kittyping
Oh my.
Supercat!
Seriously he ought to keep the cats in. Let them meow at the screen door to the balcony. If one jumps, such as at a bird, it is almost certainly curtains for the cat. Some kind of screening on the inside of the balcony bars would prevent their walking through, but it’s easy enough for them to jump to the balcony rail as shown.
Beautiful shot, but scary. I had two cats who used to climb out my condo window on the 12th floor - only when I wasn’t home - and walk on a narrow window ledge to visit a neighbor around the building. I had no idea until the neighbor described my cats and told me of their secret visits. I kept the windows closed after that!
You guys remind me of liberals, environmentalists and PETA. The damn cats are doing fine but you are worried to death about what “might” happen or what “could” happen. Leave them alone. They are cats, for Pete’s sake.
I knew someone that lived in the Holiday Inn in Augsburg, GE. He had a ferret that loved to play on the balcony.
One day a thunderstorm was moving in when Mr Ferret was playing around the balcony. A thunderclap scared him and Mr Ferret had to quickly learn how to fly within the span of 20 stories.
My friend didn’t get a new ferret.
Cats think they are cool, but if this kitty keeps up his balancing act he will eventually get hurt.
Our big black Maine Coon loves to sit in the bathroom window. He gets there by leaping from the floor up over the tub and into the window. Two weeks ago, while getting down, he misjudged and his rear feet hit the edge of the tub; he came down onto the floor on his chin and put one of his canines completely through his tongue where it remained stuck. We had to chase him all over the house to catch him and lift his tongue off of the tooth. He’s fine now and none the worse for wear.
Cats do make mistakes in judgement when they perform these feats of balance and acrobatics.
Hmmm.....for some reason I visualize a Gary Larson cartoon from that photo. I can just imagine a dog sneaking up from behind holding a lit match and a firecracker. :)
It was something like.up to 5 floors..pretty good..5-10 floors , not so good..10-20 floors..they did much better..above 20..lights out..
seems, from 10-20 floors, they had time to orient themselves.."relax" and prepare for landing..
Irresponsible pet owner alert.
“I was afraid that they could fall, but my friend told me that he tried stopping them from doing it several times, but that they wouldn’t.”
I really really tried to get the children to stop playing in the street, but they wouldn’t./s.
Animals and children are dependent on those who should know better to protect them from dangerous situations. There are better options in this situation than allowing the cats who don’t comprehend the dangers of a 17 floor drop. Yes, cats like to be up high, but there are ways to achieve that without allowing them to be in danger. Idiot owner alert.
8 more lives to go...
Too much catnip.
Monorail Cat loves the nightlife.
Monorail Cat reaches new heights...
Our cats sometimes do a gymnastic “beam routine” on the railing upstairs, and they rarely fall, but on occasion, they slip. At least they only have less than a floor to fall onto carpeted padded stairs. If this Cereal ever stumbles, there is no way out. (Not that it’s not a cool pic.)