r/Catculations • u/Suspicious-Job-8480 • Sep 02 '26

My cat is not a jumper

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u/MonsieurReynard Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

He just needed a look, no need to waste more energy than that!

Smart cat, knows to surveil before committing to a leap.

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u/Iron_Chic Sep 02 '26

My cats do this too when they want to jump up on a countertop but don't know what's up there. They will do this "recon mission" first, then do their actual jump once the area has been surveilled...

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u/MonsieurReynard Sep 02 '26

Exactly what this is.

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u/Appropriate_Ad8572 Sep 03 '26

sniff sniff no chimken. I go down now.

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u/lucyooo Sep 02 '26

She’s doing some slowed eccentrics to work on her pull up form. God forbid a cat wants to get swole.

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u/Suspicious-Job-8480 Sep 02 '26

As a fitness guy, I appreciate your comment a lot lol

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u/lucyooo Sep 02 '26

Haha I was hoping some fellow gym bros would appreciate it! Pls tell your cat she/he is silly and give them some pets

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u/Curtis1717 Sep 02 '26

My penguin is the same way. Such a silly boy

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u/isaac32767 Sep 02 '26

It's not a successful jumper.

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u/soda_cookie Sep 02 '26

They are a jumper, just not a lander.

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u/funked1 Sep 02 '26

Me trying to do pull-ups in 6th grade.

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u/phasepistol Sep 02 '26

“Unh. I’ve seen them do this, I know it’s … unh… possible”

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u/annoying_cat_42 Sep 02 '26

And I worry about the fitness of my 16 year old persian, seems to be obsolete worries, since she did a similar jump 4 hours ago w/o any issues. 🤣

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u/Suspicious-Job-8480 Sep 02 '26

Mine is 2 years old 🙄 she is terrible jumper but at least a great climber

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u/annoying_cat_42 Sep 02 '26

Not every cat is a great jumper, especially indoor cats. Don't worry. 😊

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u/Illustrious_Owl_9693 Sep 02 '26

Looks like my chonk trying to jump 🤣

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u/AwDuck Sep 02 '26

I could never figure out if my Thor couldn’t jump, or if she simply knew that if she yowled long enough, I’d come in and lift her up wherever she wanted to go. She was truly a lazy cat who expended no more energy than was absolutely necessary.

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u/Puzzled_Awareness_22 Sep 02 '26

Move that stool over for him, come on!

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u/Shot-Habit-5705 Sep 03 '26

Be glad. That’s one less item being knocked to the floor.

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u/Effective-Antelope47 Sep 03 '26

I was straining and groaning with the cat when I watched this.

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u/scruffy69 Sep 02 '26

Poor kitty. My cat has a congenital hip thing where he can't jump either. Also pretty clumsy, but I'm not sure where that comes from. Only cat I've ever had that will regularly just fall down off of things.

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u/LilliJay Sep 02 '26

Love this! Gave me such a good chuckle.

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u/Evening-Crow Sep 02 '26

The floor is probably slick.

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u/thisisnotmyname17 Sep 02 '26

*not a GOOD jumper

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u/Equal_Song8759 Sep 03 '26

He skipped class that day

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u/Hopspeed Sep 03 '26

I don’t think we would have remodeled the house if we still had our fat cat that used her claws to make up for her lack of jumping.

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u/T-T-N Sep 03 '26

Correct. You're confusing your cat with a cardigan.

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u/Emrys7777 Sep 03 '26

Have his eyes checked.
I had a rabbit that seemed to not be able to jump onto things and it turned out she was almost blind.

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u/angelliepurrrr Sep 03 '26

Wait. I need to see what happened next lol

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u/lordfarshave Sep 03 '26

Everybody's different. Be yourself no matter what they say.

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u/Haxegonus Sep 03 '26

He gets an A for effort though 😅

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u/Training_bottom3361 Sep 03 '26

They shouldn’t be getting on counters or tables to begin with

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u/Then_Box-8031 Sep 04 '26

He jumped. Just not confident enough to believe in himself. He may yet do it. Any should issues?

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u/Difficult_Double7988 Sep 04 '26

The cats like well shit 🤣

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u/Jealous_Crazy9143 Sep 03 '26

a Humper not a jumper