oh! shit!!

Aw, as much as i ADORE cats, that is kinda,,mean. i have tried to throw my cat in the pool (eheh..) but he goes mental and i end up with scratche all over my face !!

(just 1 click on the “Post” button, Mish… even if it looks like nothing’s happening)

this was on the news in miami. people were amazed that cats can actually swim. duh. all animals can instinctively swim, even those that dislike water. But poor kitty dont like it at all.

::shameless plug::

Did you see the follow up vid that Meg posted?

http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2007/09/follow-up-swimm.html

I don’t think that woman’s crazy. As a pool owner I think she’s doing the right thing. Every years personal pools kill.. but not only young humans, also alot of wild life and.. pets.
It’s true most cats should be able to swim, and I don’t know for you guys, but the few times I had to wash my two cats it was pure horror. They were totally panicked despite my best efforts to calm them down..
One summer we went on vacation with them to my brother’s house. He has a neat pool, which we enjoyed alot. One sunny afternoun, I was quietly standing at the balcony upstairs when I heard a small *splash*. I didn’t pay attention really. But after 1 minute or two… I kept hearing splashing noises. But I couldn’t see the pool from where I was. Intrigued I went to another window and there.. I saw my precious kitty in the water… I got amused for a second. Only one. I flew downstairs and when I got there it was clear. Poor girl had -NO- Idea how to get out. She was swimming in despair, trying to keep her head out. I fished her up quickly..
She was terrorized, held on me all claws out (still got a few scars), totally exhausted.

Never noticed how sometimes in swimmingpools, mostly if you don’t take the stairs you have to make an effort to get out from the sides? Now imagine for a cat.. a panicked cat, which has no idea due to inexperience.

Had I not been there I fear the worst would have happen.. Everyone else was napping..

The main problem ain’t swimming. It’s the panick..
Even people who are able to swim can drown from panick.
This cat looks perfectly fine to me. First because of the whole pupil thingie.. he’s not scared. Doesn’t mean he likes it tho!
But if you readed the article the lady says she only does it a few times in the summer. Not like she toss them in every week-end. I wish I could have had the same safety she has with her cats with mine back then.

I lived in terror for my cats for the remaining 2 weeks at my bro’s.

I can has dry land nao, please?

This woman is taking the overly complicated approach to cat ownership, I’ll say that. Because not only can cats instinctively swim, but they can get out so fast you can barely see the blur. I’ve seen cats fall into pools and lakes, and they shot straight back out as though levitating. The examples people cite of pets having trouble in water involve certain breeds of *dogs*. With cats, all she’s doing is making them wet… and irritated.

I’ll bet he enjoys not drowning immensely. You wanna talk about torture, check out the Purrito – they’re eating the kittehs up over there!

Because the cat REFUSES TO DROWN does not mean it enjoys it.