I did a funny on Booboo!
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63594)
United States
July 13, 2011 10:11pm CST
I was so tired that I went to bed right after eating, like maybe 6 p.m.
Made a deal with the roomie, if she'd feed the kitten early, I'd be awake to do it later.
But, about 3 hours later, my right big toe was really hurting and I needed to get up and take care of another pressure.
I was hoping to avoid having to deal with kitten right then, but turned out I was going to have to pretty soon, because the other roommate was in the other bathroom.
But, I had grabbed the nail clippers and I sat down in the kitchen because I was also not going to go much further with my toe hurting that bad!
I tried to get the file part under the big nail, but due to the fact that I'm not that limber, and my eyesight not that good.
So, I started clipping some of the other nails.
Now, Booboo was standing under me, I guess hoping that I'd do something or drop some food or something.
I clipped the first nail and he twitched.
Clipped the other side of that nail and he did it again.
Each nail I snipped, he jumped until after about 5 snips, he jumped and ran off!
I had to laugh...
Yeah, I know, trimming my nails in the kitchen probably isn't the best idea, but its not like we were cooking...
I finally got under that sore nail and clipped!
It was like ***ahhhhh***
it ain't pertty, but it feels better...
Then I went in and fed the kitten and took care of the other thing too!
I wish you guys could've seen Boo looking for whatever it was attacking him!
Have you ever had a pet who, other than being attacked by fleas/flies, acted like they were being attacked by invisible things?
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16 responses
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
14 Jul 11
I have seen my cats look out the window and "bark" at birds, or look inside the house and collect the flies they could find. They do get twitchy and often can see things I do not see.
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@Yourfreind (28)
• United Arab Emirates
14 Jul 11
Cats are really very friendly and understanding pets and sometime they play and make people enjoy and make them laugh
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@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
14 Jul 11
My cat does stuff like that, if I snap my fingers, or clap my hands, near him. He jumps up, swats at the air, and figures that if something's making a noise in his direction, something must be after him. LOL Cats are pretty silly that way. As for what happened with you, I wish you had it on video. LOL
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
16 Jul 11
I tease my pets a little for that reaction..LOL..I make a funny sound with my mouth and they look everywhere for it. I have never laughed so hard in my life when I made that sound and one of the dogs thought the other one made it....she had finally figured it out and went after the dog she thought made the sound
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
14 Jul 11
I wonder if the cat saw the clipping flying in the air and thought for a second it was flies and or something coming out of mid air. The sounds of the clippers probably started the cat and ran off. 
That had to be a funny sight. Glad you got the relief after the trimming.
That had to be a funny sight. Glad you got the relief after the trimming. @ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
14 Jul 11
I don't know if he did, but he'd jump and look toward his back, so I think they were hitting him. I think he came for pets, but I was obviously too interested in what I was doing...
And the clippers, well, this cat will lay in the roomie's arms and PURR while we trim his nails, so I don't think the sound bothered him
@Bannybanzie (1397)
• Philippines
14 Jul 11
LOL.. that's so cute and funny.. I can't stop laughing reading your discussion. I can imagine what the cute Booboo is doing.. that's funny. Well our dogs jump in the air to catch flies... that's the strangest thing they do.. well aside from eating grass.. and talking to a tree?? Yes that's what they do
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
14 Jul 11
Yes. LOL. That is funny. My Yorkie is not really afraid of anything other than when I get out a fresh garbage bag and shake it out to open it. He runs LOL. My other dog we used to have, hated it when we used the toaster. He hated for us to put the bread button down and he definitely ran when the bread popped up.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
15 Jul 11
I saw a video of a kitten who behaved as if he was being attacked by two green apples sitting on a bed. How'd you like them apples... Punny I know. I'd set a link to the video if I had an idea where it was off the top of my head but I don't, I don't even remember the title.
@BarBaraPrz (47313)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
14 Jul 11
At first, I thought Booboo was reacting to the noise (thinking his own nails were being clipped) but then I realized you were letting the clippings fly and (I guess) hitting poor Boo...
As for the other... isn't it nice when you can hold your water long enough to get to the facility?
@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
14 Jul 11
Boo purrs while his nails get done, but since I can barely reach the toes, I kind of had to let them fly... since I was using one hand to hold the foot and the other to trim...
Yeah, but I was getting worried that I wasn't going to hold much longer!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Jul 11
hi elicbxn oh yes I had a black cat totally black and she would jump like she had been shot when a feather or a leaf or most anything touched her back. we rescued her as a kitten ane we figured she might have been mistreated and had someone hit her on her back hard. so she was scared of anything odd touching her. even the wind blowing her long fur could make her jump and look around.but she was a lovebug. she hated to see me trying to read a paper so she just jumped up on my lap and turned around three times on that darned paper.was not too good for the paper but I did get a charge out of her wanting to be petted every time I wanted to read lol lol
out of her wanting to be petted every time I wanted to read lol lol1 person likes this
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
15 Jul 11
Just the usual night crazies that Sleepy used to have. He hasn't run around as if something or someone were after him lately, though. Guess he's getting too fat. Inactivity will make the fat problem worse. Chasing a string used to be his favorite activity, but when I tried to get him to do that tonight, he just batted it away from his nose and lay there. After a bit, he got up and walked slowly into another room.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
14 Jul 11
coco does it all the time when her allergies are acting up. she will be laying peaceful, then suddenly jump and naw at her leg or something like shes trying to scratch it. 
thats how i know an allergy is coming on. she doesnt have fleas or anything. 
@jdex_143 (1093)
• Philippines
16 Jul 11
Hehehehe.. lol. This is funny. :D
I used to have a dog. If I don't have something to do and I like to play with her but then she's asleep, what I would do is I would constantly put something in her ears near her hair and she just keep on flipping her ears. I really find it funny every time she flips her ear. I just miss my dog. :)
@kaylachan (69714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 Jul 11
I have a cat who is afraid of the rain. I know how that sounds, but it's true. Whenever we get a hard rain, he twitches and fleas for the nearest cover (under our recliner). The windows are air-tight, and the apartment is solid, but despite this the cat thinks the rain's going to get him. He defines fear of water. I've never seen him go to this degree. I think he went through a tromatic experince before he found us.
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
14 Jul 11
Taj spent a week in a tree, including one bad rain storm, and for about a year after he was afraid of thunder, but he's gotten over that now.
but if he were traumatized by something as a kitten, yeah, he might very well be that way his entire life...
@bouncybug (614)
• South Africa
14 Jul 11
That is so sweet that your kitten thought he was being attacked by the sound of the nail clippers. My cat is so funny - she always reacts crazily when she sees other animals on the tv. She will start meowing and looks them up and down with her ears twitching as if they are really in the room and she wants to attack them! It makes us laugh every time we turn on animal planet!
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