All the effort just to fit in there, brillant kitty
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Is your cat the most brilliant cat on earth?
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All the effort just to fit in there, brillant kitty
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oh i adore that houdini kitten thing. abi has been opening drawers for a long time. the worst is when i thoughtlessly come along and close one and she is inside napping. And I have to keep her food bags in a closed pantry because she drags them off counters and gnaws them open. That's why I broke down and put a teensy bell on her... so I could find where she is headed.
My parents' cat 'Sirius' is seriously the most brilliant cat I've ever met.
When I lived at home, we were living in an apartment where him and his brother Ahilles (R.I.P) couldn't go outside. But Sirius was never an indoor cat, so he'd try anything to get out.
He could open doors as a kitten, but as he grew older he learned to unlock the front door as well. He'd jump on the lock so it turned and then he'd jump on the door knob so the door would open. And this was a heavy door.
He also learned to open up windows, even child-proof windows that we some times had problems opening.
Eventually my parents moved to the country in a house where he had free access to go outside cause it was either that or get rid of Sirius, and we couldn't do that
Now he's content with opening the refridgerator and stealing your food right from under your nose
I've seriously never met a cat like him.
When I lived at home, we were living in an apartment where him and his brother Ahilles (R.I.P) couldn't go outside. But Sirius was never an indoor cat, so he'd try anything to get out.
He could open doors as a kitten, but as he grew older he learned to unlock the front door as well. He'd jump on the lock so it turned and then he'd jump on the door knob so the door would open. And this was a heavy door.
He also learned to open up windows, even child-proof windows that we some times had problems opening.
Eventually my parents moved to the country in a house where he had free access to go outside cause it was either that or get rid of Sirius, and we couldn't do that
Now he's content with opening the refridgerator and stealing your food right from under your nose
I've seriously never met a cat like him.
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She sounds adorable. I use a squirt bottle to get the flies down to Pixel's level. Just squirt them off the ceiling and I also make sure she knows I am helping her hunt when I do this. Eye contact, etc.
My boy, Max is not a trick cat. He just brings home 'presents'!
Zoe is the most intelligent. She knows the sound of my partners car driving down the road, no matter where she is in the house her ears perk up, she sits up straight (even if she was asleep) and runs to the back door to greet him. She will fetch rolled up celophane (the type they wrap delivered newspapers in) and the plastic rings off milk/juice bottles. If you throw it and she can't see it straight away, she will search for it for hours on end. She LOVES dried cat food but it has a bad effect on her stomach, but she will find ways of climbing up into high cupboards just to get to it.
Bella will poop on the floor next to the litter box if she thinks it is too full to use, knowing that when I clean up the poop, I also change the litter.
Zoe is the most intelligent. She knows the sound of my partners car driving down the road, no matter where she is in the house her ears perk up, she sits up straight (even if she was asleep) and runs to the back door to greet him. She will fetch rolled up celophane (the type they wrap delivered newspapers in) and the plastic rings off milk/juice bottles. If you throw it and she can't see it straight away, she will search for it for hours on end. She LOVES dried cat food but it has a bad effect on her stomach, but she will find ways of climbing up into high cupboards just to get to it.
Bella will poop on the floor next to the litter box if she thinks it is too full to use, knowing that when I clean up the poop, I also change the litter.
Oh and I nearly forgot Bella's best trick - fishing out from a full washing basket my stocking-socks and racing around the house with them! I found 6 in her 'special box' under my bed yesterday - all full of holes!
I don't know how brilliant, but talented and confident? Here's her story:
On the 2nd floor of our home, Isabelle was sitting on a desk watching the birds fly by the window from the ivy which covered a connecting wall. The window was open, but the screen was down. This screen was very, very old, but intact. All of a sudden she LEAPS through the screen (remember, 2nd floor?) and with my broken arm I grab her hind leg and with my other hand, grab her tail... and pull her body back through the ripped screen. Can you believe she CAUGHT that bird flying by? And still had it in her mouth (growling at me to put her down!) as we raced down the stairs to shake the poor thing loose on the porch. Other than little drips of bird blood to clean up, and a sore arm, everyone was fine - but I couldn't believe that happened!
On the 2nd floor of our home, Isabelle was sitting on a desk watching the birds fly by the window from the ivy which covered a connecting wall. The window was open, but the screen was down. This screen was very, very old, but intact. All of a sudden she LEAPS through the screen (remember, 2nd floor?) and with my broken arm I grab her hind leg and with my other hand, grab her tail... and pull her body back through the ripped screen. Can you believe she CAUGHT that bird flying by? And still had it in her mouth (growling at me to put her down!) as we raced down the stairs to shake the poor thing loose on the porch. Other than little drips of bird blood to clean up, and a sore arm, everyone was fine - but I couldn't believe that happened!
Naturally !!
Loki..
- opens the fridge
- is the king of Somersaults
and has developed the most piteous of moans that will make you do anything for his majesty!!
Loki..
- opens the fridge
- is the king of Somersaults
and has developed the most piteous of moans that will make you do anything for his majesty!!
Kasey, who passed away last year (at the tender age of 23!! ) would stand on her hind legs and with her front paws turn door knobs to get into rooms we'd closed off. She also had a habit of 'scooping her food' into her paw and she'd then eat from her paws
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this morning Abi opened a drawer in the bathroom, jumped inside.. nothing new, but then she left sight. she had found a little nook open to the framing of the house and was now inside the wall under the jacuzzi. only the sound of her food plate brought her out. my husband is child proofing drawers and sealing up anything open to framing. oy
My cat Misty wasn't brilliant, but I think we did have a telepathic thing going on. She very suddenly passed away, three weeks ago this Sunday. Like I said it was very sudden and unexpected, however the night before she died I had a strange dream. I didn't dream that she died, but she was gone and I was going to get another cat, an orange one to be exact. After she died I wanted to get another black cat and almost did. For some reason though we ended up going to another shelter and found Marley, a 6 month old kitten and fell in love with him. He's orange by the way. I know it sounds crazy but I think in a way Misty was telling me that it was her time to go and that I needed to find Marley and give him a good home. Like I said, her death was very unexpected and she showed not signs of sickness until about 7 hours before she died. Weird huh?
