@lillycoyote, I had a cat who faked a limp too. She really had hurt her paw, and she did limp for a while. We would hear her coming down the hall: walk-limp, walk-limp, walk-limp. Into the kitchen. Ooooh, poor kitty. Is your paw still hurting? Oooh <pet pet pet>.
Then it healed up, and we could hear her little footsteps in the hall: walka-walka-walka-walka. Around the corner, and there we were in the kitchen. Oops! Walk-limp, walk-limp, walk-limp.
I don’t think this is deception by cat standards. This is legitimate redirection of attention.