What is the strangest thing your pet ever did?

When I was 15ish I had this cat I named Wooden because I saw him run head first into a telephone pole and I said he was dumb as wood. One day I am outside and I hear the strangest sound. I walk around the house and find that the tree above my picnic table is filled with birds. Wooden is standing atop the table, on his hind legs, singing to the birds. It was the strangest and most alien beautiful song. Idk if he was trying to lure them closer for the kill or just show them his love for them. Maybe both.

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Serenitree · F Best Comment

I had a cat that hated his tail. He'd lie down and try to sleep, but his tail would start whipping side to side. He'd close his eyes and growl. Eventually he'd open his eyes and put one of his front paws on the end of the tail. Well, that kept the tip of it still, but from the tip to where it attached to his butt, it was still wiggling, trying to escape; so he'd place his other front paw on the middle part. That would work briefly but then the two bits between would be hopping up and down and trying to buck his paws off. Then he'd get really mad and bite it. Well that invariably hurt. So he'd get even madder and attack it, but it would move away. And there he'd go chasing it until he caught it and bit it again. Eventually, he'd give up and come back to bed. The tail would wag, but he'd just pretend he didn't know it was there.

He did that often enough that I was tempted to take him to a psychiatrist. Unfortunately, back in the middle of the 1970s, cat psychiatrists weren't advertising in the Yellow Pages.

He started that behaviour as a kitten. Kept it up until he died at the age of 17. What a weirdo.

He also swallowed a sparrow whole, one time, head first. He couldn't get it all the way in and couldn't puke it up. That was a fast cab ride to the emergency vet and a $1000 surgery. Stupid cat. He was the first cat I ever had that became an indoor cat. Since then, I've never had one that wasn't. I see too many dead cats on the streets of the city.

Feb. 4/17
2:10 am

DanielChristensen · 46-50, M

lol aww! Wow I am glad he made it through the Canary incident.

Serenitree · F

@DanielChristensen: Awww, thanks for Best Answer.

Feb. 5/17
:44 pm

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

That cat must have bumped his head hard when he was little, he wasn't all there was he?

Serenitree · F

@cherokeepatti: he was actually a smart, loving cat who could learn tricks. He always came when we called. He was more like a dog in some ways. He'd sit up and speak, roll over, play dead. He played fetch with a bean bag. And he LOVED water. Couldn't keep him out of the bath or the kids little back yard turtle pool.

I think he just never got the concept that the tail was a part of him.

My mom once had a cat who hated the cat in the mirror. She'd snarl. Turn her back and walk away, but when she walked past the mirror again, there she was again. And the snarling would start up. Apart from that one thing, she was completely fine.

Feb. 5/17
8:32 pm