Cats have a reputation for being very graceful but in reality, they can be quite clumsy. They are graceful under certain circumstances. For example, they can walk across a display full of porcelain collectibles and leave them all undisturbed. Yes, they are graceful walkers, but what about running and jumping?
Running, and especially jumping, is where they all turn into a cat version of Inspector Clouseau. I don’t know why, maybe nature didn’t prepare them for indoor living, but every time one of our cats jumps on something I hold my breath while I wait to see if something, or someone, falls over. All of our cats have fallen, knocked something over or slid into something but our most clumsy cat has to be Puck.
Who? Me?
One example happened Friday morning. I was sitting at the computer when Puck jumped onto my lap, stepped onto the desk and then jumped to get on top of our laser printer. He missed, and grabbed onto whatever he could to keep from falling. That happened to be me. I supposed I could have backed away and saved myself but I hung in there to save my dear, little klutz.
I ended up with a large scratch on my arm, two scratches on my side and a puncture at the edge of my fingernail. In addition, he hurt an already sore shoulder and I spilled coffee on myself.
That was just one example. It seems whenever a wound from one clumsy cat incedent heals, I end up with another one.
We are not the only household with clumsy cats. Shortly after I started writing this post yesterday evening, I saved it to eat dinner and watch a movie with my wife. She did not know what I was writing about but relayed a story to me after the movie was over. She said her friend’s cat tried to jump on a cabinet and missed. He ended up breaking his femur and now she is faced with a $1500 vet bill.
Okay, it’s your turn. Tell me about your clumsy cats.
Bad Cat Chris 
wow that are a lot of CATtoos for only one session :o) I always thought cats are the masters of balance and they can enter even Fort Knox without touching anything LOL
As long as they don’t have to jump, they’re okay. 🙂
Hoping for some good news on a Chris update !
Thanks. His appointment was moved to 10 a.m. today.
Prayers that all goes well !
Thanks Mary. He’s okay.
Ouch! That is a cringe-worthy scratch!
I’m used to it.
hope your friends cat recovers quickly.
Ivy may be the least graceful cat here….mom thinks that Ivy just may have no concept of her own size. And it never fails in that last grasp to hang on, she tends to grab mom and then slide off…..
Maybe a good business is selling long sleeve Kevlar shirts to cat people.
Oh no did you see our post about Rumpy falling on Dad from the cat walk. Anymeow it was almost 7 feet and the impact tore open Dads arm (he has thin skin in more than one way MOL) Dad yelled at Rumpy and then saw how he was just crouched on the desk scared and maybe with the wind knocked out. They both bonded and soon was alright except Dads arm that is still healing up.
Now me… never a fall slip or anything. Rumpy has the whole families stumble on him MOL
PS Yarrrrr
Terrible Tim and his Fearless Family
At least you are graceful Tim. I hope dad is ok.
Ouch! I’ve been known to miss the windowsill a few times. I blame it on my aging bones. 😉 ~Wally
I know the feeling Wally.
Good Article. My cat, Daisy Mae who is 10 now used to get into all kinds of trouble and Dad would rescue her. One such time she got into a hole in the wall and couldn’t get turned around. Every now and then she tries to get on the window sills with all kinds of figurines. She’s even gotten into a place where dad keeps his golf stuff.
Cats only think about getting in, not out. We had a cat once that got into a closet and knocked over something glass and broke it and then cut her foot really bad.
Ouch! That was nice of you to help him instead of getting out of the way.
He’s like my child. 🙂
Well … I wouldn’t exactly call it clumsy, but sometimes my cats slip and slide on our wood floors due to their furriness. It’s like wearing socks on tile or slippery floors all the time. Poor fellas! They end up crashing into things or over (or under) estimating jumps.
Cats are truly physically incredible though despite their “mishaps”. ❤
I think nature didn’t prepare them for smooth wood floors. 🙂
There are MICE living in the ceiling above my human’s bathroom! The only way to check them out is to climb on top of the shower glass. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve fallen (because my human might be horrified if she knew – she only knows about two of them)!
You are right. Let’s keep this between us. 😉
It is so very true, and often ends badly/sadly for kitty and human. My heart cat, Maggy, a sweet and generally agile Himalayan loved nothing more than watching her world from the high plant ledges in our then Florida home. But one leap down, one terrible day, it was not an easy landing. Thankfully no injuries were sustained beyond a bruised ego. But she never ever in all her remaining years went up to those ledges again. Fear? Embarrassment? She did not say why … would like to think it was kitty wisdom. It was a long way down and cats do not always land on their feet.
That’s too bad but thankfully she was not hurt bad.
Angel Puck was a cutie, if clumsy.
The Hubby is sporting a really nice around-the-finger scratch from when Manny jumped onto the table and pushed over his coffee cup, so there were wet newspapers, and a cat who was trying to scram but a silly human tried to grab him.
I can see it now.
You were such a good dad to save Puck from injury while incurring some yourself. That was really a bad outcome for Rose’s friend and her cat. XOCK, angels Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta & Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy, Sawyer, Kizmet, Audrey & Raleigh
Thanks. Yeah, it was bad for her friend’s cat but last I heard the cat is still alive and well.