Can A Cat CLose an Open Door?

[billd91]

I highly doubt that in the real world that a cat can drag 115 lbs or carry 22 lbs, but I know for a fact that a cat can shut a normal sized hinged door.

Considering my cat weighs about 22 lbs, I'm pretty sure he can carry it. Anybody got a 22 lb monkey and a saddle?

Dragging 115 lbs is a bit much though.

 

[Storyteller01]

When was the last time this happened to your familiar:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/4651863.stm

OUCH!!! Now we know what said familiar can expect...

I can't say what a wild cat can caryy. Anyone have info on a lynx or bobcat?

Nasty thought: Anyone read "The Cat That Could Walk Through Walls"?

 

[cmanos]

It depends upon the collapse of the waveform.

I may be the only one who got this.....

 

[Storyteller01]

I may be the only one who got this.....

Want to explain it for the rest of us?

 

[Geron Raveneye]

I may be the only one who got this.....

Don't underestimate ENWorld.

 

[HellHound]

Yes.

My daughter's cat does it all the time - although not with enough force to latch the door.

 

[LordVyreth]

My cats have been known to close doors as well. I think it's less a matter of wanting to close a door and more about playing with a new toy and not learning the horrible truth until it's too late.

 

[SweeneyTodd]

I feel compelled to point out Cat: The Roleplaying Game (http://wicked-dead.com/cat/). Not that it has rules for carrying capacity.

I do agree that any ruling on cats is entirely dependent on what they feel like doing. If one was a familiar, and could communicate with you, I'd be worried -- I know my cat thinks I'm her "staff", if she spoke English she'd probably start giving me orders.

 

[the Jester]

-- I know my cat thinks I'm her "staff", if she spoke English she'd probably start giving me orders.

Yep. Dogs have owners, cats have staff.

 

[Maraxle]

My cat regularly opens and closes doors, cupboards, drawers, and the lid to the trashcan. While none of the interior doors in my house would qualify as heavy wooden doors, he is rather small for a full-grown cat, weighing only 8 pounds, and moves these medium weight doors with ease.

On a somewhat related note, he also has me trained to open the front door of the house when he rings the bell that's hanging from the doorknob. He likes to sit there and look out through the glass outer door, and then closes it when he's done.