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Erin, the punk nun (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sisterelwood) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank, |
*reads article*looks at her oldest cat, Jack*
Since we're sharing cat stories...
Jack has single-pawedly managed to figure out how to feed himself when I am away. How? Well, when I was gone one weekend the woman I had checking in on my two cats told me that he had opened up a cabinet door, climbed behind my other cat's food bin, knocked that food bin out of the way, pulled out his own food bin, and pulled off the lid. He did this not once, not twice, but THREE times. The third time had the added 'challenge' of her trying to tape the cabinet door shut- he just torn it off and pulled out his food bin again.
I ended up having to buy a new bin for Jack that has a locking lid. However, I noticed that he has been working on the lock- he's managed to figure out how to open my other cat's bin lock and there are teeth marks on his.
Second story-
When I was in Ireland last year Jack and my other cat, Creegan, stayed with a friend. She would come home at night and ask her boyfriend why he left the closet door open. He would reply that he hadn't. She would shrug it off and close the door. Not long after that she returned to the living room to find the closet door open AGAIN. She again asked her boyfriend- he knew nothing about it. She shut the door again and then sat and waited.
Jack got up and went to the door. He flopped down on his side, put one paw under the door (it was an accordion-type closet door on a track), his head against another panel of the door, and pulled with his paw while pushing in with his head. After a moment he got up and went to stick his head into the closet and into the food bag (which was in the closet). He did this again several times and finally they had to tied the doorknob up so that the door wouldn't open.
When I got back from Ireland and brought my boys home I noticed Jack doing the same thing with MY closet doors. Only thing is that my doors open on a different side so whenever Jack got up to go in the closet he was met with paneling. It didn't take him long to work out that he had to look at the other side. To this day I close all my closets at night and by morning they're all open again.
If Jack had opposable thumbs and could hold a knife I would be in BIG trouble. As it is, I'm pretty sure he's using Creegan as the brute strength while he is the brains of the operation.
TL;DR- Dr. Osthaus needs to test Jack. That is, if he doesn't use the string to hang her first.
Since we're sharing cat stories...
Jack has single-pawedly managed to figure out how to feed himself when I am away. How? Well, when I was gone one weekend the woman I had checking in on my two cats told me that he had opened up a cabinet door, climbed behind my other cat's food bin, knocked that food bin out of the way, pulled out his own food bin, and pulled off the lid. He did this not once, not twice, but THREE times. The third time had the added 'challenge' of her trying to tape the cabinet door shut- he just torn it off and pulled out his food bin again.
I ended up having to buy a new bin for Jack that has a locking lid. However, I noticed that he has been working on the lock- he's managed to figure out how to open my other cat's bin lock and there are teeth marks on his.
Second story-
When I was in Ireland last year Jack and my other cat, Creegan, stayed with a friend. She would come home at night and ask her boyfriend why he left the closet door open. He would reply that he hadn't. She would shrug it off and close the door. Not long after that she returned to the living room to find the closet door open AGAIN. She again asked her boyfriend- he knew nothing about it. She shut the door again and then sat and waited.
Jack got up and went to the door. He flopped down on his side, put one paw under the door (it was an accordion-type closet door on a track), his head against another panel of the door, and pulled with his paw while pushing in with his head. After a moment he got up and went to stick his head into the closet and into the food bag (which was in the closet). He did this again several times and finally they had to tied the doorknob up so that the door wouldn't open.
When I got back from Ireland and brought my boys home I noticed Jack doing the same thing with MY closet doors. Only thing is that my doors open on a different side so whenever Jack got up to go in the closet he was met with paneling. It didn't take him long to work out that he had to look at the other side. To this day I close all my closets at night and by morning they're all open again.
If Jack had opposable thumbs and could hold a knife I would be in BIG trouble. As it is, I'm pretty sure he's using Creegan as the brute strength while he is the brains of the operation.
TL;DR- Dr. Osthaus needs to test Jack. That is, if he doesn't use the string to hang her first.
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