Every pet I’ve ever had the zoomies!
Mollie in the cat tree. Look at what she did to the blanket in the hidey place.
For no (apparent to a human) reason they start to race around the house. There’s no prey — artificial (mousie) or natural (spider or other cat). Just an intense burst of energy almost like a sun flare.
Morgan: Are the zombies gone? Can I come out?
Morgan does it. Most times she will come up with a target and it’s usually a sleeping, unsuspecting cat. She’s not the only one.
We will hear scrambling paws on the floor and the occasional wall bang along with a “yehaw” from the second floor. It could be any one of them.
Morgan: The mechanical bull is not here! Where did they put it?
I checked for mechanical bulls. They have access to Amazon so you never know.
Jake would sail down the stairs and splat into the wall every single time. Do cats get concussions that make them crazy like football players? That would explain a lot!
Right now the house is quiet…..shhh!
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Wiccan is an outside cat by preference and she gets the zoomies too but they seem to come when we get a little cool spell and the wind is from the north. I can imagine a cat with zoomies in the house! Love the photos! They should be on a cat calendar.
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Mollie would love to be a calendar girl!
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Mine did that too. I have read that is the barometric pressure. — They are little barometers!
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I believe that. They can predict the weather better than a forecaster.
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Ah, the Zoomies! Our cats get them around 11p.m. I think they’re protesting bedtime. Love the photo of Morgan in the sink . . . cruising the counters and living the dream 🙂
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11 p.m. is better than 3 a.m.!
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Morgan kills me in the sink… that is a cat looking for trouble!
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She was looking for something. She still cruises the counter in the laundry room. She used to lay in the sink but she doesn’t do that anymore. She likes to keep busy!
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Love your photos…makes me want to go lay in a sunbeam. I’m cracking up at the Zoomies. My dogs do that too! I just stay perfectly still and hope no one hits a table leg.
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or a vase or anything else…..
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I always love it when cats will be sitting quietly then suddenly—ZOOM! Unpredictable creatures. 😀
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Yes, you wonder if they know something you don’t.
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In my case…I’m certain of it. 😀
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These sound like happy cats to me!
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Very happy. I tell them that every day!
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There is a time nearly each and every day where you would swear we had a herd of buffalo living upstairs. And that floor is carpeted! Downstairs is all wood–all bets are off for sliding shenanigans not to mention the zombies that are surely hiding under every rug. My three babies are now 5 years old so glad to see they still act crazy like kittens. Helen is 7 but is not interested in running. Or moving very much, honestly, other than to the food bowl…
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Mine are 3-1/2, 10 and 11. (how did they get to be that old) Each one has their moment. I swear Mollie zooms when she needs to poop; Hazel when she gets a sniff of catnip; and Morgan…well she’s Morgan so all the time. If she were a person the school would want me to medicate her. 🙂
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Am I acquainted with the Zoomies, and you can’t get more charming than that. I love the photos. Looks like you’re getting comfy with your new camera.. Morgan’s wink always makes me smile. 🙂
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Morgan is amazing. Animals do adjust to disabilities better. I don’t think she knows she has one.
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It’s part of her charm, that wink 🙂
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Yes, always at a certain time of night for my kitties. (And I’m usually in bed and just hear it!)
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YES! Sometimes there is one late afternoon, early evening and of course the 3 a.m. check for zombies! Last night I heard chirping from Mollie. She was fighting with her stuffed bunny who comes at night and is found just about anywhere in the morning.
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Ha! Too funny! 🙂
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The animals may feel spring is coming? We are having to take more walks – and it’s still not enough. Love that pix of Morgan in the sink!
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It goes on all the time. She are anxious for the door to the screened porch to be open all the time. There is a special porch dance for when they want us to open the door.
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Porch dance. We need video!
RC does more of an open the window now rant. (We have to check the screens this weekend – last spring she sagged against one to nap in the fresh breeze and rolled outside. I managed to run out and scoop her up before she realized the possibilities.)
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There is a 5 second rule. Hazel (bless her heart) fell out of our 2nd floor window that same way. Fortunately she fell into the lilac bush and wasn’t hurt. We got her back inside while she was still in the “what the hell happened” state or Lord knows where she’d be.
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I imagined our cats commencing Operation Zoom with thoughts like:
“OMG! I have to be in the kitchen NOW!!!”
“$%^&! I’m NOT supposed to be HERE. I’m meant to be THERE.
Or, like King Julian, “I like to move it, move it!”
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Reminds me of the cat cartoon with the door. One picture it’s on the inside, next on the outside, always looking at the door to go wherever he is not.
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My cats have all done the same. It’s amazing that a six pound cat can sound like a herd of galloping Shire horses.
The dogs do laps in the yard, at least.
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Morgan at just under 12 lbs. sounds like a herd of cattle. She also has pristine hearing. If I quietly open the refrigerator door to get the cat food out, she’s downstairs in a flash from a deep sleep on the second floor.
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I love when my cats get the kitty crazies. Although, I always wonder if they’re seeing something I’m not. Ghosts? Bed bugs? Scary haha
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I usually think that they have to poop. Mollie especially does this right before a major litter box encounter.
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Our male cat would do that run down the stairs too fast deal– than slide/smash into the wall. It was funny, but I never thought about if it could cause a concussion. You’re a good cat mom to even consider that.
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Yeah but I never did anything! I couldn’t move the wall and wasn’t going to pad it. I though he would learn but he did it until he stopped running a couple of years before his death. He was a crazy cat.
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Mom says here with the 2 purr things – add moi and the pooch to your mix and you have Pet Olympics for the day. We are always zoom – zoom – zooming here/there. It does keep you on your toes, right? Snorts and oinks. XOXO – Bacon
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You mean at the Thompson Zoo? Our purr things voted down any additional occupants (although they did that before Morgan appeared and they were overruled). Yesterday Morgan spent most of the day yelling at the squirrels who came up to the glass door to talk to her. I’m glad she doesn’t have opposing thumbs or there would have been a squirrel or two in the house. Just for fun though. Not for dining…..
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Snorts with piggy laughter! Completely understand. If it was up to mom, she would open up the back door to the magical backyard that opens up into woods. There are some awesome anipals out there in the woods. I’ve seen the squirrels, I know there has to be a Bigfoot out there somewhere, I’ve heard a rooster that crows throughout the entire day so much that I want to choke it, other pups and kitties and I think someone has a goat in the hood. It’s full of mystery here. Snorts! XOXO – Bacon
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Wow! You do live in a zoo!
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I think you need to teach Morgan how to do the dishes. 🙂
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Or laundry. That was the laundry sink. She says she was just checking out last year’s crop of tomatoes (and looking for the mechanical bull).
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Yup ………… Zoomies ………. dog’s too………. even large ones! 🙂
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And the larger they are, the crazier they look!
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Yep, my two dogs get the zoomies, too! Especially the little corgi. It often happens when they come in from the back yard so I have no idea what sort of stimulant I’m growing out there.
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Hmmmm…maybe I want some of that! Just for getting stuff done though.
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…….. and the more damage they can do!
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Yes, lamps somehow fall over and breakables end up…well…broke!
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