Cats: They do some weird stuff

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » December 5, 2005 4:03 am

They are almost like aliens!

I know there are some dedicated cat owners here, so I thought I'd start a strange cat behavior thread.

My input: They are so interested in getting a closer look at the ceiling. I just dont understand it. One of my cats used to jump onto the top shelf of my computer desk. Its been a while since she has been up there due to weight gain and me moving the desk into a different room with no "steps". Just a few minutes ago, I didnt want her on my lap, so I thought I'd put her back on her old perch. All she could do for a few minutes was look at the ceiling with intense interest. I just dont get it.

The male cat does it too. Whenever I pick him up and hold him with his back to the ground, he looks at the ceiling very curiously.

I've tried to see whats there, but I just see white nothingness.

So humor me. Tell me some stories.

(thought I'd start a new topic for my 1000th)

Beach Blonde · Post by **Beach Blonde** » December 5, 2005 4:06 am

Burny Charles wrote:One of my cats used to jump onto the top shelf of my computer desk. Its been a while since she has been up there due to weight gain....................

I wondered why I was no longer able to jump onto my top shelf.... weight gain.................

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » December 5, 2005 4:11 am

Beach Blonde wrote:
Burny Charles wrote:One of my cats used to jump onto the top shelf of my computer desk. Its been a while since she has been up there due to weight gain....................
I wondered why I was no longer able to jump onto my top shelf.... weight gain.................

I always seem to be into the top shelf.

Sidew13 · Post by **Sidew13** » December 5, 2005 5:24 am

My Cats love the ceiling too. My younger cat, Rio, loves to play fetch

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » December 5, 2005 5:43 am

Does Rio bring it back to you? I thought I had mine trained to bring it back to me, but it must have been a fluke. I love faking him out and doing the fake throw.

CUparrot · Post by **CUparrot** » December 5, 2005 8:08 am

I used to have a cat....she disappeared a couple of years ago....but she did some weird stuff.

She used to eat some of our leftovers from dinner if we put them in her dish. Once we had some leftover spaghetti with meat sauce.....we had never given her that before, but we put some in her dish to see if she'd eat it. She ran over like she normally did when she saw there was food to be had, but when she saw the spaghetti in the dish, she jumped back and hissed! She would not go near it! It was so funny. She backed away and crouched down and flattened her ears and just stared at it. Maybe she thought the noodles were worms or something? That's the only thing I can figure. That was probably the weirdest thing I ever saw her do.

I miss my Oreo.

z-man · Post by **z-man** » December 5, 2005 8:12 am

Congratulations on 1000!

Our cats will lay flat on their backs and watch the ceiling fans by the hour!

poohbear1324 · Post by **poohbear1324** » December 5, 2005 8:13 am

Burny Charles wrote:Does Rio bring it back to you? I thought I had mine trained to bring it back to me, but it must have been a fluke. I love faking him out and doing the fake throw.

Yes she brings the ball back.

Its so cute.
She meows with the ball in ther mouth.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » December 5, 2005 8:21 am

my cat went completely berserk, eyes wide, yowling, and literally trying to climb the walls about 30 seconds before a tornado spawned by a passing hurricane hit our neighborhood....

when I was a kid, my cat used to bring me "presents"...... squirrel tails and dead chipmunks....

CUparrot · Post by **CUparrot** » December 5, 2005 8:28 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:when I was a kid, my cat used to bring me "presents"...... squirrel tails and dead chipmunks....

I used to get lots of "presents." Pieces of birds, moles, mice, etc. Once, my mom and grandmother were over and Oreo ran up with a mole in her mouth and proceeded to eat it right in front of us. Gross.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » December 5, 2005 8:56 am

I used to have a cat that I swore communicated with ghosts, or gnomes or whatever it was my cat would stare at. It wasn't always necessarily the ceiling. Sometimes she would stare and then "chase" whatever it was she was looking at. She would also climb my leg when I was wearing jeans and cooking. She knew how to dig her claws into the jeans but not the skin and she'd just hang on my him and see what was for dinner.

I miss having a kitty but I reciently found out my puppy really dosn't like cats - or at least the one that comes to our yard to hunt and potty.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 5, 2005 10:38 am

Not a big fan of cats, but I had one growing up. It was supposed to be my mom's cat because my stepdad thought he was allergic and that cats were only for witchcraft.

Well, of course the cat took to my stepdad better than anyone else and became "his" cat.

