Cat Daddy took this picture when he was at the Westcombe Cheddar dairy not long ago.
Now, for most normal cats, living in a place where they make cheese must be the most wonderful thing on earth. I know that dairy isn’t great for cats but, if your cat is generally healthy, I don’t think the occasional sliver does them any harm. And, let’s face it, they will bug us for it whether it’s good for them or not.
However, Louis Catorze has ridiculously stringent standards when it comes to human food, and most cheese doesn’t interest him in the slightest. In many ways this makes our lives easier as we can leave anything lying around and trust him not to eat it. However, it can make bribery very difficult as he won’t accept just any old thing as a pill conduit … and you can be sure that, if he takes to something for a short while, he will inexplicably stop.
Here is a summary of his OUI list:
⁃ Organic aged Comté
⁃ Jambon de Bayonne
⁃ Jamón Ibérico
⁃ Pâté de Bruxelles (although not for long; he soon tires of this)
⁃ Tuna rillettes (ditto)
⁃ Medium-rare fillet steak
And his NON list:
⁃ Cheddar
⁃ Jambon de campagne
⁃ Jamón Serrano
⁃ Any type of pâté or pâté-like product not mentioned abve
⁃ Well-done fillet steak (although I can’t blame him on this one)
I think Catorze would be a very useful dairy employee; he would never attempt to steal the product, plus he has a built-in anti-contaminant alarm due to his skill of bird-chattering at impinging bugs. That said, it will be a cold day in hell before he WORKS for a living.
jesuisleroisoleil 
Hmm. He only likes certain kinds of ham ? The more expensive ones I presume.
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Oh, of course! 💰
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The Royal Slacker is very insulted: “Je travaille très dur pour èloigner les intrus du domicille royal; tu as nerf en me comparant à un clochard!”
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Sometimes he does behave like a clochard though. 🙄
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So far, your current cat hasn”t condescended to have any cheese yet but we won’t lose hope.
As to working, he entertains us rather well.
😺
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Sounds rather like Sa Maj: low on cheese, high on entertainment!
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He is even accustomed to asking us to go play with him in the garden.
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Sounds like he has you well trained!
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Louis looks very determined in the photograph. You don’t want to mess with this fellow…
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He does, doesn’t he! 🤣🤣🤣
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He is a king overseeing his realm!
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The Westcombe kitty? Or Catorze?
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Catorze!
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Ahhh! I wasn’t sure! 🤣🤣🤣
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It looks like he disapproves of you even mentioning the idea of him working
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Oh, he does. Monarchs don’t work. 🌞👑
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Excellent point. They have minions
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Our cats like most cheese but they do tire of just about everything I feed them. I now rotate their food to try to maintain interest.
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It’s good that you have a selection of tried-and-tested favourites.
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It took a long time to get to this point.
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