Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to be taught extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.

Cats maintain us entertained, and most cat homeowners are completely happy to share their properties with miniature, barely psychotic predators. They’re friendlier and extra clever than some give them credit score for, however their conduct can get them into hassle and result in rehoming or euthanization.

Aggression and inappropriate elimination are the commonest causes for booting a cat out of the home and sending them to a shelter, and whereas stalking will not be a justifiable cause, it impacts how some individuals understand felines.

Feline Stalking

Stalking isn’t an admirable high quality in people, however it’s a part of a cat’s DNA and unlikely to be diminished by selective breeding. A sneak assault by a cat hiding at nighttime might trigger your coronary heart to skip a beat or make you scream, and I’m positive some unethical homeowners have reacted violently. In contrast to most cat mother and father, I’m pleased with my cat when she takes me unexpectedly and impressed by her stealth.

I get irritated when she forgets to retract her claws earlier than attacking my legs, however more often than not, she solely makes use of her pads after a sneak assault. I’m her favourite goal since she will’t go exterior and solely hunts bugs in the summertime.

Olga’s Creepy Pleasure

The household of mockingbirds in my yard raiding my blueberry bushes are fortunate Olga has to look at them from a windowsill and can’t interact in predatory stalking. It’s not solely instinctual for cats to stalk and assault their homeowners but additionally entertaining. Olga is happiest when she jumps in entrance of me, hunches up her again, and assaults my calves with each paws.

She likes to be chased round the home and waits till my head is turned and I’m strolling in the wrong way to assault. In contrast to the felines that shock individuals in motion pictures, Olga appears extra energized than frightened.

Hollywood’s Feline Stalkers

Frightened cats typically leap out and shriek after they scare individuals in horror movies. It normally happens when a personality appears for a killer or creature in a creepy setting, like an deserted warehouse, and jumps again after they discover a cat as an alternative.

In Alien, Jonesy (the cat) surprises Brett when he walks across the creepiest space of the ship and hisses to warn him that he’s about to be devoured by the extraterrestrial behind him. Since she’s not very vocal or protecting, Olga would run earlier than warning me of hazard and wouldn’t use her stalking abilities if frightened.

Younger Olga’s Strategies

If she’s scared, she hides beneath a sofa and doesn’t transfer, however stalking is a recreation to her. She needs to be in a very good temper, however when she was a kitten, she was extra aggressive and craftier.

She shocked and attacked me after I took a bathe, turned off the sunshine to go to mattress, and every time I used to be half asleep within the recliner. When the recliner was within the upright place, she would claw her method up the again and hit me within the head. Olga’s not as inventive along with her stalking strikes in the present day, however she nonetheless assaults me when she’s hiding at nighttime.