Louis Catorze has had some sort of vile crud stuck on his tail for a number of days now. We have no idea what it is, but we have established that it’s not excrement of any kind: not his (which would be bad) and not that of any other animal (which would be very, very bad indeed).
Now, I imagine you’re wondering why on earth the crud has been there for such a long time, and this is a fair question. Believe me, this is not what we want. But the little bastard refuses to clean it off – in fact, he’s so thick that he may not even know it’s there – nor will he allow us to clean it off. I’ve tried, and it didn’t go well. One of his many terrifying superpowers is his ability to summon the strength of ten angry bears if he is made to do anything he doesn’t want to do … and, in the unlikely event of us managing to pin down this freakishly strong hell-beast, his tail then develops a wild, thrashing life of its own, making cleaning impossible.
So we have had to live with it, trying not to think too hard about the fact that the little sod is probably dispersing invisible granules of micro-crud wherever he goes. And, every so often, when we stroke him, he gives us a little reminder of this horror by flicking his tail upwards and making the crud touch our skin. Nothing – I repeat, NOTHING – is as revolting as the feeling of this.
Here he is, taunting us with the sight of the crud and knowing full well that we will never get to it:
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One of my cats has chronic sinusitis and sneezes pretty regularly…distributing a gluey concoction on the rest of us. *Sigh* Has Louis been sneezing lately ?
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Eurgh! No, thankfully he hardly ever sneezes. In fact, I’m struggling to think of an occasion when he’s done it even once!
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The rest of him is looking rather glossy though!
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Thank you! He’s starting to shed so we’ve had to step up his brushing. 😊
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How odd. It looks like someone painted his tail in the picture. No one pored cement recently, did they?
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Not that I know of, no. He occasionally comes in with a completely dry body and a dripping wet tail, so God only knows what he gets up to out there! 🤣
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Could be a spot of tree/floral sap or road tar hardened by dirt. Perhaps a few strokes with a flea comb & a bit of Dawn dish soap? It’s used to clean wildlife.
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Unfortunately he won’t hold still, and he thrashes around like a maniac if we try to restrain him. And stealth attacks don’t work, either. He can be happily relaxing but, if we make any moves tailwards, he’ll thrash/disappear. 😱
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I used to think Louis Catorze was very much like our Chris but he actually has some similarities with all of our cats. In this instance, he is like our Floki. Floki is like a cross between a tornado and The Incredible Hulk whenever we try to do something to him that he doesn’t want to be done, such as nail trimming and something as simple as putting flea medication on his neck. He is also psychic and knows what we are up to at all times.
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Hahaha! And I bet he communicates to the others, too!
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That wouldn’t surprise me.
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