Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to be taught extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.
Home cats are gifted climbers, leapers, and hunters, and though most like to view their environments from elevated positions, additionally they get pleasure from hiding in cramped areas. Squeezing their our bodies into small areas is a talent most canine most likely envy, nevertheless it comes naturally to felines. They’ve an anatomical benefit; not like people, their shoulder blades and collarbones are related to different physique components by muscle groups, not bones.
Fearful Hiding
When properties turn into too chaotic or noisy for cats, they normally run and conceal. It doesn’t appear outstanding or out of the abnormal, however I’m impressed by how rapidly Olga disappears when she’s scared or able to play. If somebody in my neighborhood units off a bottle rocket, Roman candle, or firecracker, Olga breaks the sound barrier when she runs for canopy.
Thunderstorms don’t faze her, however she’s depressing on the 4th of July. It’s the one time of yr she spends hours hiding below the sofa, and the terrified expression on her face makes me really feel sorry for her.
Hiding to Calm down and Annoy People
Nonetheless, she additionally hides each morning after consuming breakfast when she’s content material. Hiding due to concern isn’t uncommon for cats, however I believe additionally they get pleasure from it once they’re not harassed or frightened. Cramming themselves into tiny areas could make them really feel safer, and a few cats perceive how arduous it’s for people to seek out them, and so they get pleasure from watching their house owners making an attempt to find them.
Olga normally runs as much as me if I name her title, but when she sees me packing my luggage for a visit or hauling the cat provider out of the closet, she finds an efficient hiding spot and received’t reply to my calls. Her morning hiding spot is below the mattress, however when she doesn’t wish to be discovered, she hides within the lavatory or behind a cupboard in the lounge.
Skillful Hiding
Generally, she hides within the bathtub, and as soon as, after looking my home for half-hour, I discovered her behind the bathroom. Discovering her hiding spot hurts her delight, and she or he lashes out when I attempt to decide her up. When she was a kitten, she was extra violent and sometimes used flatulence to persuade me to place her down. Fortunately, she not makes use of that protection mechanism.
It’s irritating when you may’t discover a hidden cat, however Olga isn’t as tough to find as my final cat. My Siamese cat hardly ever stored his mouth closed except he was consuming, sleeping, or hiding, and he was a gifted escape artist. He didn’t keep in a single place however moved round as I looked for him.
He escaped after I took him to the coast to go to my pals a number of years in the past. We looked for hours and even had the native Sheriff assist after he questioned us about why we have been creeping round a cemetery in the midst of the evening.
In some unspecified time in the future throughout the search, he ran again into the home, and I discovered him within the kitchen cabinet behind the canned items. Olga isn’t as devious when she hides, and I’m fortunate that she’s by no means tried to run exterior.
