When cats turn nine.

[icarus]

This weekend WG and I were discussing angling a future 5' cabinet diagonally across the corner of the living room. It's going to be right by Monte's 5' "command post." We both knew Monte would hop from the command post to the cabinet.

"I dunno, honey. Won't Monte fall back there?" WG frowned.

"No," said I. "Cats have good balance."

Just then Monte attempted a vertical leap from the floor to the table, missed, and fell.

Point taken.

Comments

[libitina]

Could you fit a cat tree type thing back there so he could climb back up afterward?

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Oh, ha. Not really. But maybe we could install a ladder.

[littlemousling]

Ha! My three (? maybe as old as five, the shelter and vet disagreed)-year-old regularly misjudges and falls on his ass. He still hasn't made it up to the kitchen counter on his own, he has to use furniture "steps."

I hate to laugh when he falls, but, really, c'mon. It's pretty funny.

[mad_maudlin]

Hee. Lucy has recently discovered that tops of the kitchen cabinets and I'm slightly terrified of the day she falls into my dinner.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I am completely disillusioned.

[bluemoon02.livejournal.com]

Sometimes cats are spazzes. And it's always on cue.