How Stupid Are They?

[Roy]

...don't forget, Mr. Hat has a kitty, one with real personality...

This Mr. Hat?:



What kitty?

[webenda]

...don't forget, Mr. Hat has a kitty, one with real personality...

What kitty?

He is probably thinking of this one, Sophie (the Cat-From-Hell):

[Roy]

Nice looking. We had a seal point Siamese when I was a kid, but her fur wasn't as long.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

That kitty knows stuff.

[webenda]

God made the cat in order that humankind might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger.

It was not possible to caress Sophie when she was little. The merest touch and she would turn over and sink her claws and teeth into your hand.


If I needed to pick her up it required mule skin gloves.


Here she is in a tree sreaming at me.


Sophie is the only house cat I have ever heard scream like a mountain lion. First two times she did it every hair on my body stood straight up.
https://youtu.be/pxo8X5uIWRE

Why does this belong in the "Stupid Thread?" Because everyone who witnessed Sophie's behaviour told me, "I wouldn't have a cat like that!", implying that I was stupid.

[Roy]

So, you're Jackson Galaxy! Who'd a thunk it?

[webenda]

So, you're Jackson Galaxy! Who'd a thunk it?

Well... sort of. I did learn how not to get my hand shredded but it was a dog that helped to calm Sophie down.

When a dog came into the yard, Sophie would get down as low as she could and look like a cat rug. This peaked the curiosity of the dog and it would come over to sniff the cat rug. In an instant, the dog would find its nose ripped open.

One day a dog did not run home crying, instead, it grabbed Sophie by the head and began shaking her.
The dog lost its grip on her and she got away.

"Help me!"

Her head was covered with dog slobber and her jaw was dislocated.

The dog's canine teeth almost ripped her face off.


This was a life-changing event for Sophie. She has been a tame, loving cat ever since.

[Tom Dempsey]

One of my mother's cats was the same way years ago, a similar event chilled her out also.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I wonder what creates a hostile, don't-touch-me personality like that in a cat.

[Roy]

Yeah, I usually expect kittens to be playful, but not viciously so. I think something bad happened to her, early on.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

You're probably right, Roy.

[Tom Dempsey]

I wonder what creates a hostile, don't-touch-me personality like that in a cat.

Fear, anxiety, watching the expression on your face change.

[webenda]

I wonder what creates a hostile, don't-touch-me personality like that in a cat.

Fear, anxiety, watching the expression on your face change.

The first word Sophie spoke after birth was, "Pfffft!" Her brothers and Sisters were all meuwing. (Deliberate spelling, kittens meuw, cats meow.) She bit and scratched during the 8 days while her eyes were closed. Once she started moving about, she would attack our ankles as we walked by. My opinion is that she was born that way, it was her unique cat personality (until a dog gave her a near-death experience.)

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I wonder what creates a hostile, don't-touch-me personality like that in a cat.

Fear, anxiety, watching the expression on your face change.

The first word Sophie spoke after birth was, "Pfffft!" Her brothers and Sisters were all meuwing. (Deliberate spelling, kittens meuw, cats meow.) She bit and scratched during the 8 days while her eyes were closed. Once she started moving about, she would attack our ankles as we walked by. My opinion is that she was born that way, it was her unique cat personality (until a dog gave her a near-death experience.)

From what you have related, Wayne, I might conclude that she was in competition for space and comfort while in the womb, or perhaps at the teats, and got aggressive toward all others?

[webenda]

Your question mark implies you are asking me. Sorry, humans are simple, a cat is beyond my comprehension.