Our black cat can’t walk by a ladder without climbing it to see what’s at the top. Doesn’t matter if it’s 8 ft, 16 ft or even our 20 ft ladder; if I leave it leaning up against anything, he’ll be up there looking around. Even more impressive is watching him come down head-first.
Kittehs love heights. If I use a ladder to get into the attic, I have to move it or they go to the top and I’m afraid they’ll make the jump to get up there. If I’m inside the attic, I have to put the cover loosely on so they don’t join me too.
On our second floor, the stairs have a wide rail at top and it scares me when I see them jump without care onto the top. My wife thinks we should put something up there to stop them, we just haven’t figured out what to put up there.