Comments: Cat v. Candle

A Google search brought me here ... Just wanted to let you know that my cat Abigail does the exact same thing. The moment a match is struck, she's instantly awake and looking for the source of the flame. If a candle is lit, she'll frown at it and after a while screw up the courage to bat it out, oftentimes getting wax on her paw.

I'm not quite sure if she's trying to play with the dancing flame or if fire just bothers her (she was a stray, so it's possible she's had a bad association with it) but she simply will not allow us to have lit candles in the house. Bright halogen lamps also make her deeply suspicious.

Strange, strange.

Posted by Mike Beltzner at November 9, 2004 10:01 PM