Caturday In the Trees
It is said that cats tend to be skulkers or climbers. I know most cats will do both. But the determining factor is this: where does the cat go to hide, to sleep, to watch, to be?
Most cats have a preference.
I’ve had a lot of cats throughout my life. I’m essentially a crazy cat lady thinly veiled as a functioning human. Most of my cats have been skulkers.
That is until I met these two monkeys. They are driven to find the highest spot in the room.
And whenever we go for walks, they always head for the trees.
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Lovely color.....and their eyes!! Skulky little skulters.
My cat, Thomas, is a talker....he drives me crazy when he starts yowling like a Siamese. I keep reminding him that he's a Tabby and he can go and sleep all day and be lazy but he's not buying it.
Most male cats I’ve had will howl like that sometimes. It’s a guy thing. 😸 Their eyes totally got me. I’d not have these monsters had I not been seduced by those eyes.
I had a cat who loved to run up our trees and other trees in the neighborhood!
Climbers are fun!
My little tux also can't get enough of trees. The others climb but she lives for running up and down trees and tormenting birds
Both these monsters are super climby. Full disclosure: these are my first cats who weren’t declawed. I was raised in a household where declawing cats was the norm and even my last cats lived briefly at my mother’s house with me while I was working on my graduate degree. So they were victims as well. I didn’t understand how claws are essentially part of their fingers and just how cruel and debilitating the declawing process is; my mom believed it was just grooming away their fingernails. So while I didn’t have climbers before, it very well could have been solely because my poor kitties were crippled. 😿
Out of curiosity, did they exhibit behavioral problems from it? I know it's an emotive topic and illegal where I live but someone whose opinion I trust says that the demonisation is overdone. I wouldn't declaw a cat of mine, much as I might sometimes wish to but I'm interested to hear how your cats experienced it
It’s illegal where I live now, too. And I don’t believe it’s overdemonized in the slightest. It really is like cutting off their fingertips. There are nerve endings in there. Not to mention they’re no longer walking properly. When they declaw cats, they have to cut what amounts to the first knuckle of each toe.
I cannot say if there were actual behavioral issues caused. Like I said, this was all I knew until recently. All my cats were declawed. I will say that the cats were lazier. And of course they could not climb or grab things. I’m assuming that some frustrations were due to this. But who knows.
When I took my current cats to be fixed, I proudly announced that I wouldn’t be declawing them. The ver’s assistant looked at me with horror and disgust and told me that that was good...because it was illegal. 😸
Short and such a sweet story about your cats. I loved the pictures. :)
Thank you 😊 They are the best subjects! But then again, I may be a wee bit partial.
I understand why you might partial. :)
They are beautiful and I can see the part monkey in them.
My Sandy likes to think of her self as a grounded cat with both paws on the ground. She is scared of heights and is a little anxious when turning into a monkey
Beautiful pied face! Is she declawed by chance?