Cat trees, scratching posts and hilarity!
Have you ever seen a cat outside climbing trees? It has to be the most pathetic activity these otherwise regal little creatures could ever participate in. When indoors they are all over their carpet covered cat trees with ferocity and agility. But get them out doors and up a real tree and they become that animal that needs to be rescued by the fire department.
Why is that? I know my own cat attacks his scratching post with such fervor that I would think he was a master climber. And I suppose they are else how would they get themselves stuck up in so many trees.
While I’m no cat expert, I’d guess they were going up after birds. Inside they are always finding their way to the tops of my bookshelves and other tall structures, but they clearly want to be in that superior position. I definitely have no canaries flying around my house. My mother is the one with cats and birds living in the same household. The key there is to have the kittens poke their noses in on the caged birds and watch them get pecked through the cage bars. That is usually enough to teach them for a life time that they won’t be messing with the house birds.
Outside is a totally different story!
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