They’re convinced they can score some snack time and no one will be the wiser. I have ninja tongue.”ĭon’t our cats know we can usually hear them licking dishes? Especially when there’s silverware attached to the dish or their licking pushes the dish around, sometimes ending with a loud smash onto the floor. Dishing it up “You’re out of your damn mind. Every time I look back at them, they’re a few inches closer to me until they’re finally on top on me again. They’re like the cat in the Ninja Cat video. Instead they slowly make their way there, thinking I won’t notice what they’re doing. And moving a cat does no good because the feline responds with what I call the “slow sidle.” They don’t automatically jump in the middle of my project. That includes sitting on top of, or restricting, the work at hand.
It never fails - as soon as I need to devote my undivided attention to something, Cosmo or Phoebe gets all up in my business. In case you haven’t noticed, cats, in general, are masters at the mind game. Still, they regularly haul it out and expect our buy-in. This is a feline mind game that never works in their favor. If our eyes don’t meet, the event never happened and they remain super sneaky. This isn’t happening “La, la, la, la, la.”Īlso as in counter cruising, any time cats are caught doing something they thought was on the down-low, they refuse to look at the human who busted them. Or maybe they’re going with the “frozen in place” assumption of invisibility demonstrated on counter cruising expeditions. They seem to forget that this long appendage is actually attached to the rest of their body. In my experience, it’s typically the tail that gives them away. Sometimes, however, they believe they’re out of sight, but, um, they’re kinda wrong. Sure, they can make themselves scarce - usually it’s around the time to leave for the vet or take a pill. Hidey-NO “Folks, this is what professional hiding looks like.”Ĭats appear to possess great confidence in their hiding abilities. Sneaks don’t need to admit anything, even if their sneakiness isn’t all that sneaky. When I say her name, she won’t look at me, but she does jump to the floor and acts aloof about what just occurred.
I’m thinking she believes she’s invisible at that very moment. When I hear the telltale sounds and enter the room, she freezes in place. The sounds she creates don’t give her any cause to jump off the counter.
She seems to forget I can hear her nudging silverware or knocking over cups. She knows she’s not allowed on such surfaces, so she tries to remain quiet about the whole thing, but exploration isn’t such a quiet business when it comes to Miss Pheebs. She loves heights and is extraordinarily curious, so oftentimes she helps herself to an exploratory cruise. Phoebe is fascinated with anything on a counter or table. Counter strike “Mission aborted! Also, I was never here.” Here are five typical fails that happen in my house. Other times they think they’re sneaky, but completely miss the mark. It’s not that they consistently fail where slyness is concerned - sometimes they’re complete sneaks right under my nose! My Phoebe has - in my presence - jacked earrings, french fries, and straws with masterful ninja skills. Although my cats would probably outsmart me on Jeopardy!, they sometimes lack in one area that seems like an obvious feline attribute: sneakiness. I’m often amazed at their brilliance in the empathy and problem-solving departments. Cats are highly intelligent animals - no one can deny that.
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