Haiku likes to get on the top shelf in the garage. And, when she does, she does not come down when I call her. Consequently, I have to limit the times that I allow her in the garage, because if I am going some where, I would not be sure I could gather her into the house.
When she is on the top shelf, she talks to me when I check on her. Sometimes, she acts very restless, and paces back and forth. I bring the step stool into the garage, and try to get her down. Usually, she stays further back from the edge of the shelf when I do this, than when she is pacing. As if she is resisting my bringing her down, or she is afraid I will drop her. So, then I just have to leave her alone, but check on her and encourage her to jump down.
Her access is simple: she jumps onto the car hood, and from the hood to the car roof. From the roof, she jumps to a side shelf, works her way along the shelf, and gets jumps diagonally to the end shelf. From the end shelf, she usually jumps down onto the car hood. I wonder if she has to work up her nerve to jump down. She does not seem to hesitate to jump up, though.
Sake used to do this, but jumping has become more difficult for her, and she does not do as much jumping as she used to. Actually, neither does Haiku, although she still does more than Sake.
So far, Taki does not do as much jumping as either one. She has started jumping from the bed to the dresser in the spare bedroom, but that is as far as she jumps. She gets on the sofa and the bed. She climbs the cat tree, but that is less than 5 feet high, and the shelves are only a couple of feet, or less, apart. She did, once get on the top shelf in the garage, and I chronicled her disastrous jump down. I no longer let her go into the garage. She is still too young. And little.
Haiku, however, is one top shelf kitty.
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