It’s December and, whilst we haven’t had any snow in London, it’s cold.
Louis Catorze is firmly back in his autumn-winter igloo. He has been known to spend all day in there, even foregoing food and drink (I am not overjoyed about this) and eventually crawling out at 9pm, all dishevelled and blinking at the light like a little cave gremlin, to sit on his daddy’s lap. For a while we were quite worried about him and almost whisked him off to the vet, but now normal service has resumed and he’s back to screaming and being a shite.
Cat Daddy: “Maybe he wasn’t ill. Maybe he’s so thick that he just forgot to wake up” (?).
The igloo, which was gifted by one of his beloved pilgrims, has been in the living room for a couple of months but he didn’t set paw in it throughout that time, no doubt because the weather was so mild. However, the Arctic blast brought by Storm Arwen was obviously too much to bear, and he has now retreated so deep inside that there’s no budging him. (Catorze is notoriously difficult to shift from his igloo once bedded in; if we need to get him out, for a vet visit or a pill, for instance, Cat Daddy has been known to pick up the entire igloo and shake it, like shaking vinegar over chips*. Catorze clings on for dear life and eventually exits the igloo with all the urgency of a very viscous, gloopy, screaming sauce.)
*Non-Brits: ask your British friends.
Cat Daddy and I are both quite happy that Catorze has rediscovered his igloo. As well as giving us some peace at night, it also keeps him out of mischief somewhat (Catorze, I mean, not Cat Daddy).
Here is the little sod, enjoying his cosy bed:
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Glad you and Catorze came to an understanding that didn’t involve any trips to the vet. Some of mine sleep so deeplyI have to poke them to makle sure they are still breathing.
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Yes, the thought had crossed our mind that he’d died in the igloo! He was quite sluggish for a couple of days but now he’s back to “normal”. 🤣 How many do you have?
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We all could use our own igloo now and then!
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Yes, I’m quite envious of cats, really!
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Louis’s igloo is nice. Aren’t you a bit sad it enables Louis to isolate himself from the two of you in such a perfect way?
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A little bit, yes! Cat Daddy, however, appreciates the peace.
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Oh… that igloo looks like a very comfortable bed! Wish there was room for a human…
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Haha, are you offering to clamber in with him? He would love that. You, not so much. 🤣🤣🤣
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The temptation to shove, erm carefully place, the igloo in the cat carrier must be strong.
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Knowing him, he would tip it and suffocate himself. 😩
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I want the same igloo for myself, it’s so cold (and snowy and dark), here! Can I take your igloo (and I’ll take Louis with it, too)?
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Oh, please do! I think he would quite like to snuggle in it with a human (anyone but me, I imagine).
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That’s a hilarious picture you paint about getting him out. Very undignified compared to his usual image
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Oh, he is indignity personified!
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Black inside, black cat. Hard to know if he’s there! Maybe he is hibernating.
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It’s actually pink inside! So he’s deffo in there. We just can’t tell which bit is which. 🤣🤣🤣
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Cute, both my monsters are warming themselves by jumping on my head while
I sleep and then screaming at each other. I need to buy some igloos!
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Oh my! Remind me how many you have again?
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