Cat Logic 101: Part Two
By pyewacket
@pyewacket (43903)
United States
January 29, 2018 11:48pm CST
Why do cats feel the need to be up high? Do they like looking down at us mere humans and like our looking up at them as if to "worship" them? Remember cats were once viewed as gods in Ancient Egypt and I don't think they've forgotten that fact. Photo of my Ouija sitting up high on top of my computer desk and doing his "Bast" impersonation
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jan 18
They enjoy surveying the terrain.
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@BarBaraPrz (47657)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
30 Jan 18
He does do a great Bast impersonation.
Harmony would like to sit up on my tall dressers, and one time I caught her on top of the fridge.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
30 Jan 18
Ouija always loves to be on top of the fridge….LOL
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@BarBaraPrz (47657)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
31 Jan 18
@pyewacket I guess it's nice and toasty up there.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
30 Jan 18
Maybe because they descended from ambush predators before they were domesticated so it's still part of their natural instinct.
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@pitsipeahie (5011)
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30 Jan 18
Because that's where they belong, on top of the world!
My cat is often up on her high post. She likes to see everything from atop. She's like "I want to see the whole of my property!"
My cat is often up on her high post. She likes to see everything from atop. She's like "I want to see the whole of my property!"2 people like this
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
6 Feb 18
Actually, being both a small predator and prey to larger things, high is good. They can look down for things to catch and most of those things that would eat them, can't get up. Even larger birds can't always get them because they are too big to fit between the branches around them. And in rocks, they mostly will find a nook they can get in that something can't come down from behind and/or above them.
@celticeagle (168203)
• Boise, Idaho
31 Jan 18
I also think that they like having a high vantage point to attack their victims. Not all cats are domesticated.
