Thanks all, I just all my life thought it was the equivalent of giving them beer or something... you know...something folks do and they actually think it's funny to watch a cat drunk or something...
it's an altered state but I wasn't sure to what extent
That's why I asked
As for wipping her paws... she doesn't let anyone touch her feet... appyday can testify to that -- she had a traumatic incident as a puppy and was rushed to the vet (a big fishing lure stuck through her jaw from the inside out, just like a fish that was hooked... anyways the vet didn't sedate her much and literally wrestled with her and used vice grips and ripped it out... I could hear her screaming in the waiting room and then they cauterized it. After that the clipped her nails... ever since for some reason she associates anyone touching her feet or nails to that event or something