Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Ping Pong Tables and Cats


Who would ever think that a ping pong table could become the favorite playground for a cat!

Cats are very playful, and we all know that, but did you know that a ping pong table has several special characteristics that make them attractive to cats? The net provides the needed "cover" to make the cat feel protected and unseen. It is hard to attack if you are in the wide open spaces. The second is the height. Being that the ping pong table is off of the ground, it seems like the cat is in a tree, working to get an angle on its prey. Last but not least is action. When that cat sees the ball fly across the ping pong table it drives him crazy. They want nothing more than to bat that ball.

It is fun to watch a cat try to play with the ball. Trough my searches I have found many variations of that play. Some cats attack the ball and run off with it. Other just like to lay down and watch the ball wiz past. However there are some cats who seem to get into the game. I have seem a cat sit at the net of a ping pong table and bat back every single ball that was hit her way. Though I could not find that video, check out the one posted at the top of this blog. It shows a cat that has made up his own version of ping pong.

So if you have a cat and a ping pong table, you might want to spend that rainy afternoon seeing just how good of a ping pong player your cat really is!

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