![]() ![]() Even when the zoomies make their appearance in the wee hours of the morning when you’re trying to sleep, kitty’s antics are endearing and make for great stories and memes. It’s fun and you seem to enjoy it? Cats are playful by nature and the zoomies are both fun and funny.The zigzagging running and indirect routes back to their “base” may be kitty making sure they are harder to follow or catch. Cats in the wild are both predator and in some cases, prey, so their habits and behavior are in place to help them both catch their next meal and evade capture. Kitty may be feeling a bit lightheaded or relieved or even euphoric after using the litter box. If your kitty tends to get the zoomies after using the litter box, there may be a connection to the vagus nerve that goes from brain to colon. Kitty simply feels the need to get moving. You’ve had cabin fever before, and perhaps felt the urge to just burn off some steam? You’ve seen toddlers shake their heads or jump up and down randomly? Same idea here. Why DO cats get the zoomies? We can only speculate what’s going on behind that crazed look, flattened ears, and frenetic pace of a cat in the throes of a zoom-fest. ![]() Are cats with the zoomies happy? Scared? Bored? Yes?Īs much as we try, the zen-like nonchalance and fantastic feats of flexibility and speed that felines effortlessly flip between are both unattainable and inscrutable for most humans. Why do cats do anything? Part of the charm of our feline furbabies is their mystery. These quick and inexplicable bursts of energy are known affectionately as the zoomies, and they are a rite of passage of pet parenthood. With an acceleration from loaf to lickety-split that any carmaker envies, your kitty suddenly and without warning goes from cool, calm, and composed to MUST. ![]() You may have heard that the average housecat can reach speeds of 30 mph without even trying, and when the zoomies strike, your kitty is suddenly a gold medal contender in a race you didn’t know was about to begin. ![]() We’ve all seen videos of both dogs and cats who suddenly just need to run around! Where only seconds earlier was a placid feline napping, sunbathing, or half-heartedly tail-swishing, now is a speed demon pulling along the base of furniture or careening around corners, limbs akimbo, tail ruddering frantically to avoid obstacles. ![]()
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