Does your cat do this?

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Speck stood completely upright on his hind legs (like a person!) to get a better look at something on top of the chest of drawers. He was standing on the bed with nothing to support himself on. I was amazed. I've had lots of cats, but I don't recall any of them ever doing this.
 
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Yep Sparky stands like that to get a better look. She also begs for food like a dog
 
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do you mean on his toes? if so, none of mine do that. Java does occasionally do the 'meercat' pose, tho - usually in order to reach my hand.
 
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Yup,mine does. It made me laugh so hard the first time he did it. He doesn't do it often though.
 
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Originally Posted by nurseangel

Speck stood completely upright on his hind legs (like a person!) to get a better look at something on top of the chest of drawers. He was standing on the bed with nothing to support himself on. I was amazed. I've had lots of cats, but I don't recall any of them ever doing this.
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Oh yeah!!! Absolutely - both Lucky and Bugsy do that... Lucky loves doing that on the bed to get closer to the ceiling fan
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Bugsy does that to look at counters to see if it is worth to jump on!
 
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Originally Posted by laureen227

do you mean on his toes? if so, none of mine do that. Java does occasionally do the 'meercat' pose, tho - usually in order to reach my hand.
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Lucy does this too, to catch dust that's flying around...a not so subtle comment on my housekeeping skills!
 
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Both of mine do it, well my older one used to. That's how she earned the nickname "squirrel". Anytime she'd hear a noise in another room, she'd pop up like that trying to see what it was.
 
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Yep!
Arwen did it earlier today whilst on my bed, she wanted a better look out of the window...she was watching the snow fall. She did support herself on the window ledge with one paw though
 
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Well, my cat has done this once or twice, but he could only stay like that for like 5 seconds, then he fell over backwards!
 
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Originally Posted by laureen227

do you mean on his toes? if so, none of mine do that. Java does occasionally do the 'meercat' pose, tho - usually in order to reach my hand.
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He was up on his toes! He looked like a dancing bear, minus the skirt!
 
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