Our Cat Shadows Behavior

Anyone owning a cat know that sometime their behavior can be very weird at times. Our cat Shadow has been like that lately. Going into places she doesn’t belong as well as seemingly unlikely to accomplish.

She has jumped from an end stand in the family room to the top of the china cabinet which is a good almost five foot jump. Watching her do it was incredulous, if we hadn’t seen it happen we wouldn’t know she could do it.

One evening we kept hearing a banging sound. Similar to a door trying to be opened and it closing first, then nothing. I got up to check what it might be and a cabinet door in the kitchen was partially open. When I opened it guess what I found sleeping in the back…yup…Shadow.

I heard another strange sound one day and went searching to see where in was coming from and discovered her curled up in the printer opening. I removed her four times..you read right..four times! She kept coming back. The last time she got mad and wanted to go outside. She does that when we have a disagreement. Yes, I have three printers. They all only do something different that the other won’t, because mine died and each was given to me. Thankfully, all use the same USB cable and I just rotate to the one needed at the time.

Recently, I couldn’t find her so went looking for her again knowing how well she likes to irritate me. Went walking through the house. Happened to glance into the bathroom and see the door under the sink partially open. Yup..there she was sleeping in the back corner. Went and got the camera just to prove she opened the door.

There are times when we have found her on top of the kitchen cabinets that is a four foot jump. Over the past going on five years I have taken hundres of pictures of the crazy things she does. Our neighbor gave us a sign that Dogs have masters, cats have staff. With them we totally belive it! My husband has decided that they came into our lives exclusively to irritate us. They came to us when they were older kittens about 12 weeks old as feral. The other one is Black Beauty which she is, but extremely irritating with her behavior. She is another total story by herself.

Testing Territory

Yesterday, I think our two cats were testing territory. They both came
to us as older feral kittens over three years ago. Both have very
different personalities. One is black and the other is calico. We were
warned that calico cats are very independent and like to be the only
cat around. She escorts any other cat from the property no matter how
big in comparison to her size. I am always taking photos of them. So,
when I couldn’t find them in their usual spots I went looking for them.
Black Beauty had taken Shadows spot on the stereo cabinet and Shadow
was on top of our kitchen cabinets. It is a big leap to both spots and
it always amazes my husband when he sees them jump to either spot.
Shadow
will take the next leap and go on top of our china closets which is
even higher. Thankfully, the cabinets are so heavy she can’t tip them
over. See her snoozing on top of the cabinet! Actually, she is watching
me through tiny slitted eyes.

They both keep their feral ways
except they want and expect their food and water. Except on cold days
they are out more than in. Neither one likes to be picked up. Shadow
tolerates me for about thirty seconds, but not Black Beauty. We have
become their staff letting them in and out!

Shadow and Black Beauty

One of my favorite past times is taking pictures of our kitties that adopted us. They can be comical and cute. Shadow was named so because when we moved here she followed us like a shadow. Then I would ask Shadow when she showed up where the black kitty was hence Black Beauty. Their colors seem to go with their names. There are many strays around here and it is hard to close the door on just these two, but have to. Three other beautiful ones have tried to get into the house. Shadow escorts two the three out of the yard. There is another black one that must be related to them because they allow that one around. As you can see for the pictures they go and do whatever they want. They rule the house.