Cat Daddy: “Oh my God. What’s happened to Louis’s fur?”
Me, imagining the horror of a Code Brun situation: “Erm, why? What’s wrong with it?”
Him: “It’s gone all weird.”
Me: “???”
Him: “Like tiger bread.”
Me: “???”
Him: “Come and look.”
It turned out that the cause of Cat Daddy’s alarm was Louis Catorze’s fur cracks. Now, they’re nothing new, and we are frequently marvelling at the weirdness of the tail ones, in particular. However, what struck me about this particular set was how pale Catorze’s skin is; underneath all that black fur, the little sod is white. Not nature-white which, in fact, is not white at all but more like an off-white. Sa Maj is bright paper-white.
This makes him the, erm, polar opposite of polar bears, who have black skin under their white fur. (Thank you, Lizzi, for telling me about this and sending me down a Google Image rabbit hole from which I can never climb out.)
I expect that the white skin is something I knew anyway, on some level, but now I can’t stop thinking about and am unhealthily obsessed with exactly what we’d be left with if Catorze had no fur. I imagine it would be something like this, but whiter and with much larger fangs:
And, when the little sod sleeps on my lap, I can’t resist parting his fur to peek at the paper-whiteness. (He is not a fan of this, as it’s also what I do just before giving him his flea treatment.)
We are shocked, but not surprised, to STILL be discovering weird things about him, all these years after he first came to torment live with us. Life with Catorze truly is beset with labyrinthine twists and turns.
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But a cat’s skin is very pale, almost white, I think it’s normal! xx
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Bright white, though? Not off-white?
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My all black cat had stripes if you caught him in the sun at the right angle. I’ve since learned that black cats are tiger cats with black fur. Weird. They are all weird.
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Yes, I learned the same when watching some science bloke talking about how black cats evolved.
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Wasn’t pale skin highly prized at the French Court? Louis is merely being fashionable
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Haha, you might be right!
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Please, might you tell Louis that bright white is very stylish?
Thanks in advance.
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I’ve told him. He knows. 🤣🤣🤣
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We think Louis’s fur is perfect for Louis. So are the “cracks” – his fur is not thinng so he will probably not be going bald.
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I actually love his fur cracks! The tail ones are particularly special.
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I used to think calling him a vampire cat was just a cute nickname because of his fangs, but now I’m really starting to wonder…
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I know! And maybe the reason he doesn’t react to his reflection in mirrors is because he doesn’t see himself … 😱
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It’s all starting to make sense (including why much bigger animals run from him)!
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I know! He is truly from another dimension!
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Incidentally, you could write a great children’s book (or series) about him.
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Haha! I’d have to leave out a few merdes to make it suitable for kids. 🤣🤣🤣
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True, but I don’t think they’d notice 🙂
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