Has anyone ever clocked the speed of a kitten on a mission?

[Siwsan]

Judas Freaking Priest, these little fuzz balls are fast! I turned my back for a nano-second and suddenly I went from 4 kittens on the couch, to 3 kittens on the couch. Finally found Sootie who proceeded to make another half dozen escape attempts. They are certainly testing my reflexes!

Of course, after wearing me out, she curled up next to me and gave me kitten kisses, so all is forgiven.

Hopefully they are all sleeping because I need coffee. Today I'm transitioning them from the play pen to 'break time' in the en suite bathroom. Ok, the break is for me. But it will also give them MUCH more room to romp. And, yes, I have totally kitten proofed it.
And, that's where they will now be spending their nights. The play pen will now serve as a 'holding facility' when I need a short break to eat, go out to do yard work, or have to run errands.

Now, where's that bottle of Kahlua? I think I need the one infused with Chili Pepper.

[samnsara]

1. years ago when hubby and i had a few cats. We started out with one neutered cat...

....over time ( because people deposited their unwanted pets on our land) we ended up with several females who all had their kittens at the same time. We had about 15 kittens who eventually became a herd of kittens. They all ran thru the house at the same time.. it was like a stampede...a very noisy and entertaining stampede.

[LittleGirl]

2. Lol, wow! nt

[niyad]

3. With mine, I called it the Kittyanapolis 500.

[niyad]

4. Thee official speed of kittens is mach3.

[lastlib]

5. Remember, one of their cousins, the cheetah, is the fastest land animal on earth....

Even the starship Enterprise was not capable of hitting Warp Kitten.

[ChazInAz]

8. My Savanna Cat

Was a zoomster all his life. He even resembled a miniature cheetah, with his stilts legs, Egyptian eye makeup, and spots. He'd tear around the house at speed for a while, then drop in his tracks for a nap.

[gordianot]

6. They not only have speed but watch them when they crash.

You get a pile of comatose kittens in the strangest places.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Our 15 year olds, still get the Zoomies.

--- one end of the house to the other, for no reason.

Actually, sometimes there is a reason and a dead mouse shows up.

[ShazzieB]

12. Every cat I've ever had did that.

Including the one I have now, Willow. And when I watch them zooming around, looking like they're chasing (or being chased by) invisible monsters, I can easily understand why people used to think cats are prone to being possessed by demons!

[CaptainTruth]

9. They're fast! In one batch I fostered there was one who always ran away from the group.

If I put them on the floor as a group, he was always the one who sped away to go somewhere. It can be hard to come up with unique names for all the kittens when you're fostering litter after litter, but he earned the name Galileo because he was the explorer, he wanted to know what was "out there."

[IronLionZion]

10. Zoom zoom

it can be nerve wracking when you open the door and they sprint outside like a cheetah seeking freedom

[AllaN01Bear]

11. this ,,,

meep meep.

[Phoenix61]

13. That are amazingly fast. They also have the ability

to pour themselves into and/or through spaces that are a quarter their size.