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J. Clarke · **(2010-07-07) NS-RFC: For the 'germophobes' amongst us...**

On 7/11/2010 3:55 AM, wrote:
> On Jul 10, 6:03 am, > wrote:
>
>> My cat can't jump as high as the kitchen counters, either. She jumps on
>> chairs and the sofa, sure, and I don't mind that. And she *has* gotten up
>> on the coffee table... I've seen the paw-prints between dustings But I
>> got carpeted steps to allow her to get up on the bed, which is pretty high.
>> (I'm pretty sure when I get to be the equivalent of her age I'll need steps
>> to get in bed, too!) But I'm sure she doesn't get up on the kitchen
>> counters.
>>
>
> When Maynard was 18 years old (he's been gone several years now), we
> thought he could no longer jump much. We actually installed a little
> stairway up to the bathroom counter since we had all the cat food
> there (away from the dogs). And I had a special stool next to my bed
> so that he could get up there easily.
>
> But somehow, all the tops of the shamrock plant (which was on the
> kitchen counter) got eaten off. And none of the other cats had ever
> shown any interest. We figured he knew it was up there because of all
> the times we held him while standing in the kitchen, and he was aimed
> to look over our shoulders as we leaned against the counter.
>
> We were amazed, but apparently he got up there. We have a new shamrock
> eater, so we have to keep it protected or that one will be all stalks
> too.

Cats are lazy--they won't jump any harder than they need to get where
they want to be. I used to have a cat door in a window six feet above
the ground--I left a ladder for the cats to climb up because I "knew"
that they couldn't jump that high. One day I needed the ladder for
something and forgot to put it back, and the cats didn't seem to be
inconvenienced in the slightest.