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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

1030.0. "Does your cat sit with hind legs extended?" by VAXWRK::SKALTSIS (Deb) Mon Jan 11 1988 15:11

    I've had cats all of my life, but about 5 years ago when I got Pip
    I noticed that she would sit with her back legs fully extended on
    the floor. I'd never seen a cat do that before, and the only other
    time I've seen it since was a picture in a cat magazine. Until last
    night that is. Last night the newest member of the family, Nikolas,
    came into the living room and sat down with his hind legs extended
    just like Pip does!!!
    
    Which brings me to the several questions that I am about to pose:
    
    	1. Does anyone else have a cat that sits this way?
    	2. Are these cats "double jointed"?
    	3. Is this ability genetic or breed related? (someone told me
	   that this was common among tabbies, but neither of these cats
    	   are tabbies, and besides, tabby is a marking, not a breed).
    
    Deb

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1030.2	SPHYNX.	AIMHI::OFFEN		`Mon Jan 11 1988 16:21`	5
	My dog lays that way but my cats never did. They just like to look the the Sphynx. Sandi
1030.3		VAXWRK::SKALTSIS	Deb	`Mon Jan 11 1988 16:54`	4
	from the front they look like the Great Sphinx; the back legs are out straight in back of him. Deb
1030.4	Skycats	CLUSTA::TAMIR	To a cat, all things belong to cats	`Mon Jan 11 1988 16:59`	5
	Skyler Van Grayson does this...but he usually adds the front arm extension...we called it his "Superman" pose. All he needed was a cape, and we were sure he could fly. Very aerodynamic kitties! Mary
1030.5	On Occasion	TOXMAN::MECLER	FRANK	`Mon Jan 11 1988 17:47`	5
	{Deb, Sometimes some of ours lie like this. Frank
1030.6		TOMLIN::ROMBERG	Kathy Romberg DTN 276-8189	`Mon Jan 11 1988 18:19`	2
	My Tyler used to lie like this. Joshie does it, but it's only an accidental side effect of a log roll.
1030.7	Another sphinx	WELKIN::STRONACH		`Tue Jan 12 1988 11:20`	6
	Yes, they do look a sphinx -- Midnight does this often -- don't know why -- just stretches out on the floor -- it looks so uncomfortable. Marian
1030.8	Fire and Company...	FIDDLE::GERRY	Go ahead, make me PURRR...	`Tue Jan 12 1988 12:47`	9
	Fire does it too, and he's red tabby, but he also has at least one son and one daughter that also sits like this....both of them are solid colors, one red and one blue. hmmm, this gives me an idea for a new note. purrs cin
1030.9	measure your cat's length!	VINO::JMCGREAL	Jane McGreal	`Wed Feb 10 1988 13:07`	10
	My Woofie did this once on the couch while sleeping. We laid a tape measure next to him and took a bunch of pictures. It reminds me of the pictures people take with their prize catch of fish! (Woofie was over three feet long!) Jane.
1030.10	I have a Superman too!!	SUBURB::TAYLORS	MINNIE	`Fri Mar 25 1988 08:33`	8
	I still can't picture a cat SITTING with it's back legs backwards. My Sammie often lays like that though and Dillan more often than not can be found on the couch, lying over the side of the arm with both front legs out-stretched just like "Superman". Sharon