Soooo....the strangest things that cat's do are like the people that love them the least.

Hubby's best friend has a cat named Misery and he's totally the demon cat.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » December 5, 2005 10:40 am

I could on for hours about strange cat behavior...

My baby cat plays fetch... she will bring it back to me about half the time. Sometimes she just gets lazy and drops it halfway on her walk back to me.

My baby cat will also get in these moods when she freaks out and tries to climb door frames... not the wall... not the furniture... just straight up in the air next to the door frame.

And neither of my cats are interested in birds... they don't even flinch when they see one outside, but if there is a bug in the house... watch out!!!

island_hopper · Post by **island_hopper** » December 5, 2005 11:18 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:when I was a kid, my cat used to bring me "presents"...... squirrel tails and dead chipmunks....

I used to have a kitty who was very proud of bringing treasure home to show me....one day he brought a nice big 'ol plump quail in the house and of course not wanting to have a big feathery mess I put it outside. Well Barney (I swear that's the name he came with!!) was a little offended that I put it outside to say the least and not too much later I went into my bedroom to find a fresh cat turd right smack dab in the middle of my bed!

Sam · Post by **Sam** » December 5, 2005 11:32 am

There is no such thing as a typical or normal cat. All cats are atypical by nature. I have had too many numerous stange encounters with cats that nothing they do is strange any more. A cat that brings you kill is paying yout the highest possible compliment it can pay you. I have had cats pin down rattlesnakes until I noticed them and came out with something to take of the snake with,One even potentiallly saved my Dad's life once and let him know there was a rattler nearby. Cats normally left him alone but this was rubbing all over him and looking in one spot....Dad looked down and saw the snake..after that Dad was more caring about the cats. Had one cat would not tolerate snakes around and aanother that would catch them and bring them up. We also had a cat go ballistic right before a tornado came through. Trying to think of one specific thing they have done is near impossible since all would do crazy things such as when walking by a mirror, stop and arch his back and hiss and "rowl" at the cat in the mirror and sound and look like they were going to fight...I had another cat that if I did not share what I was eating with her, she would get in my lap and a paw would come up and be reaching around on the plate ( reminded me of an elephant's trunk) and remove whatever it touched and she would take it and eat it, no matter what it was, that she got off the plate, from a greenbean to whatever. I had a cat that would eat peanutbutter and popcorn and rice cakes...and thought baked chicken was the nectar of the Gods,...another cat that liked toast and coffee. There is more but that is more than enough for now.
One thing I have found is that a paper towel or napkin rolled up and tied with astring and dragged and tossed around has made one of the most effective cat toys even better than a laser pointer. ( only the dog was interested and would chase an bark or growl at the laser pointer....go figure!)

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » December 5, 2005 11:35 am

The only thing cats are good for is the all you can eat buffet at the local Chinese restaurant. Tastes just like General Tso's chicken.

Sam · Post by **Sam** » December 5, 2005 11:51 am

LIPH wrote:The only thing cats are good for is the all you can eat buffet at the local Chinese restaurant. Tastes just like General Tso's chicken.

Well if my Dad was still alive, you could try and tell that to him. He never really cared for cats much before the incident with the rattlesnake, but he sure did afterwards....

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » December 5, 2005 11:52 am

island_hopper wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:when I was a kid, my cat used to bring me "presents"...... squirrel tails and dead chipmunks....
I used to have a kitty who was very proud of bringing treasure home to show me....one day he brought a nice big 'ol plump quail in the house and of course not wanting to have a big feathery mess I put it outside. Well Barney (I swear that's the name he came with!!) was a little offended that I put it outside to say the least and not too much later I went into my bedroom to find a fresh cat turd right smack dab in the middle of my bed!

LMAO!!!

sorry... but that's damn funny!

Mplsfins · Post by **Mplsfins** » December 5, 2005 3:23 pm

My cat just loves playing in the water. Even while in the shower he will jump in with you. God forbid he even think about drinking out of a water dish. He will sit in the laundry tub and meow until you turn the water on for him to get a drink. He also loves to torment my 2 dogs. He will get them chasing him then at the last moment just on something while the poor dog hits the wall at top speed. Looks like a Tom and Jerry cartoon except in real life.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » December 5, 2005 3:27 pm

My brother picks his cat up by the fur on the back of his neck and holds him for a few seconds. Then he sets him down and the cat kinda sways left and right and then falls over. Almost as if he's drunk.