Three here, two we have had from kittens but one was a asylum seeker we took in.

sharke
My favorite is when they're just sitting there looking completely docile and then all of a sudden they jerk their heads up and look all wide eyed at the ceiling or the wall, yet there is nothing there. That used to freak me out back in my young stoner days. I'd be convinced they were seeing something otherworldly that I couldn't see.

Dogs protect us from what we CAN see, and cats protect us from what we CAN'T see.

I have wondered about that too. However, one time I figured it out. She did the ear perk and was looking into space and I realized she heard the very, very faint click from the thermostat switching on the AC.
 
But yeah, it is said that cats can see ghosts - if you believe in that sort of thing.

I think it's more likely that cats are acutely aware of the other little critters that are living behind the walls and ceilings in your house.

michaelhanson

Awwwww!

jamesg1213
 
. He only has 3 legs
 

Manx cat?

Glyn Barnes

jamesg1213
 
. He only has 3 legs
 

Manx cat?

 
 
Don't know how Sid lost his leg, they didn't seem to know. He's the 2nd  'tripod' we've had, our late Siamese 'Tik Tak' lost one of her front legs after falling out of a tree and some subsequent botched surgery.
 

One of our earlier generations of cats got run over whilst we were on holiday, they got him to the vet and we came home to a three legged cat. He wouldn't eat but fortunately we knew a trawlerman who kept him supplied with raw squid until he had got his strength back.

As I recall Tik Tak didn't need much recuperation..we brought her back from the vets, she staggered out of the box, took a look at her missing leg, then looked at me, yelled blue murder and took a big swipe at me with the other front leg!
 
She was a brutal cat, but I do miss her.