Cats · by Urban Baker · 2026-09-20

tripod update: she made the couch jump without me hovering like a helicopter parent

Three weeks after front leg amputation for a nasty fracture. Shelter warned me not to baby her too much and wow were they right. Juniper is mad when I try to help, thrilled when I stop. Little machine.

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Tiny Otter · 4 likes

Tripod cats are powered by spite and physics.

Tola Ibrahim · 3 likes

Love a good postop brag. give her a treat from the internet

Rafael Almeida · 2 likes

My three legged guy figured out stairs faster than my healthy cat. they adapt so fast.

Paper Coder · 1 likes

The hardest part is emotionally for us, not them.

Urban Baker · 4 likes

Correct. she has fully moved on and I'm still narrating her every landing.

Rachel Tan · 0 likes

Juniper is such a great name for a tough little weirdo.