Even though our first cat door had a noisy electromagnetic lock that ran off the mains via transformer (I tell you, dinosaurs still walked the earth back in the mid-80s) Kasha and Lilith mastered the concept not only of cat doors but collar-keyed locking cat doors with unsettling speed.
They also mastered what would happen to the tomcat three doors down (it was because of him we needed a locking cat door in the first place) when they got him to chase them…
It reached the stage where we could tell the process of the chasing by sound alone. From the distance: mrrrOOOAAWrrr. (beat) From the kitchen: Chik-clack.Chik-clack. (beat) CLUNK.
The tomcat never learned, and it reached the stage (seen at least four times by one, other or both of us) where they would zip inside then turn around and watch the impact happen. Finally he just gave up and ignored them, though his nose looked a bit…Persian…by then.
Cats do have a sense of humour. Just not a very nice one. And schadenfreude is one of their favourite concepts…
Pardon me, I’m just going to wail with laughter over here for a few minutes.
THEY JUST KEEP JUMPING ON THE COUNTER. AND CRAWLING UP HER LEG. THIS IS THE GREATEST PROBLEM YOU COULD EVER HAVE
This is both adorable and stressful to watch. Damn it, kittens, be good! Food’s coming!
OH MY GOD SHE NAMED ONE OF HER CATS OBAMA
I love that kittens are gently placed on the ground… whereas adult cats, because they should know better (and are undoubtedly better at landing on their feet) are just… flung.
Oh my god I love this
I love that the kittens continue climbing her even after she steps away from the food – the goal is no longer ‘get to food’ it is ‘climb the human’!
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