Thread: Jumping?

Simba hasn't jumped up very high yet - he does still climb the curtains though and this morning I came down to find one of the curtains in the front room half off the rails! He isn't a light weight now and I worry the curtain rail won't hold his weight for much longer! If you are worried about his leg I would get it checked by the vet.

Mmmmmmmm I know the vet did give him a good going over when we registerd him including his hips, he's certainly not in any pain. he still looks a little like a seesaw (backend higher than the front) so it may just be the growing stages, I have to take Pepsi in for her dental check so may take him along for the ride

Probably just growing - Simba's back end looks to big for his front end at the moment and his hind legs look like an Alsation's back end - almost like they are too big for him to walk on I'm presuming he will even out eventually.

Harry doesn't jump either, he will climb up on things a bit like a military mission, one stage at a time. I haven't given it much thought because I assumed it was because of his build .Like Simba, he does climb the curtains but really now only if he's on the settee and can't see outside so swings on the curtains to get our attention. He's getting to big to start from the bottom !

I think we can all enjoy the lack of huge paws landing on top of units & tv for a while longer then

I have not found most MCs to be big jumpers. Our most frequent and best jumper is our smallest girl, Allie (12lbs). All of our four do go up on the main kitchen counters (~3ft high), though they also have a kiddie table as a step up, and they use this more than jumping right up. We did have one male that was incredibly athletic and learned to jump on counters and railings very young (so young he would also fall off). He would jump over you at the front door while bending to unhook a dog. I think around the second time he got outside he went 15-20ft up a tree and out on a branch. Did not seem to know how to get down, so I went to get an extension ladder. As I was approaching with the ladder, he decided to get down the most direct way: he simply jumped. We were horrified, but totally uninjured and unfazed, off he then went with us continuing to give chase! Unfortunately, he died at 2, but he was one incredibly physical cat.

Glad none of ours have wanted to climb the curtains!

As for the appearance of the rear feet while growing...they definitely look way too large for their size until they get older. Our 9mos old male no longer looks like a bunny, but the rear feet are still too long looking (they are as long as the 1 1/2yr old male who is overall bigger). They do grow into them. Our boys in particular have often liked to sit with one rear leg kind of sticking out to the side. If that is what you mean, I don't think it is too unusual.

You just reminded me how bad Milo was at errrrrrrrrm landing Simba used to play a game of get round the room without touching the floor & im sure it was to show uo the pedigree cat Simba would jump & land lightly onto most things including the top of doors & you just knew Milo was doing it as you could hear a right comotion of claws & then thud

I'll try & get a pic of Louie sitting & see what you think

Winston can jump onto the kitchen table which is about 3ft high.
I'm dreading when he can manage the kitchen benches

He also likes to launch himself onto the t.v unit, and from there propels himself onto the book shelves. Will try and post some photos!

luckily I don't have any curtain climbers....

Gryfn has jumped onto the bar stools, but that's all. Usually he finds alternative routes to things up high.