Cats and Kayaks

Without getting into the messy business of declawing and muzzling, what is the best way to enjoy quality time with my cat in the cockpit of my kayak?
-Carla

RE: Cats and Kayaks

Carla, Carla, Carla... You sit in the boat in your backyard and call your kittie to you and snuggle up in the cockpit. Anything other than shows a propensity for masochism. Your cat will thank me for this suggestion. Listen to what he says!!!!!

Cats and Kayaks

Lise, Lise, Lise...MY cat, unlike YOUR cat, would not be caught DEAD in a kayak on LAND!!! The indignity, the insufferable humiliation! My kittie LOVES the open water as demonstrated by his passionate, leg-kicking, fang-bearing frolicking which can understandably be misinterpreted as displeasure to the unlearned!

-Carla

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Hi Carla,

I checked online to see what I could find about cats and water. It turns out that some species of cat actually like water. Cats that originated from hotter climates love to bathe apparently. Cats such as lynx and snow leopards from colder climates hate water.

The other reason why people generally believe that cats hate water is because some owners don't introduce them to water or bathing. Show cats that are washed daily love it. Also people who use water in a spray bottle to punish a cat are never going to get their feline friend into a kayak.

My advice to you is to wear thick neoprene to protect your legs from claws or from a tickling cat tongue that might make you capsize. Start close to shore and then if the cat is happy venture further out.

If your pussy cat doesn't like that then Edward Lear would suggest you get out of the kayak and put an Owl with a guitar in. Then I'm sure the cat would have a great time!