What, you've never seen a cat in a puddle before?

[sl8]

[Hoyt]

1. Gotta watch those Russians.

[braddy]

2. Wow, something you don't see everyday.

[marylandblue]

3. That cat is mentally ill, they should not be playing in water like that in public.

What if the other cats see it? They'll lose all their natural feline dignity.

[dameatball]

4. I have a black male cat that likes to use his left paw to splash in his water bowl. Odd.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. I have a formerly feral female feline black tabby who drags the water dish all over the floor.

and taps at the water.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. I once had a yellow tabby that would not lap water with his tongue. Always

dipped his right paw in the water and sipped from it. I'd forgotten all about that strange behavior until I read your post.

[dameatball]

24. Always the right paw? Mine always uses his left. Weird.....:) But he doesn't drink that way.

I think he is just playing in the water.

[shanny]

5. Clearly an alien infiltrator who skipped part of the training process.

[Rorey]

6. Hunting?

My newly acquired cat is a great hunter. Somebody apparently dumped her in my neighborhood. She had a collar and tag, but the guy wouldn't return my calls. There was an address on the tag, so I looked it up and found a name. I found the guy on Facebook and actually saw pics of the cat, along with six kittens that she had last year. He was trying to get rid of all of them. I messaged him and he wouldn't answer. She had three kittens on my back patio before I could get her spayed, but as soon as she realized I knew they were there, she hid them. I kept feeding her, of course, and the kittens started showing up for food when they were about two months old. Try as I might, I wasn't able to tame them.

I finally decided I'd have to trap them before they got old enough to have their own babies. It took a week, but I finally did capture them all. They're about 3 1/2 months old now and have been "in custody" for over a week. Mom is spayed now, and has all of her shots. I allow her to go outside because she has made it loudly obvious that she doesn't want to be kept inside. She has tried to bring in lizards four times now, and it's starting to get old. (She has succeeded twice - that I know of, that is.) My plan is to get those kittens spayed/neutered this week so I can let them go back outside. I had wanted them to be tame before releasing them, but I'm starting to think it's not going to happen.

Anyway, maybe there's prey in that puddle.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. long time ago I had one that would walk around on 3 legs if she got one of her front paws wet

funniest thing she ever did. She also liked asparagus and Italian salad dressing.

[Loubee]

10. That looks more like a Nebbelung than a Russian Blue.

[pazzyanne]

11. Love this post!

The cat looks and acts like my Teddy. Beautiful and so wonderful in giving unconditional love!

[ailsagirl]

15. Beautiful kitty-- love its antics!!

It's got that "wild cat" look in his eyes

[robbob]

12. That cat is freakin' adorable!

[cstanleytech]

13. I had a cat that looked exactly like her for years until about 6 months ago and she was playful and

she loved to cuddle next to me at night.
She could not stand be held though and was not a lap cat but she absouletly loved to cuddle up next to me at night.........that and steal food off my plate and drink my coffee if I was foolish enough to leave it unattended LOL

[magicarpet]

14. I think the cat was responding to the reflections it was seeing on the surface of the water.

Nice cat.

[LiberalLovinLug]

16. Thanks for sharing

It sometimes seems from a distance that cats don't have much personality or differences (in comparison to dogs) But each has their own quirks and quarks. Some more surprising than others.

[Hekate]

17. There might be little fish in there, you never know. Very funny.

[trueblue2007]

18. soooooooooooooooooo funny kitty

[Shrike47]

19. Where's the fish? Where's the fish? Here, fishy fishy!

[heaven05]

20. I have five cats

I have a spray bottle for when they act up. Four get out of dodge if they see me with it. The black and white tuxedo just sits there looking at me almost as if he's saying, "bring it on". You won't win. After a few squirts, I stop. He licks off the water and returns to harassing the orange and white. When I holler 'cut it' he takes off. All five have given me years of love and soften my day. So does vice-chancellor my 65-pound pointer-setter mix. He's a big baby until someone approaches he does not know. He transforms enough to make strangers stop walking up to the door. "Good dog", and he gets his treat after I quiet him down. One thing right in the creation of this little ball of dirt done right...pets for people.

[NoMoreRepugs]

21. Had a collection of ferals, all neutered after trapping them

that crawled under fence between yards and would SUBMERGE when heavy rains collected. Never thought to photograph or video it, guess cuz after years of seeing them do it it got to be no big deal.

[gopiscrap]

22. I had a cat that loved to take a shower with you

not I have a cat that likes to sip coffee with me in the morning (so it's gotta be decaf)

[Different Drummer]

23. I have a female cat who is, at least partially, Russian Blue.

She has fresh water on a daily basis but when it rains, she very much prefers to drink the rain water.

[haele]

25. Must be hot and muggy.

Tigers and Turkish Van cats will submerge themselves to cool down. When I'd take my boys on long term contract work to Charleston, SC o ER the summer, they'd spend the days hanging out in the damp tub or bathroom sink to stay cool.

Haele.