It’s 14th July, and Louis Catorze is staging his very own French Revolution here at Le Château: his early morning screaming sessions have restarted, and they continue long after I have gone to work when Cat Daddy is still in bed. We’re woken repeatedly by his yelling and thundering about on the wooden floors, all for no reason whatsoever, and it’s driving us crazy. He is neither hungry, nor thirsty, nor distressed, nor in need of anything: he just seems to like the sound of his own voice. And, unfortunately, we don’t. Especially not at 1am, 3am or 5am.
Yesterday morning I woke up at 5am to the sound of screaming, pitter-pattering and scampering, which usually means that Louis Catorze has invited a guest in.
After some searching, I found him lying on his back with his head and back feet hooked through the straps of one of my sports bras. Catorze had unzipped my gym bag, pulled out the bra and gone on some sort of cross-dressing rampage. He wasn’t trapped or upset; in fact, he seemed to be having tremendous fun, rolling, bicycle-kicking and screaming. After wrestling the bra away from him and cautiously checking the gym bag in case he had put anyone or anything in there, I was wide awake with a good hour to go until my alarm. I never got back to sleep after that.
This – the screaming, not the cross-dressing – has happened every night/morning, at least once per night/morning (usually more), for the last 10 days or so, and we’re going to work feeling utterly frazzled and wanting to cry. I think we might have to resume our routine of some energetic play before bed to wear out the little sod, because we can’t go on like this.
Any suggestions would be received with more gratitude than you will ever know. Or we might just have to stick him in an Uber and send him somewhere far, far away. If you live absolutely nowhere near TW8, look out for him in a Toyota Prius.
jesuisleroisoleil 
Can he go out at night??
Mine often do this till released into garden at some unforgiving hour!
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He can go out whenever he wants. So he has no excuse!
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Awaiting Uber in TW18. Floki needs a new friend 😸
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It’s not just His Majesty. I thought it was the full moon last week, but KitKat has been much more playful than usual this whole week. (Even now, she’s racing around my wheelchair, batting at her CatIt Senses track to make the ball run away from her, and bolting into the hall to swipe at random toys.) It’s not quite to the extent that Le Roi is, but my kitty’s gone batshit crazy too.
No suggestions, but plenty of commisseration?
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Earplugs? For you, not his Majesty. Purrs, Quicksilver et al
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He needs a mouth plug. 😳
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Maybe the casual sports bra isn’t doing it for him anymore? Have you considered presenting him with an assortment of fancy, lacy French lingerie? Purrs, Quicksilver et al
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Oh my! Can you imagine? 😳
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We are sure his Majesty can and has and may even have ordered himself some lovely pieces from Aubade. Purrs, Quicksilver et al
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😃😃😃 We will welcome Le Roi with open arms 😸 … I guess he needs more excercise hence the sportsbag and bra 😉
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Ha, yes, we cats like to play in ze hours of darkness, it is natural, no… we do not understand this strange sleeping at night business you ‘umans are so fond of.
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