Which is the cuter way that cats ambulate?

[Oeditpus Rex]

Dit-dit-dit-dit-dit or padadump-padadump-padadump-padadump-padadump?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Padadump- padadump- padadump- padadump- padadump suggests that

more than one cat is ambulating. Dit-dit-dit-dit-dit is just one cat trotting through the kitchen looking for food. And THUMPITYTHUMPITYTHUMPITYTHUMPITYTHUMP is several cats running up and down the stairs in the middle of the night. All of them are cute. But cutest of all is this:



Cat wearing shoes goes slap-slap-slap-slap-slap.

[CreekDog]

2. i read that cats' back paws land in the same place as their front paws

leaving fewer footprints or something.

[Dogtown]

7. I believe the close "footprint" of cats

disturbs less vegetation during an ambush charge, thus creating less alarm.

Unlikely they'd worry about sight-trackers.

[applegrove]

3. What does ambulate mean? To purr?

[Lex]

4. walk

nt

[applegrove]

5. Thanks.

[petronius]

6. I like dit-dit-dit for my big cat - it's kind of cute for a 20+ pounder to be so dainty

However, our little cat does padadump-padadump with her back half rotated out about 45 degrees - she almost runs sideways - so that's cutest for her...

[TZ]

8. I think the ONLY way my cats move.

is padadump-padadump-padadump--They have two speeds..stop and full throttle....:)

[khashka]

10. All mine too

And they can be loud! I asked my lover once "Did we adopt a cat or a herd of horses?"

Khash.

[khashka]

9. I love it when

kittens do that sideways hopping thang that makes 'em look kinda like spiders. Too cute for words! But they quit when they grow up, damn it.

Khash.

[Withywindle]

11. My Madimi goes...

dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-WHOOOO!-dit-dit-dit

(She's a random jumper.)

[redqueen]

12. My favorite is the skitter skatter skitter skatter

when they're trying to go faster than they can, and their paws are slipping out from under them after finding no traction, but they just keep on a'skitterin. :)

[Withywindle]

13. My girl does that too...

heeee, her little claws skittering.

She does it with her ears pinned back too. She loves to be chased. we run laps around my little apartment.

[Zuiderelle]

14. Buhdu buhdu buhdu buhdubuhdubuhdubuhdubuhdu

As he races from top of the house to basement.

[Sanity Claws]

15. What about totally silent?

I have one cat, part Maine Coon, who is absolutely silent when he walks around the house. I guess it is the hair around his foot pads that makes him so silent. The other one makes that dit-dit-dit noise as his claws hit the floor.
I love them both. :loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. It's not really a sound at all

since cats is stealthy critters.

It's just what I hear in my head when she's ambulatin'. :)

[stuntcat]

16. we always say PaDumpBaDump.. *padumpbadump*padumpbadump*

it's funny how people hear it just about the same way.

[PermanentRevolution]

17. Most mornings, it's...

"Padadump-padadump-padadump-padadump-scrabble-scrabble-scrabble-THUD"

That's the basic sound of my dear little Spaz careening full-speed into the nearest wall. Now, this wall in question has, in fact, been in this exact same place since Spaz was brought into the apartment as a kitten. It's never shown any sign of movement, and after a year, you'd think she'd be well aware of its presence. And yet, her breakneck runs invariably fail to take this wall into account...

Lord help her, she's just not too bright. Aptly-named, and I love her to death, but none too bright.

[Mutley]

19. Mine goes

THUMP THUMP THUMP CRASH

But I love him anyway. :D

[Orsino]

20. Technically, these gaits are known as...

toog-toog-toog-toog and buddabuddabuddabudda.