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Ms. Toad

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10. Probably,

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 09:23 AM

Mar 2015

There are any number of videos floating around with cats deliberately immersing their heads in the water stream from the tap. So while it might back off if it came out of the blue, it sill might not be the weapon you imagine against cats who actually like water.

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It happened again. A cat trapped a couple in a bathroom. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Mar 2015 OP

That's why my kitties get a steady influx of treats. tammywammy Mar 2015 #1

Sick is a possibility but it could also be genes. Cleita Mar 2015 #12

Yeah, just their natural behavior. tammywammy Mar 2015 #17

Could be territorial or protective... wickerwoman Mar 2015 #21

I wouldn't either. tammywammy Mar 2015 #22

Next time they need to rescue a pound cat. marble falls Mar 2015 #2

This one may well have been a pound cat. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #4

And so was my crazy Russian Blue, but my point was over bred cats (or dogs) tend to be .... marble falls Mar 2015 #24

What is available in large quantities in a bathroom? hobbit709 Mar 2015 #3

You haven't met our cats. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #7

A large glass of water thrown in a cat's face will make him back off. hobbit709 Mar 2015 #9

Probably, Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #10

Or at least a towel.. Feron Mar 2015 #13

Bedroom. OP miswrote the title. ieoeja Mar 2015 #18

Kats are evil!!!! greytdemocrat Mar 2015 #5

This happened last summer, right after the Oregon attack. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #6

The cat is a indoor cat, Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #8

My cat is an indoor cat. She often slips outdoors...lured by the call of nature. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #11

You may be putting your cat at more risk than is necessary. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #14

I'm going to trust in my vet and continue to do the right thing. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #19

Suit yourself. Ms. Toad Mar 2015 #23

As a cat owner, I have to say, what whimps. NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #15

My thought exactly. Open the door, kick it in the head. Atman Mar 2015 #16

Florida Cat! KamaAina Mar 2015 #20