NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/pets/cats/13918

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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:47:50 -0500
From: Megan Terese Shult <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  Cats that JUMP
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>I once saw a cat who, from a sitting position and with a perfectly relaxed
>expression, jumped on top of a refrigerator from the floor. An almost 6 foot
>jump, with no pre-jump run. He never did it again that I know of, and I've
>never seen any other cat come close. Amazing.


My four month old kitten does this quite frequently.  He's rather small,
and I couldn't believe it when I first saw him do it, but he can jump
straight up over six and a half feet, from the floor to the top of a
door, with no pre-jump run or movement at all.  It's like he levitates.
I'm amazed. He also does this trick jumping from the floor up to the top
of the shower.


However, I can't seem to keep him off anything, and nothing seems to
work.  He's a very friendly, affectionate cat, but he just doesn't care
if you tell him no.  Loud noises (clapping, hissing, pennies in a can)
work once and never again.  Squirting works, but only if you get up, go
all the way over to where he is, and squirt him.  As soon as you lay
back down (he does this after I go to bed) he's back up there again.
None of these measures have any long-term effects. He just doesn't seem
to care.


What do I do?

--Megan