This week, we have been mostly dealing with this kind of caper:

Not again!

In other news, I don’t know whether it’s a Weird Moon, whether the planets have aligned themselves in some unique way, never up be repeated again, or perhaps some other mystical force is at work here? But we appear to have solved a long-running Château mystery this week.

The mystery relates to the bird feeder and the fact that its fixing is buckled and coming away from the fence. Obviously it doesn’t help that Cat Daddy has now spent far more money on booster devices to deter the parakeets than he ever spent on the original apparatus, so it’s much heavier than it was when he bought it. But he was convinced that some beast larger than the goldfinches had been leaning on it and/or trying to rip it off the fence.

Oh dear.

Anyway, one fine morning, our weekend house guest managed to capture this:

What the actual HELL?

We have never seen Louis Catorze do this before. And, if I had ten Châteaux, I would bet the whole darned lot of them on him never being caught doing it again.

Next week’s mystery: how has our creeper, which once obscured the whole fence, suddenly fallen down in this one area?

Eh?

Oh. Never mind.

I KNEW IT.
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40 responses to “Les grands mystères de l’histoire”

  1. mary mcneil avatar
    mary mcneil

    So did we…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      You had mouse caper too? Oh no!

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  2. Kate Crimmins avatar

    There is never a dull moment with that cat!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      HE IS TOO MUCH.

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        He really doesn’t weigh enough to do all that damage!

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          That is exactly what he wants you to think!

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  3. Dr. CaSo avatar

    😢 poor mouse!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I know. To be honest we thought he’d be too slow to catch it!

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  4. Mme Chapeau avatar
    Mme Chapeau

    Louis and you look in tip-top shape. The two of you make my day.
    As to the video, the same carries on to happen here too.
    Last evening, a new shrew was tortured in our kitchen and you can believe me, such a rodent is able to give out horrible screams.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Can you imagine being that little rodent and looking up to see this colossal (to you, anyway) fanged beast?

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      1. Mme Chapeau avatar
        Mme Chapeau

        The two of them are Mother Nature’s creatures.
        Therefore, I’m afraid but you must ask it to Her.
        😀

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Catorze is one of Satan’s, not Mother Nature’s.

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        2. Mme Chapeau avatar
          Mme Chapeau

          I like your reply but as I have already told you, I can’t achieve to tell you as you manage to do it.
          ⭐️

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      2. Emma avatar

        And yet this video shows just how small His Maj is. Like, I know he’s smaller than KitKat, and she’s smaller than your average void, but something about this video just proves it in a rather visceral way and I can’t explain why.

        But also: any mystery should automatically be blamed on His Maj, surely? I always blame KitKat for making noise in the rest of the house, even when she’s sitting right next to me. That way, I can live alone without getting creeped out by house settling noises and such. Any time something weird happens, you can just shrug and say “His Maj did it. I dunno how or why or when, but yup. His Maj.”

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Oh, Sa Maj can make some unspeakable noises that creep out people who are home alone with him. He once startled a chat-sitteur so much that she thought we had come home early, and wondered why we were arriving in the middle of the night!

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  5. Herman avatar
    Herman

    I’m always trying to save the life of the mouse. But sometimes I’m just too late…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That was Cat Daddy’s intention too, but then the little sod surprised us all by catching the mouse! We didn’t think he would, or at least not so soon!

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  6. lifecatsotherthings avatar

    That is funny! He looks so determined.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      It’s his fourth mouse in two weeks or so.

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  7. CC avatar
    CC

    Oh dear!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I know! Whatever next? 🙄

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  8. alicephilippa avatar
    alicephilippa

    Did you forget rule №1?

    “All cats are bastards.”

    He should have been prime suspect for both the feeder and the creeper, even without any evidence.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Cat Daddy did suspect him, but I stupidly said it couldn’t possibly be so. I know. How stupid.

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  9. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    I suppose it’s like you set him up with his own games tablet in the shape of a bird feeder 🤭😁😁😁 I was surprised one night by chaos in our communal garden outside my bedroom window only to see badgers climbing up and actually hanging on the bird feeders, managing to get them apart so the seeds etc were all over the ground when my next-door neighbours went out looking in astonishment at the mess, scratching their heads wondering what creature was strong enough to do it.

    I think that Louis isn’t after the birds, rather enjoying the challenge of zapping them with some sort of crazy foot stomping to scare them off! ❤️

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Sorry, what? Badgers can climb? 😱😱😱

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      1. Penny Cooper avatar
        Penny Cooper

        This is exactly the way the badgers destroyed my neighbours bird feeders! They’re so resourceful! ❤️

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          This has absolutely blown my mind!

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          1. Penny Cooper avatar
            Penny Cooper

            I’ve seen videos of them climbing trellis and going along walls etc., they’re not lightweight yet those talons have such a wicked grip 😱

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Oh God, I really hope Catorze doesn’t meet one.

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            2. Penny Cooper avatar
              Penny Cooper

              Unlike Merlot I think he may have the common sense to run the other way, Merlot chases them, we have them all around our village and apart from being petrified I also die of embarrassment when Merlot decides to yell his head off outside people’s houses at all times of night because everyone who knows me knows I walk him at any time of night and they recognise his trouble maker bark of course once Merlot barks everybody else’s dogs who were happily snoring ends up waking their households with very loud barking. I even have to avoid going a certain way because a house with 3 dear little boys has a large dog that sleeps upstairs, it recognises the tiny little rattling sound of Merlot’s name tag jangling as he prances in his little show dog style footsteps and their dog starts barking in anticipation of Merlot finding something to bark at. When this happens I quickly turn my phone flashlight off and attempt to scurry away but of course by this time Merlot wants to stand still and enter into a shouting match, so they hear me dragging him away!! I’ve learned not to say a word so as not to confirm that it is indeed gobby Merlot and me!!

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  10. cat9984 avatar

    He is Lord of the Realm, after all. 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      What realm? The Underworld?

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      1. cat9984 avatar

        Of all he surveys. 🙂

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  11. M - avatar

    Just like yours, my Void, Ramses, is the quintessential Apex Predator in our “Concrete Jungle”. Perhaps they’re channeling their inner Black Panther…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Ooh, I’ve just seen his pics! I love his pentacle collar jewel!

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  12. Aspasía S. Bissas avatar

    He’s a natural born hunter. I have to applaud his plan of getting the birds from above 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      No success yet, thank God!

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      1. Aspasía S. Bissas avatar

        Yes, let’s hope he leaves it at good plan, poor execution 🙂

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  13. Doug Thomas avatar

    I once observed Woodie, my neighbor’s cat, jump onto the bird bath from a seated start next to it. The level of athleticism cats can manage can’t be underestimated!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That is impressive!

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