Most cats are jerks once in a while, but some take it to another level. Here’s how their owners protect both the cats and their homes.
that went viral. She believes part of Bentley’s interest in food stems from his history living on the street before moving in with her. “He survived so long not knowing when his next meal was gonna be,” she says. As a result, he may think “he has to eat everything as much as he can.”
All of this is familiar to Burnham, too. Turns out Arsène isn’t just interested in doors — he and one of Burnham’s other cats, Leo, are also experts at opening kitchen cabinets and pillaging for snacks. As a result, Burnham has outfitted all of hers with child locks. Because Arsène and Leo haven’t had reliable access to food in the past, she says eating is a source of anxiety for them both.
Like humans, cats will take what they’ve learned from previous experiences overcoming obstacles and “apply that learning to the rest of life moving forward,” says Jackson Galaxy, a cat behaviorist and host of the show “My Cat From Hell” on Animal Planet. If a cat was living on the street, securing food and shelter would have been paramount, he says, and may explain an obsession with food, or seeking out hard-to-reach hiding spots.
Veterinary cardiologist Bruce Kornreich, director of the Feline Health Center at Cornell University, points out that cats were only domesticated within the past several thousand years — with estimates ranging from 4,000 to 9,500 years ago — which is quite recent as far as evolution goes. Having a cat, he says, is “almost like having a wild animal in your house.”Phoebe Cheong’s brown tabby, Pixel, got in touch with his wild side shortly after he moved into her plant-filled Miami apartment.
Nonetheless, she gave him a pass. She believes Pixel lived outside before she adopted him, “so digging soil was probably part of his natural environment.” When Pixel moved to Brooklyn with her, she started thinking of ways to cat-proof her plants.
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