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Adorable Snowshoe Kitten Doesn't Like Her Reflection (Original Post) catbyte Jun 2021 OP
K&R for the kitteh. nt tblue37 Jun 2021 #1
that arched-back thing is hilarious Skittles Jun 2021 #2
That arched back, sideways run thing starts at about 7 weeks Warpy Jun 2021 #9
Mommmmmie! niyad Jun 2021 #3
I had a cat who did that when he was a kitten. Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #4
I adopted a kitten from the pound Skittles Jun 2021 #10
It makes them look "bigger" and more threatening TexasBushwhacker Jun 2021 #11
yes Skittles Jun 2021 #12
They are not happy but it entertains us. Ka-Dinh Oy Jun 2021 #13
Too funny! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #5
The hopping Rebl2 Jun 2021 #6
Love the crab walk Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #7
Back in my hippie days ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 #8

Warpy

(114,661 posts)
9. That arched back, sideways run thing starts at about 7 weeks
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 10:11 PM
Jun 2021

but only lasts a week or two. Great things to do with kittens are the first mirror and the first snowfall.

I had one uproariously dumb tomcat who'd forget about snow every year. I have a great snapshot of him sitting on a snowy deck, giving me a dirty look over his shoulder, obviously blaming me for all that cold, white stuff all over everything.

Ka-Dinh Oy

(11,686 posts)
4. I had a cat who did that when he was a kitten.
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 08:15 PM
Jun 2021

However, he growled, yowled, and hissed at himself. It took him about 3 days to figure it out that it was him in the mirror. It was hilarious.

Skittles

(172,833 posts)
10. I adopted a kitten from the pound
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 10:20 PM
Jun 2021

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the very next morning, I was awakened by a long wailing that would periodically pitch up to a scream.....I peeked out the door and my eight year old cat was in the middle of the living room floor, while that little kitten did a wide circle around him, periodically doing the rapid sideways sprint to within a couple inches of him......devil cat! They eventually did become friends though.

TexasBushwhacker

(21,283 posts)
11. It makes them look "bigger" and more threatening
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 11:12 PM
Jun 2021

but once they get big enough and gain some confidence, they showing off stops.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
8. Back in my hippie days ...
Fri Jun 25, 2021, 09:13 PM
Jun 2021

My wife and I had three cats and when we would smoke weed they would dance around with their backs arched like that.
Maybe they got a contact high.

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