We took Louis Catorze to the vet yesterday afternoon. Naturellement, when we tried to locate him half an hour before the appointment time, we found him right in the centre of some dense, inaccessible shrubbery in the garden, with the chances of a painless extraction being slim-to-zéro.
We then resorted to our not-so-secret weapon: sending Cat Daddy to the end of the garden for some alone time and a nice quiet read.
Bingo.
Catorze was flushed out of his hiding place in an instant. And the predictable bothering of his papa that followed meant that the little sod was easily scooped up and shoved into his transportation pod when the time was right.
Although we would rather not have to take him to the vet at all, there is some sort of perverse satisfaction in discussing multiple ailments/issues in one appointment. Part of it is the feeling of getting good value out of the service and, even better, it means we don’t have to endure the horror of having to take him twice in the same week. So it was very pleasing indeed to be able to collect his Broadline AND give him his steroid shot AND have his bald patch seen to, all at once. And, happily, as the bald patch is now growing back, there is no cause for concern and we have been advised to just leave it. This makes me very happy indeed, as I really didn’t want to have to deploy Le Cône.
As ever, Catorze doesn’t appear to care about any of this. He’s eating, drinking, screaming and playing – in fact, a few days before the vet appointment, he brought a rubber band to our bed from some unknown location and spent the night ricocheting it, and himself, all over me from dusk till dawn.
So he’s doing just fine. Our little old boy is living the life of a king.

🙂
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He is one happy little sod. 😊
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Just try to be sure he doesn
t swallow the rubber band/
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Oh no, the rubber band has been confiscated! I don’t like him playing with those. Let’s hope he doesn’t cross dimensions and magically find another!
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That’s great news which makes me very happy too.
Long live dear King Louis.
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Merci! We really appreciate your support!
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Glad to see the King is doing great. You must be very proud to serve such a great personality…
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I don’t know if proud is the word. Exhausted, worn down, terrified maybe!
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Excellent news 🙂 Gros câlins to my favourite Louis Catorze!
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Aw, he sends some gros bisous to you and Miss Penny!
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Glad to hear that all is well in the realm.
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We have the happiest little sod. 😊
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They always want to play at stupid o’clock in the morning. I’m convinced that it gets worse as they get older.
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Oh good grief, does it really? 😩
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Another great photo 😀
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Haha! It just sums him up, doesn’t it?
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He’s quite photogenic 🙂
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If vampires don’t have a reflection, can they have a photographic image? 🤔
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Digital cameras don’t use mirrors, so it depends on what you’re using to take the picture 🙂
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