Thread: Jumping?

luckily I don't have any curtain climbers....

Gryfn has jumped onto the bar stools, but that's all. Usually he finds alternative routes to things up high.

Just spent the best part of an hour trying to get a pic of him sitting


& have been watching him closely he walks & runs fine so I think just him slouching he also came flying in & jumped on the table whih is nearly 3ft so not going to loose any more sleep over him

He looks as if he is sitting comfortably & if he can run about like that I wouldn't think he has a problem.I have one who sits with his front leg at a funny angle,from the joint down to his foot it looks as if it is bent & goes right round to the side,nearly as if he is double jointed but has no problem with it. As I work at the vets I took him up for a quick xray but everything was ok,visitors just say rude things about the poor boy when they come & see him sitting like that,they reckon he should have a handbag on his arm,he is the most precious & gentlest one of them all so perhaps that is why...
I wonder if this is another one of the MC's different traits...

I dont think I'l get Louie a hand bag he'l just hit the dogs with it OH did think that maybe his other back leg is shorter at the moment & thats why, I definately dont think its his hip so will see how he grows in the next few weeks.

Bless ,go on don't be a spoil sport I am sure the dog will be able to doge him !

Eddie is 2 years old i just measured Ground to the window is 5 foot 2 ,
from watching him jump its a calculated jump , as he only has 1 foot opening to land into ,

Well thats it the harmony is over he just jumped from a sitting position onto the tv unit which is just under 4ft only trouble is the tv wobling with it being a skinney one which we got after loosing Milo as he always used to lounge across the top of the old one so it was never safe to replace it, so the next job is to Louie proof the tv

Originally Posted by Scrapdragon

luckily I don't have any curtain climbers....

Sadly our two have discovered the delights of the curtains, they started off with the sofa throws and worked their way up!!

Also they like to climb up daddy's legs too, not too bad when he has his work trousers on put PJ bottoms are a different matter. Thankfully they respond to the killer death stare from me and are leaving my legs alone so far...................

I must of been lucky when i got Eddie , he hasn't shown any bad habits yet , he jumped on the counters the first day but i strung pop cans ( OK a few beer cans also ) together with string and put a stone in each one , and placed them along the edge of the counter for a few days , after a few times with the cans crashing down around him he decided he dint like the counters any more , so after 4 days i took the cans down and put them away and he hasn't been on them yet since ,
He is very mindful of his claws also so not to scratch me ,, very good for a stray cat , i think he just lost his way , and ended up in the shelter

Thats a good idea mdel747 as Louie has now discoverd he can jump he is all over the place he has a new game of get round the house without touching the floor

I think they only realy stick their pins in when younger our old MC never realy got his out even if Holly got a bit to boisterous with him manybe thats why they are the Gentle Giants of the cat world