Cat people: what's your theory on why perfectly behaved cats occasionally have a bout of teh crazy?

My cat was off the wall this morning -- running from end to end of the house, jumping up and down in all the window wells, and leaping over the beds. Eventually he wore himself out and took a nap.

Damned if I know what sets him off like this. I accuse the SO of slipping speed into the cat food but that's just a theory.


:crazy:

My 2 cats get them too, they are all full of energy, and they work it off by tearing around my apartment, it sounds like a herd of elephants. :D

and need to be confused:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM

That's normal here...my two routinely go from 0 to 60 at least once a day. I went "here kitty kitty" apparantly just as one was starting because I had barely finished the words when Smokie came flying--literally in...

Happens early evening and early morning..their ancestors hunting times.

At two O'clock in the morning he attacks a pile of newspapers and shreds them to smithereens.

That is his way of saying: I want out; open the door right fucking now!

When they are doing that they are sensing rips in the time-space continuum.

laugh watching Pickles tear around with her "pitcher handle" tail on. :rofl:

Best I can come up with. And I've been a cat person all my life.

I often equate humans trying to figure out cats to men trying to
figure out women. Best not to try! :crazy:

"Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."

She goes apeshit like she has a hot pepper up her ass.

so with the cool air settling in for a few days ours have been crazy.

I call it the "kitty stampede."

the "catanapolis 500" or the "gotta run syndrome."

My 18 pound ragdoll doesn't do it very often, thank goodness, but the siamese cat I had before used to wake up from a dead sleep take about 3 laps around the apartment and then curl up to sleep again. It really makes you wonder what goes through those little cat brains.

I love it; so cute.

When we had indoor/outdoor kitties when I was growing up, the wind really seemed to set them off. They'd streak across the yard with their tails bent in a hairpin curve.

Kitties ... Ours is not to question. :loveya:

:shrug:

Only cats can see them. :P Our cats will wrestle an invisible something in mid-air, or do donuts in the living room, or anything in between.

She sneaked out without my knowing. I had the door opened for only a few minutes. Since I never realized she was gone until the next morning I am sick with worry. Itis now going on the fifth day. Can cats find their way home?

:hi:

I've posted it in this Group before, but when I was in grad school, our household cat disappeared.

We went out and called his name, and we heard a disembodied meow in return. We followed the meows and discovered that he was trapped in the neighbor's coal scuttle.

Yours may have gotten accidentally locked in someone's garage or storage shed.

place ads in your local paper (they generally free), post lost posters with the cat's picture and your address and phone # within a 6-8 block radius of your house, call ALL the local shelters/rescues, and vets, place an ad on Craig's list. Canvass your neighborhood, pass out flyers, put a sign in your window/door/yard.

My cat wandered off, went missing for 10 days. I got in the car with his picture, drove slowly up and down every street, talked to everyone I saw.
Finally, a guy about 3 blocks over recognized his picture. Seems one of his neighbors "found" him and decided he was a stray (he slipped his collar), so she kept him. I was grateful she took such good care of him, but if I hadn't canvassed the neighborhood, I'd never have found him.

Good luck. I'm sending positive vibes your way. Keep us posted.:hug:

I hope that she finds her way home, and I agree with dgibby -- do everything you can to find her in the meantime.

When I still let mine out, one guy was gone for six weeks. I'd given up altogether and he still made it home.

Can she be hiding outside? :hug;

jump straight up in the air, come down on all fours and take off, zooming and careening off walls, furniture, you name it for about 30 seconds and then she'd just stop, lick herself and look like "I meant to do that". Maybe we'd all be healthier if we could do it.

Wild, crazy behavior. Eventually they settle down and take a nap. I've never been able to figure out what sets them off.

I think mine are possessed and in dire need of an exorcism!

Too bad Dr. Buzzard isn't still on this side of the great divide, or I would call upon his services. He was the kind of Witch Doctor legends are made of. Minerva, his widow, was the person who cast all those spells in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". Quite the pair, those two. Spoken of in hushed and reverent, if not fearful, terms here in the SC Low Country.

I doubt there's a cat in the country Dr. Buzzard couldn't tame!

I thought it was just high spirits until he started ripping out fur too and I found the scabby signs of neurodermatitis. Otherwise it might mean he needs to get outside on the roof.

If you had to live your entire life within four walls, you'd go crazy, too.

dog do it. i've had hamsters that do it.

at least twice a day. I don't know why. All I know is that they have no compunctions about running right across me or my husband. They came close to putting out one of my eyes one night while I was laying in bed reading.

lol

My Friday puffs up to twice her shorthair size and wacky races all over the house. It makes you want to don a flak jacket!

Btw, I'm moving this week and assume all six will pon farr at the same time shortly! :hi:

It's certainly Amok Time.

Moving,eh? You're the one who'll be running from end to end of the place, checking the windows, and circling around wondering what the hell to do next. :hi: