George and Martha Go Outside [cats]
May. 5th, 2026 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterThe cats were asking so nicely yesterday if they could please please go outside, pretty please it's nice out and there are Birds to consider murdering*, so I relented.
I made George wear a purple vest in the hopes it would deter him from jumping around too much.
Here is a photo of George that illustrates how his brain is reduced to a single neuron whenever he goes outside:
He wanted All the Attention.
Plus lots of flopping around.
Martha is a bit more circumspect outside.
You can just tell that her brain can handle the overstimulation of it all, but it IS a lot to contemplate.
She did get interested in investigating whether a cat could jump from the lip of this wine barrel planter up onto the window ledge on the porch, but eventually decided against making an actual attempt.
George, however, is a different story, best told through this short video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/LK2SVg1ECeA?si=hS7nH3kiEZzxdo70
It looked like a rough landing for him but he isn't showing signs of major distress.
After this episode I brought him back indoors. We definitely need to create better climbing structures for him inside of the catio. Ahh, life with cats.
*The goal is to NOT have the cats ever murder the birds, to clarify.
I made George wear a purple vest in the hopes it would deter him from jumping around too much.
Here is a photo of George that illustrates how his brain is reduced to a single neuron whenever he goes outside:
He wanted All the Attention.
Plus lots of flopping around.
Martha is a bit more circumspect outside.
You can just tell that her brain can handle the overstimulation of it all, but it IS a lot to contemplate.
She did get interested in investigating whether a cat could jump from the lip of this wine barrel planter up onto the window ledge on the porch, but eventually decided against making an actual attempt.
George, however, is a different story, best told through this short video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/LK2SVg1ECeA?si=hS7nH3kiEZzxdo70
It looked like a rough landing for him but he isn't showing signs of major distress.
After this episode I brought him back indoors. We definitely need to create better climbing structures for him inside of the catio. Ahh, life with cats.
*The goal is to NOT have the cats ever murder the birds, to clarify.
