On Sun, 13 Jul 2014 09:38:24 +0200, Thomas de Groot wrote:

> On 12-7-2014 19:46, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> The doors in our apartment are "handle" doors, so I suppose they could,
>> but two of them are > 18 years old, and the youngest is 11 (and
>> overweight - he's never been able to jump properly, though - but he
>> does give me "high fives" on occasion, which is pretty cute).
> 
> Little chance then that they will take the trouble to learn a new (and
> tiresome) trick ;-)

Yep.  The two older ones aren't that bright, and the younger one, while 
he could probably manage it, would probably not be able to reach it. :)

> Good old age too. Ours did not live beyond 18. A few weeks ago, there
> was mention at the BBC of the /oldest/ cat which died at 24
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/27794411 but there are records of older
> ones still. Oldest seems to be 38, as told in the BBC news.

Yeah, one of the two older ones has a mild form of dementia, it seems, as 
well as a bit of arthritis.  He gets around OK, but he tends to shout a 
lot.  His brother has a thyroid issue that causes his hair to mat very 
easily.

>> If they did, we'd have to lock the bedroom door. :)
> 
> Alternatively (for a time) mounting the door handle vertically helps
> too.

That could also work, yeah.

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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