In case you ever wondered, cats CAN climb ladders. Somehow this thought had never occurred to me until I walked into the room to see this guy at the top of the ladder staring at me.

    • Disgustoid@startrek.websiteOP
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      1 year ago

      Like I said, I’m flabbergasted that somehow this never occurred to me. I guess my brain assumed the awkward shape of a ladder (from a cat’s perspective) would give them trouble and be harder to climb than leaping from floor to surface or surface to surface.

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        1 year ago

        everyone knows cats can climb trees but for some reason a ladder was unreasonable to your brain hahahahah

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        1 year ago

        in this (your pic) case, it’s also a very short jump from sofa arm to the top of the ladder.

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    1 year ago

    I had a cat who would climb a fully vertical wooden ladder both ways to get up into and down from a loft. He used the bars, even, and didn’t just dig into the side supports.

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    I’ve seen one of mine doing the same:

    (She’s the inspector. She makes sure that everything is correct. Which things? Yes.)

    She can also go down just fine. I never saw how - I’ve seen her on the stairs and then walking on the floor as usual, but if I’m nearby when she’s on the stairs she meows insistently for help.

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        1 year ago

        I could picture her saying “is there yoghurt here?”

        Yours on the other hand is, like: “this is way up and comfy and I’m going to watch the world from here.” He looks chill as fuck.

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    I had one who could jump to the top of the fridge from a dead standstill. (About 6 feet [2m] vertical). First time I saw her up there I assumed she used the counter as an intermediate step. Nope. It was like she just turned off gravity for a moment.

    When we found her she was a kitten who had gotten trapped in our garage. Half feral and scared. I swear she was doing 9 foot parkour jumps along the walls when she saw us.

    She’s 14 now so she’s slowed down a bit, but she has no issues with a human-chest-high jump.

    Cats are neat.

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      You just reminded me of when I first adopted these cats and I’d “lose” them in my tiny condo only to find them snoozing on top of the kitchen cabinets. Mine used the counters though, and not parkour up the wall to get there.

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        In addition to getting onto the top of the fridge, mine learned to get into kitchen cabinets. I’d come downstairs in the morning and find her just casually oozing out of the cabinet we keep cups and plates in. “my butt was maybe on all your stuff just now. oh hai. got catfood?”

        I love them. Some still have secret hiding spots in our house.

  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We’ve got our ladders stacked by a vent in the garage and every time I take out the trash one of our cats is in top of the ladders peeking at me through the vent.

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    1 year ago

    Thank you so much for sharing this. For a second I got to see through your eyes and enjoy the joy wonder of the unexpected discovery, and it was delightful and surprising. Don’t let anyone make you feel stupid. Thanks for the reminder that we can always see something new!