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<\/p>\nIt\u2019s Zaturday, the day we (Ziggy and Zorro) take over Mommy\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n
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Ziggy here. Mommy is right-handed and Aunt Kim is left-handed. (That rock in the picture belongs to Aunt Kim.) The other day, Mommy was curious about whether cats have a dominant side, so she asked Mr. Google. (Mr. Google knows everything!)<\/p>\n
She learned about a study they did on 44 cats. They watched them play, walk down stairs, climb out of the litter box and reach for food, and they looked to see which paw they led with. They found that most of the female cats favored their right paw and most of the males favored their left.<\/p>\n
Zorro and I are both boys, so that means we\u2019re left-handed, like Aunt Kim. (I guess in our case, it would be \u201cleft-pawed.\u201d) Mommy wanted to test the theory, so she put us each in the litter box. I jumped out with both front paws together, but Zorro stepped out with his left foot.<\/p>\n
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Then she put us on top of our cat condo. Zorro stepped down with his left paw again, so I think he\u2019s definitely left-handed like Aunt Kim.<\/p>\n
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When Mommy put me on the perch, I kind of liked it there, so I sat\u2026<\/p>\n
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And sat\u2026<\/p>\n
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And sat\u2026<\/p>\n
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Mommy finally gave up. But then came the fun part\u2014toys!!! One of our favorite things to play with is a piece of paper wadded up into a ball. Mommy throws it down the hall, and we go crazy chasing it then batting it around. Mommy tied it onto a string and dangled it in front of us. Guess which paw Zorro batted it with–his left. Again.<\/p>\n
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I thought he was making things way too easy for Mommy, so I swung at it with my right paw some and my left paw some, then grabbed it and held onto it.<\/p>\n
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When it was all over, Mommy decided that Zorro is left-pawed, and I\u2019m just difficult.<\/p>\n
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