Lola has an obsession with the doormat. I’m not sure why. Every time she gets hyper she races up to the doormat and attacks it. It’ll end up ruffled, folded, pushed out of place. It’s been clawed repeatedly and is constantly covered in white fur from where she rolls around on it.
And of course there are the times that she decides to get under the rug. Again, I have no idea why she does it. Sometimes she’ll wrap herself up in it almost entirely. Other times she makes herself a little shelter of sorts.
Of course the result is that she ends up filthy. Doormats aren’t exactly the cleanest areas of the house, and ours certainly is good at collecting cat fluff, grit from the bottom of shoes, litter from paws… So when Lola plays around there she gets covered in it.
Sometimes, as was the case when I took these pictures, Lola ends her crazy five minutes in a bubble of calm at, on or under the mat. She relaxes, stays for a while as calm returns to her, and 
then carries on. Back to life us usual.
Which, for Lola, means yelling for food!
Love,
Lady Joyful
Do your cats have funny five minutes? What do these episodes involve?
MM did this with mats.
My Frenchies have moments of pure insanity. The kitties, especially Bianca (who looks just like Lola) love to play hide and seek, or catch me if you can.
Sounds adorable! Thanks for commenting 🙂
My cat, Jack goes outside for a couple of minutes when it’s cold and then when I open the door, he rushes back inside! He gets a wild look in his eyes and does a sideways twist with his body then races from one end of the house to the other! Good exercise for him but a good laugh for me! ????
Ha, maybe it’s his way of warming up! Adorable 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
Lola looks so cute under there…and a little shy/embarrassed. I had a coworker who called that stuff the Great Ooglie-Wooglies. Pretty good name for it, I think.
Parker
Wow that is an awesome name for it! Thanks for commenting 🙂
My cat used to bring me presents on the front door step to admire – that’s after I stopped him bringing them inside! Half dead mice, birds, interesting cat things he was so proud to show off. I tried rescuing them, but that just delayed the inevitable so I had to turn a blind eye to his hunting prowess.
Ah yes – that’s one of the reasons I’m glad our cats aren’t able to go outside! One of my cats back in England used to like bringing live frogs inside and just leaving them to hop around the house! Thanks for commenting 🙂
I have a dog called Romeo and he has similar obsessions. :3
Lola is very cute!
Ah yes, my brother’s dog also has a tendency to madness on occasion. Clearly it’s not just a feline thing! Thanks for commenting 🙂
Oh, don’t thank me. I love reading you!
That’s great to hear 😀
What a cute meower!
She is, isn’t she 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Who knows what gets into their tiny little heads…I have one who likes to lick plastic bags…go figure…
Ooh, yes Lola adores plastic bags! Sampson is quite fond of them too but he actually chews them rather than licking. Silly thing! Thanks for commenting 🙂
My older kitten have a thing for toilets, he could stay in one all night. The younger one loves plastic bags.
Toilets, huh? That’s one I’ve not heard before! But Lola does have a penchant for plastic bags too. Thanks for commenting 🙂
Lola has an obsession with the doormat… 😀
Lovely Lola <3
Hide and seek with doormats, carpets, rugs, blankets, clothes is the merry game of my kats!
Ciao
Sid
She certainly does! Thanks for commenting 🙂
My first sister Ukkie loved the door mat. She jumped on it and the mat flew in the air. I think she believed that it was Alladin his doormat that could fly.
Amy is road racing at night with funny noises.
Purs,
Billy The Time Cat
Ukkie and Amy both sound like a lot of fun! 🙂 Thanks for commenting.
My Luci does the same thing! It’s a kitty thing 🙂
It certainly seems that way! Thanks for commenting 🙂
This reminds me of our cat, Salem. I bought a cute pad to go under their food bowls, but gave up using it because all she does is try to go under it and dumps the food all over the place! Lola is a beautiful cat, by the way!
Ha, Salem sounds like a lot of fun! (Great name, by the way. I used to have a fluffy black boy called Salem! He was such a sweetheart.) Thanks for commenting 🙂
Tess has to run up and down the stairs, jump onto the couch, then off again, and finally attack the blankets on the beds. She has to do this at least 6 times before she flops down on the floor with exhaustion.
Well at least you know the routine! 😉 Thanks for commenting 🙂
One of my cats attacks the door stop (a round rubber job screwed to the floor). She grabs it with her front claws and kangaroo kicks it!
She will also suddenly turn and look at you as if you’ve grown another head and go bounding away.
Ah that sounds like fun! Thanks for commenting 🙂
Never a dull moment. 😉
My cat loves to use my doormat as a scratching pad. She doesn’t get under it, though. She does go crazy with cat nip, though. Loves it!
Doormats do seem to be made of good scratching material, that’s for sure! Thanks for commenting 🙂
hello lola its dennis the vizsla dog hay yoo luk like kind of like a cat burrito!!! or a cat rollup!!! hmm lets call it a catwrap!!! ok bye
She does look like a catwrap! Thanks for commenting 🙂
My (all white) cat does this too with door mats! We had to take it away eventually because she would chew on the rubber bottom and it always made her lip swell (allergy I guess). Cats are too funny! 🙂
They sure can be funny 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Aww…. Lola is a cutie. All my cats do with mats is vomit on them.
Ha, she does that too, believe me! Thanks for commenting 🙂
I’m a doorstop attacker too!
With that spriny thing they are on it’s just too much fun!
Have a super Sunday…
Noodle and crew
I can definitely see the appeal in springy doorstops… 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
My cat, Merlin, used to run up and down the long hallway I had, stopping halfway to run up the door frame to the bathroom. He would do this for about five minutes, when the mood would over take him. It was fun for me to watch him. 🙂
Oh yes it’s really fun to watch when they are being mad! Thanks for commenting 🙂
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My cats get the zoomies. The run through the apartment, over, under, back and forth. Then they stop and saunter off for a nap.
I guess it helps them burn off energy! Thanks for commenting 🙂
my cat does a lot of funny, quirky stuff:)
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