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

[subdivisions.livejournal.com]

Our otherwise sweet, timid, shy, unassuming tuxedo has a tendency to take his paw and hit closed doors as hard as he can, sending the door flying and creating an opening that would fit 10 of him.

The other one stands outside the door and makes appealing chirpy noises until a human complies with his directive.

[cellio]

It sounds like your tuxedo didn't learn one of the basic cat rules that applies in our house: never expend more energy than you need to. :-)