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Searching for Trouble

July 13, 2013 by L. E. Mastilock

Rascal and Rocco: Searching for Trouble

My cats are driving me crazy! 

Well, mainly Rascal at the moment. Rocco has been pretty mellow lately. Spending most of his time outside or sleeping on the table.

If you were on Facebook yesterday, you would have seen some exasperated comments from me. I’ve been dealing with refrigerator magnets all over the kitchen floor every day (I blamed my kids, then caught the culprit red pawed yesterday! Yep, it was Rascal!), kept awake at night hearing things falling from shelves, and woken much too early to demanding meows!

He did provide some comic relief in the morning when he was napping in the window. He fell asleep and rolled right off the sill, bounced over the kitchen sink, and landed on his feet (that’s a miracle for this kitty) on the tile floor. He stood there, stunned for a moment. Then turned and jumped back into the window. Once I knew he was okay I couldn’t help cracking up! He sat with his back to me, shunning me, while I laughed and of course Facebooked and Twittered his humiliation to the world! Hmm, no wonder he’s out to get me.

Did someone give Rascal catnip last night?

My daughter and I had a special girls night and camped out in the living room last night. We made a bed with the couch cushions, watched a movie, and then attempted to sleep.

Rascal and Rocco: Searching for Trouble

In the dim light, after the lights were out and we were all snuggled up, I heard a cat jump up onto the fish tank and I could see Rascal stretching up the side of the bookcase. He looked like he was trying to find a way to the top. Since that was apparently not possible, he swiped a few things off the middle shelves that he could reach with his paw and then again with his head.

I shook my own head and rolled over to sleep, but then he jumped on and off the fish tank… on and off, on and off, on and off, I mean, really?? And he was not quiet about it, so I got up and got my camera out to record this disturbance of the peace. I turned the lights on low so I could better see what he was up to.

Rascal and Rocco: Searching for Trouble
sorry for photo quality, as I said the lights were low

Perhaps he was inspired by the movie we had watched, Finding Nemo? He was looking for a way into that fish tank! He finally stayed on top of the tank for a bit and watched our one lonely little goldfish swim back and forth, following it’s every movement.

He quickly tired of this and proceeded to do laps around the room, never touching the floor of course, and making as much noise as possible. There was no way my daughter or I were going to fall asleep, so we just watched the entertainment. Here’s a video of one of his rounds:

There’s nothing on the other side of the couch, so he was looking in vain. He decided to travel across the top of the couch, not easy to do since it’s very narrow and there were no cushions to walk across (remember we were laying on them), and it’s right up against the wall.

Not one to give up easily, he latched his claws in with every step to keep from falling and tight rope walked across that couch, ripping and tearing all the way. He couldn’t have just walked across the wide part of the couch and make it easy on us all?! No. I flinched as he took each ripping step, but knew it would just be worse if I had tried to pry him off, rather than let him make his way to the end. Our couch is old and stained from the years with small kids anyway.

Once on the other side, he barely missed knocking over my water and wine glasses to get over the side table to my husband’s chair. Where he leaped across the room to the kid’s chair, and began his circle round the room again! It reminded me of that game “Hot Lava” when I was a kid and you couldn’t touch the ground across the playground!

Rascal and Rocco: Searching for Trouble

It had toys on it, but he managed to climb over them without tipping the basket. Pausing to sniff everything to check for anything of interest. From there, he leaped back up to the fish tank again and began again!

We finally turned off the lights, trying to ignore him and get some sleep, but once the lights were back out, he seemed to move in fast forward and knocked a few more things down! His eyes shown in the moonlight like he was wired! He was spazzing out like he does with catnip, but I hadn’t given him any!

Seriously, did someone give him some?!

Filed Under: Pets and Animals Tagged With: cats, crazy, home, kids

Comments

  1. mary_smith says

    July 23, 2013 at 11:44 am

    That's too funny! My little one gets "crazy eyes" every night before we go to bed. She runs around like we gave her catnip as well.

    Thank for sharing at Tuesdays with a Twist! Hope to see you again this week.
    http://back2basichealth.blogspot.com/2013/07/weve-got-seedlings-tuesdays-with-twist.html

  2. Colehaus Cats says

    July 16, 2013 at 6:39 pm

    Trouble, trouble, trouble. We know not of what you speak. MOL! Sounds like a good talking to is in order! Purrs…

    • L. E. Mastilock says

      July 18, 2013 at 4:30 pm

      LOL! They've tried, but tell me humans are very hard to teach

  3. Fisher and Staff says

    July 15, 2013 at 7:52 am

    Our kitten, Alice, is growing fast. She provides a lot of entertainment with her antics, but yesterday I realized she is just going to be a big kitten real soon and OMC, what's next. Cats are just so funny – great that you got some of it on video in the middle of the night.

    • L. E. Mastilock says

      July 18, 2013 at 4:27 pm

      You're in for it now! Don't let your kitty online, might get some crazy ideas. Or maybe it's too late.

  4. Caren Gittleman says

    July 14, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    ****claaping our paws**** for Rascal!!!!! Love, Cody and Caren from Cat Chat http://opcatchat.blogspot.com

    • L. E. Mastilock says

      July 18, 2013 at 4:26 pm

      As I said, no one on my side. Too many cats prowling the internet!

  5. Claire Bertolini says

    July 14, 2013 at 5:55 am

    All we read is totally normal, we don't understand the problem. Rascal is a good boy, he didn't break anything. Purrs. Loupi and Zorro

    • L. E. Mastilock says

      July 18, 2013 at 4:25 pm

      Apparently, no one is on my side! but yes, at least nothing broke for once

  6. Bernadette says

    July 14, 2013 at 4:38 am

    He's just getting a different purrrspective on things.

  7. Tails from the Foster Kittens says

    July 13, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    Yup, I say he was totally inspired by your choice of movie 😉

    • L. E. Mastilock says

      July 18, 2013 at 4:24 pm

      I'll have to be more careful about our selection next time!

  8. GizmoGeodog says

    July 13, 2013 at 8:29 pm

    LOL! We invite pets into our homes for the entertainment value, right? 🙂

    • L. E. Mastilock says

      July 18, 2013 at 4:24 pm

      ah yes, and mine are never boring!

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