Most cats dribble a bit, but Louis Catorze does it a lot. This is mostly because his mouth cannot fully close on account of his protruding vampire teeth, leaving a permanent escape route for his spit.

Since the spit is at its most plentiful when Catorze is purring, Cat Daddy has coined a rather delightful nickname for it: purr-juice. I love it. Somehow calling it by that name makes it seem less revolting and almost, dare I say it, endearing.

Photographing the purr-juice is quite difficult as you have to be quick with the camera, but Cat Daddy managed it. On this occasion Catorze had joined him on the weekly Zoom call with his boozy pub mates and was purring like crazy, overwhelmed by the heavenly chorus of male voices:

Blame it on his juice, baby.

Before anyone starts to panic, this is NOT drooling due to heatstroke – in fact, this photo was taken before the heatwave – and there is nothing wrong with his teeth. (Cat Daddy: “I should f***ing well hope not, after a grand’s worth of dental work.”)

This is pure Catorzian happiness. And there’s more where that came from.

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11 responses to “Le jus de ronronnement”

  1. Kate Crimmins avatar

    Sasha does the same thing and she doesn’t have vampire teeth. Maybe they do it on purpose?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Quite possibly, yes! It’s the kind of thing they’d do!

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  2. mmechapeau avatar

    A female black cat cat we hosted a few months used to dribble a bit too when purring.
    So far, the latter has been the only cat we have encountered who was keen on fries.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Keen on fries! 🤣🤣🤣

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  3. cat9984 avatar

    Aww! He’s so cute

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Thank you! (He’s not really, though. He is evil.)

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  4. Dr. CaSo avatar

    Miss Penny does the same, in fact, it’s the only way I know she’s purring because I don’t hear her purr, except if I put my ear against her belly. Sometimes I see little drops of spit on the side of her mouth and I’m like “oh, she’s happy, let’s keep doing whatever I was doing” and then she drools everywhere 😆 It’s very cute. Louis’ picture is pretty impressive, too!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Aww! Miss Penny does it! It’s such a cute thing!

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  5. Mary McNeil avatar
    Mary McNeil

    A couple of mine who have had extensive dental work (in one case, no teeth left at all) do this. We are glad to see Catorze showing some evidence of normal felinity !

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yes, I guess he can tick one box there!

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