear - I know you can relate!) do you have a goofball pet? | | | | | |
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1. sparkofinsanity (3868)
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3 years ago
| | I only have a dog, and yes she's a goofball, but mostly she's just Spunky and I couldn't imagine life without her. She and I played in the first snowfall of the season today that didn't melt by lunchtime and it was a hoot to watch her try to stay airborne so that she didn't get her paws wet. lol | | | | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | The roomie tells about the cat her folks had after they moved to Cedar Park. Mama and Fred would stay inside on cold nights and want out in the morning to take care of business. Well, the first time it snowed, they launched out the door and the roomie says Fred about turned himself inside out to get back inside before touching the snow. Mama stomped out to the first tree, did her thing and stomped back in. Now, when Suky was about 6 months old, we had an ice storm that glazed the city. We let Cat and Suky out, Cat sniffed at the ice, but Suky stepped carefully between icy blades of grass wondering what had happened to her world over night... | | | |
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ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | the only thing injured was his pride - and maybe a little on his back side! Since we didn't laugh until after I watched to make sure he wasn't hurt, he didn't realize we were laughing at him. | | | |
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3. Opal26 (14496)
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3 years ago
| | Hey Elic! I hope Oliver is alright! My two crazy cats do all kinds of acrobatics and jump from the highest places and I always worry that they are going to really get hurt! But, they seem to land pretty well even from the highest places, even though some of the landings are a bit off! They seem to go craziest at night, as most cats do and my cat Star seems to be the most daring! Luna is not into heights! He seems to get into closets and behind cabinets and the sofa and other tight spaces! But, Star is the climber! He jumps from the tops of the kitchen cabinets like they are on the floor! And he makes me so nervous because sometimes he just misjudges the distances and falls pretty hard! But, he never seems any worse for wear! Poor Oliver! I guess some of them never do learn!lol | | | | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | Most of the planned jumps go pretty well, its the unplanned ones that don't and this wasn't planned! I used to have The Doctor who landed hard from counter tops until he pretty much only jumped on them to aggravate another cat - he chipped a fang taking a hard landing when his feet slipped out from under him. | | | |
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4. Katlady2 (4477)
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3 years ago
| | My Whiskers is the exact same way. Only he falls from higher up. He has this knack when he's in mountain lion mode to literally run up the security screen door and perch on the main door. But sometimes he gets the main door moving when he jumps on it and ends up doing just like Oliver and grabbing for air as he goes tumbling. Usually he'll fall onto the sofa behind the door. But once in a while the dork will fall the other way clear to the floor. And of course then he looks at ME as if to say "mom why the heck did ya push me off the door?" LOL | | | | | | |
blackbriar (6633)
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3 years ago
| | "mom why the heck did ya push me off the door? LMAO I love that look they give ya after they do something that embarrasses them. | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | actually, the eyebrow is above a door, so its right up under the ceiling - it should've be a big deal to turn on the wide sill, but Oliver isn't always the most graceful of cats, and in "mountain lion mode" is even less graceful, I guess. He didn't look accusingly toward us, but we tried to not look at him while it was happening - I didn't start laughing until I was sure he didn't take any harm from the fall - he landed on his BUTT on the exercise bike! | | | |
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5. bellis716 (3204)
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3 years ago
| | Oliver sounds like quite a character. | | | | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | he is, he's the little black and white kitten in my avatar, but that was taken 4 yrs ago | | | |
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6. blackbriar (6633)
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3 years ago
| | What about his 4th paw? A gentleman, perhaps? I can just picture his bewildered look as if to say "What just happened here is just between us, got it!". lol He sounds like he's quite the entertainer but most cats usually are. Tigger is my current goofball but I've had a few others in my life. Kaus was just that..chaos, spelled different. Out of all the cats we've had the great pleasure of being owned by, I can't remember where she came from for the life of me. All I remember is she was one kitten who did not fit in with our household. She terrorized the dogs and other cats repeatedly until they were all begging to go outside just to get relief. We ended up finding her a home with a senior guy who had recently lost his wife and looking for companionship in animal form. From what I heard later on, she brought him back to life and cherished each other. Man that cat was 'wild'. Tigger? eh..he just bounces off walls and furniture. Thought for sure his broken leg would permanently stop him but nope..he's back at it again. -rolls eyes- You would think he would be in constant pain with it broke but he's still using it, just not as much as he used to. | | | | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | I think on the 4th paw he is a troublemaker, but I'm not sure. He isn't as bad as Timus or Frankie, but he sure can mix it up when he wants to. I know about those "busy" cats, Rygel was one. When he was about 2 we got Natasha, and she was a busy cat. She'd wear him out, terrorize the other cats and by the time she was done with them, he had recharged and was back at it! | | | |
blackbriar (6633)
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3 years ago
| | At this very moment, Tigger is up for the day and couldn't find anyone to pester so here he comes to pester his momma. I'm gonna have to have my daughter take a pic of him when he's pestering me. He just wants to lay in my chair WHILE I'm sitting in it which means I have to scoot forward so I'm barely sitting on the front part while he gets the whole back half to stretch out on. | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | Rygel used to entertain himself by pulling the magnets off the refrigerators, those he couldn't reach from the top, he'd jump for them from the floor - that's how he learned to jump into our arms. | | | |
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ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | Our dogs don't wash the cats, but Zoe does try to mount Booboo - this is a girl dog and a boy cat! Zoe really likes kittens, helped us with the bottle babies and she thinks Taj is her kitty, since he was the first kitten we got after we got her. He got his first bath with us from her! | | | |
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8. ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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3 years ago
| | That's a cute story. Those cats keep u entertained, lol. My dog is about like me too old to do tricks anymore. Darn it, for both of us. | | | | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | even Sassy can be entertaining, and she's 18! Of course, her entertaining is generally taking swings at the "brats" that get too close to her! | | | |
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ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | yeah, not sure what the 4th paw is for yet - maybe he's a trouble maker, but he can also be an angel... | | | |
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10. paula27661 (11930)
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3 years ago
| | Oliver sounds like such a character; I hope he doesn’t hurt himself any more! We have a new kitten. He is 2and half months old and a crazy goofball! Like all kittens he is extremely cute and I had forgotten what handful young cats are! He has already broken my favourite vase and ripped into my jacket and I am sure there is plenty more mischief for him to get to! I found him in the rubbish bin the other day, he was stuck and could not get out and when I pulled him out he was covered in filth so he had to have his first bath after only two days in his new home. His name is Hewy and I can’t hear him right now…I better go and check what he’s up to... | | | | | | |
ElicBxn (24680)
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3 years ago
| | yeah, kittens a bundle of joy... if you have energy! One of the bouquet girls, Blossom I think, fell off a counter in my bathroom into the trash can, that was empty because today is trash day. She's 18 months OLD!!! | | | |
paula27661 (11930)
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3 years ago
| | 18 months? Oh dear...I have a lot of mischief to look forward to... | | | |
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