First, let’s marvel at the sheer physics of a cat. A healthy housecat can jump up to six times its body length in a single bound. That’s like you leaping over a school bus without a running start. Post-surgery, your cat’s stitches are screaming, but its brain still thinks it’s an Olympic gold medalist in parkour.
Here’s the scary truth: even one leap can rip open internal sutures or cause a hernia. I once watched my cat, Muffin, fresh off a spay, try to launch herself onto a fridge. She missed by a mile, hit the dishwasher, and looked at me like I had personally rearranged the furniture to sabotage her. We had a long, tearful conversation. She did not listen.
