Thread: Jumping?

Just out of interest how high can your kittens jump?

Louie is going to be 6 months old soon & I hevent seen him jump onto a highish surface yet which is good for us but Im just wondering why. He used to climb the curtains grown out of that hobby thank god but if he gets onto anything he goes up in stages.

So he has'nt visited the kitchen sink yet or the other work surfaces in the kitchen, our old MC used to have to be removed several times if say I was makeing a coffee or sandwich this made the whole procedure take 3 or 4 times as long & when cooking anything he would be draped round my neck

I have also noticed when he sits down his left rear leg although pointing forwards is out as if he is leaning more on his right leg may just be him he walks & runs fine

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

Dexter is pretty adverturous and is climbing as high as he can get (our tallboy in the bedroom is his highest climb, about 41/2 feet, he uses the chair next to it first though!) Chilli is now trying to copy him but is not so confident, Dexter likes to leap off high things to ambush Chilli, which probably explains why he had sore legs for a couple of days and worried us all sick. Dexter is a bit smalller than Chilli, who always seems to be eating (he's not to fat tho, just looks bigger and more heavy boned, even tho they are brothers). Neither of them are curtain climbers, but they are very good at people climbing, I fear we may all now be scared for life! Luv Lisa xxx