Change Like the Weather

[kybearfuzz]

Animals have a wonderful sensitivity to the weather. All the pets I had as a kid and as an adult would display some bizarre behavior when the weather was about to "change." They become more animated, they do things they normally don't do, etc.

A front was moving through here yesterday. While doing my after-work workout in my downstairs area, Murphy the cat decided to start playing wildly with a catnip toy. Catnip strangely has never had any effect on him, until yesterday. He was licking it like crazy, then ran all over the house, up and down the stairs. Maggie joined in, meowing for no reason, then doing laps herself throughout the house. When she finally calmed down, she wanted to snuggle in my arms. It's another thing she doesn't do often.

And pets aren't the only thing that react strangely when the weather is about to change. According to my grandmother who worked as a cook in my elementary school, kids do it as well. The elementary students at the school would get rowdy, restless, and rambunctious (or at least more than usual) when storms or snow fronts were coming.

Comments

[dendren.livejournal.com]

great pic! Our weather doesn't change quite enough to affect our cats I don't think. The main thing I really notice is after it's been cool and the house has been closed up and then we start opening the windows they go a little crazy for a bit. It's like suddenly having oxygen from outside wakes them up or something LOL

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I think it's the smells of all the outdoors that does it. Maggie and Murphy both love it when I have the windows open in the house.