Usually, when Louis Catorze needs his next steroid shot, he will start scratching again, and this becomes more and more intense until we take him to the vet. The vet usually has plenty of availability, but occasionally we have had to wait. And, when the building housing the veterinary practice undergoes its long-awaited refurbishment, who knows how long we will have to wait? (In fact, who knows where we will even go?)
I recently had Nutri-Paw supplements pop up on my social media feed, and I decided to try out their itchiness and immunity treats, in the hope that it might make Catorze more comfortable between vet appointments. And, at £19.99 per pot (or a bit less, if we subscribe) versus £80 per steroid shot, it had to be worth a punt, non?
As we are all aware, Le Roi is a ludicrously fussy eater, and buying something that we WANT him to like is usually a guarantee that he won’t touch it. So I made sure that Blue the Smoke Bengal – who happily eats anything that isn’t nailed down – was on standby to receive the treats in the very likely event of them being rejected.
My plan was for these to feature in Catorze’s life as a Dreamies-type treat. Because I wanted him to like them but not love them so much that he refused his Orijen, I gave him one treat far away from his feeding station, in the hope that his silly brain would somehow register it as a different from his Orijen, rather than a replacement for it.
And, astonishingly, he ate one. Nobody was more surprised than I, that the biggest hurdle was cleared with such ease.
These will make the perfect snack for fending off the creepy staring, during those times when he acts hungry but we know that, if we go to his bowl and fill it, he will just sniff it and walk away.
However, despite being light as air, these things are too large to fit into the teeny-tiny Catorzian bouche, so I have to cut them in half. And they’re quite brittle and crumbly, so this is a messy task. I don’t mind it too much, but Cat Daddy will be swearing with every breath and turning the air blue with Unrepeatable Expletives if I ask him to do it. (That said, he swears about Catorze’s dandruffy fur, too, so he can’t have it both ways.)
Catorze has been looking rather scruffy of late and, when I brush him, rather than ridding his coat of dandruff, it seems to dredge up more. Let’s hope that I can manage the cutting in half, and have him looking glossy and chic in time for his birthday in two months’ time.
Oh, and let’s also hope they respond to my email to suggest, erm, a kitten version of the treat, suitable for little mouths.
If you’re interested in trying out Nutri-Paw, have a look here.
louiscatorze.com 
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