cats and doors

[cellio]

I have noticed that my three cats have different reactions when facing a mostly-closed door that opens toward the cat.

Erik reaches out a paw, pulls the door open enough to go through, and walks through.

Embla does that thing that long-haired torties specialize in where all the cat volume seems to vanish, and then walks through. Or, if that doesn't work, she does as Erik does.

Baldur uses his head as a battering ram, pushing at the space between the door and the frame until the door opens more. He might or might not then walk through.

Each of these reactions perfectly fits the personality (and observed mental acuity) of the cat in question. :-)

Comments

[kayre]

Huh. Three of our four split exactly the same as yours.

The fourth never wants to come into the bathroom with me :D

In another weird observation, Nala's the first cat I've seen try to catch a laser pointer dot with her teeth.

[cellio]

So who's the "when the only tool you have is a head-butt..." cat in your family?

Laser pointer: wow, I've never seen one try that! That must be very frustrating for her. :-)

[kayre]

Oscar's the head-butt guy... biggest head, so it's pretty effective.

Nala tried to sniff it, too.

[dglenn.livejournal.com]

I've seen a few try to chomp on the little red dot; I can't think of any that only used their mouths, but I have seen 'em try to eat it in addition to trying to put a paw on it.