Thread: Normal or just uncoordinated?

Hi All,

Wanted to share something I've been noticing lately.

Mr Leo is almost 5 months now and has only just realised he can jump up onto the kitchen counter (I wasn't looking forward to this). Anyways, Leo has always been an active kitten but never a huge jumper. Recently he's been trying to jump from bed to bedside tables, surface to surface and more recently counter to floor. There's no elegance there when he jumps though and rarely lands on his feet.

I can't remember if my older cats were like this but I'm guessing he will find his landing balance and elegance somewhere down the track. I keep picking him up off benchtops and putting him on the floor because otherwise it's like a drop. It's like he doesn't brace for the landing. Poor baby.

Has anyone else got or had a kitty who is or was like this?

Also, he fully tears up the hallway after me and slides around like crazy. I'm always getting whacked into by a flying kitten haha. I need to stop walking so I don't step on him as he hurtles past my legs. Again it's that not bring able to control his legs yet thing, I think.

He walks fine though, nothing wrong there. I'm hoping he is still developing his reflexes.

Any thoughts?