{"id":5792,"date":"2022-11-25T04:40:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T12:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2022-11-25T04:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T12:40:30","slug":"feline-fun-friday-adorably-quirky-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5792","title":{"rendered":"Feline Fun Friday \u2013 Adorably Quirky Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Most of the cats I\u2019ve loved have had a quirky side. They had a habit that seemed un-catlike to me. I\u2019ll bet you can say the same about the cats you\u2019ve known. Some of them are amazing hunters, for example, and others tend to run the other way if they see a mouse. There are cats that figure their way out of (and maybe into) situations\u2014the inside cat manages to get outside, for example. Super acrobatic cats might be found occasionally on top of a curtain rod in the living room \"\"or hanging from a chandelier. I found Olivia hanging from a valance once by a claw. After rescuing her, I removed the valance until\u2026well, maybe forever.<\/p>\n

Some cats develop a close bond with another cat in the household. It\u2019s such a lovely sight to behold two bonded cats. Some cats, however, never learn to get along with other cats in their midst. I guess it\u2019s fair to say that you can\u2019t predict a cat\u2019s behavior until you\u2019ve \"\"lived with her for a while.<\/p>\n

Katy (my sweet Himalayan) never sat on my lap, but she often sat next to me with a paw on my leg. She also slept on my pillow with me at night.<\/p>\n

Winfield (our handsome white odd-eye boy) drank \"\"with his paw\u2014dip, lick, dip, lick. He was our food monitor. At bedtime he\u2019d go to the feeding station and check the level of kibbles and water in the bowls. If he could see the bottom of the kibbles bowl, he\u2019d make sure we filled the bowls before we got into bed.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dinah refused to use the litter box. She had<\/em><\/strong> to go outside to do her dooty even when it was raining.<\/p>\n

Lily (our sweet torbie) brought us her stuffed toys. Every morning I\u2019d get gifts of her baby opossum or a bear or hedgehog dropped at my feet. She was such a \"\"giving cat.<\/p>\n

Max, a beautiful snowshoe-type cat we rescued from our wood shed, loved stuffed mice until the nose and tail were gone, then he\u2019d discard them. He would play with a new mouse for a while, then de-tail and de-nose the thing, ending his relationship with it forever. Then the red nose pom-pom became his favorite toy.<\/p>\n

Sophie ate string and ribbon, even metallic Christmas bows. Now that\u2019s a bit quirky, but also extremely \"\"dangerous. The year we found blood in her vomit is the year we gave up using ribbon and bows on wrapped packages. George, a neighbor\u2019s cat, chewed on electrical wires. Now that would be hard to remedy.<\/p>\n

Olivia leaps up as high as she can against the\"\" walls in our house. That I\u2019ve never seen in my many years of adoring cats. There are no bugs or flies\u2014she just likes to leap against the walls. Her favorite toys are a small empty water bottle and paper towel and toilet paper tubes. I guess she\u2019s into recycling. She also crosses her paws. I\u2019ve heard from a few other cat owners who have crossy-paw cats. Most of them seem to be calico.<\/p>\n

Does your cat have a quirky side?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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