Conference misery::feline_v1

    I think there must be a klutz gene and Flame has it too!  
    
    Now you realize, that that head high pose was the "I meant to do
    that" look.
      Nancy DC
    

    Both of my cats sleep on the top of the cable box which is on top of
    the tv.  About once every other month or so - one of them will roll off
    in their sleep.  I get such a kick out of that " I meant to do that"
    look on their faces!

    Poor little Sweetie!!  She certainly isn't the brightest bulb in the
    string, but that little face is something else!
    
    Jeanne, does she still like to sleep under things and behind things?? 
    When she was a baby, her favourite sleeping place was behind the books
    on a bookshelf.  She also liked to be under the covers with her sister,
    Julie.
    
    Someone once told me that cats with fluffy tails have to put so much
    energy into growing those beautiful tails that their brains don't have
    time to develop...maybe that's it!
    
    Mary

    
    
    I know what you mean about that "I Meant to do that!" look.  Spot
    has such big feet that sometimes she can't keep track of all of
    them and ends up triping over them, especially when chasing Panther
    up the stairs!
    
    Not graceful but certainly beautiful!
    
    Feline fine,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot
    

    
    I've got two with fluffy tails and the dim lightbulbs at times. There
    must be a correlation!!
    
    The one with the biggest tail is the slowest - has trouble figuring out
    that screen doors aren't meant for charging through.  He does amble off
    with that 'boy was that fun' look on his face while we are laughing.
    The less fluffy one has the smarts, he waits to see what happens to
    his brother first!
    
    "C" (owned by Otis and Rascal)
    

	I'll certainly agree with that!  
	
	Bandit has a gorgeous tail and cute little bloomers too.  He
	also has a rather small head (literally!).  My mother pointed
	it out but his head is not proportional with his body, hence,
	the nick name Pin Head.  He is rather stupid and clumsy too
	but absolutely the most adorable kitty!

	T.K. is a very streamlined cat, sleek and graceful.  He is
	short hair but on occassion, I have seen him slip and fall
	and he too gets that look "I meant to do that".

	Cats are so funny!

	Karen

    Well, there you go!  Celeste and Karen are right!!  Little Chauncey,
    who has tail fur six inches long, will sit and get smacked in the head
    when you toss toys to him.  Julie, whose fur is 1/4 inch long, figured
    out how to open the storm door last night...
    
    Mary

    Flame doesn't know enough to get upset when one of the others
    has a hissy-fit.  Its usually Mao who still occasionally sleeps
    on top of the fridge and if she happens across Flame she gets
    all bent-out-of-shape.  Flame just looks at her and say "huh??"
      Nancy DC
    

    re: .8
    
    Nancy, does Flame have tabby genes?  My three siamese all have
    "hissy-fights" from time to time, but if they try and pick one
    with the tabbies, the tabbies just walk away.  They don't care!
    And if the siamese persist, the tabbies calmly wap them in the
    face and keep walking!  It's real funny to watch!  Almost as
    good as a siamese huff!  ;-) ;-)
    
    Mary-Michael 

    Have to disagree with you I breed fluffy's and am convinced they
    are brighter than my siamese.My Chinchilla was spotted trying to
    take the screws out of the back of the microwave when the rabbit
    was cooking in it.The red colourpoint removed the electronics from
    the new cooker (the knobs were child proof) We have child locks
    on cupboards and fridges etc. Rory again the red colourpoint opens
    all packets to see what is in them. I can never get the wretched
    things open.Tupperware in Flitwick in Bedfordshire sells tupperware
    as Peebles proof. My seal colourpoint who unfortunately died two
    years ago could not open that so she used to boot it round the kitchen.
    She once lined up a litter of siamese kittens and got them to jump
    one after the other until the larder door opened.She was pregnant
    at the time.If I was sitting down sunbathing she would knock on
    the window for me to come in and change the litter tray if one of
    the other cats used it.
    One of our chinchillas did use the toilet to wet into but she prefered
    the litter tray for the other.The only trouble was she would come
    and collect us to pull the chain and if we had vistors and had to
    excuse our selves they thought we were loony.You can't win.
    
    Th�r�se 

    Flame is a red tabby with beautiful orange eyes.  Not the brightest
    cat I've every had but certainly one of the most delightful.  Now
    Dundee is also a tabby - brown tabby & white - and there's no flies
    on that guy!  He's a clever and saucy little guy!  I caught him
    confronting Jesse several times and Jesse is 2.5 times Dundee's
    size and weight!
      Nancy DC

    Sorry, Nancy, but that doesn't sound too bright to me! ;^)
    
    Jo

    re  - last few
    
    actually - Dundee can get away with bapping Jesse on the head because
    with those ears, he always looks angry. (See, Jesse's only got one
    folded ear, so he's half as angry as Dundee)
    
    jack
    whos_feline_more_like_a_catnap_than_work_today

    
    i agree about the "siamese huff". no one was better than drawing
    herself up, raising her tail in the air, giving me a haughty look with
    those deep blue eyez, and walking off in a "siamese huff" than my dear
    cissy, my little sealpoint who died 2 yearz ago.
    
    both stella and stanley are half siamese and have the traditional long,
    tapered tail.  and they are both fiendishly clever--esp. stella--in
    getting what they want. maybe there is a correlation 'twixt tail width
    and smartz, after all!
    
    diane (dr. feline) and stella and stanley
    

    Our newest, Cassandra(the flea) is fascinated watching the toilet
    flush. The other day she was sitting on the edge of the toilet(lid up)
    watching me squeegie the shower door after my shower, when all of a
    sudden, I hear this great splash. When I opened the shower door, here
    was Cassandra sitting on the bathroom carpet scrubbing away like mad
    and all around the toilet area was water. Looked like someone threw
    a full scrub bucket at the toilet. Hasn't lessened her interest in
    watching the toilet flush.
    
    Chuck
    
    

    re: Dundee & Jesse - the "bright" part of that is that Dundee manages
    to get away with it all!