Remember when Louis Catorze loved his new itchy cat treats?

Yeah, well, now he doesn’t.

The little sod ate the first couple with considerable enthusiasm, even though I’d just fed him, so I thought we were onto a winner. But it didn’t last. And, bizarrely, he doesn’t seem to have changed his mind about them; it’s more that he doesn’t notice them anymore. If I put them in front of him, he doesn’t see them.

I know. It’s weird.

Cutting up the treats makes them crumble to pieces and release much more of their aroma than they did when they were whole pieces. But this still isn’t enough for him to notice.

I then put some of the dust onto his fur in the hope that he would groom it off. He didn’t. So, as I drank my morning green tea and mentally prepared for the day, I was stuck with a gritty, meaty-smelling cat on my lap.

Blue the Smoke Bengal, who is also an itchy cat, is now the beneficiary of the treats, and he certainly won’t let them go to waste. So at least ONE cat in TW8 will be less itchy.

Here is Catorze’s powdery, pulsing belly. You’re welcome:

Ugh.
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23 responses to “Des bonbons ou un sort?”

  1. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Poor Louis. Being covered with that awful dust looks terrible.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He didn’t notice or care!

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  2. Kate Crimmins avatar

    They never like anything that’s good for them.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Of course not. Bastard cats.

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  3. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    Merlot did exactly the same with exactly the same brand of itchy treatment! He ignored them after delighting me with eagerly chomping them down for 2 days! He doesn’t just ignore them, if I put it with his food he won’t even eat his food. He is the same with some specially made treats I paid a fortune for, one bag of turkey oh yes please, he’s delighted, one bag of lamb and he looks at me like I’m a crazy mad poisoner of dogs. My theory? Anything that says it’s specially prepared to be palatable and irresistible and lamb or liver flavoured is far too strong smelling and therefore if it were me I wouldn’t eat it either. To me these things smell like an oxo cube or a highly concentrated stock ‘blob’ and if you asked anyone to actually eat it as is they certainly wouldn’t or if they did they would feel very unwell. It’s like these people only have dogs or cats who eagerly bolt their food and treats without it touching the sides. So I have now found out that benadryl is safe for all ages of hooomanss and is also safe for dogs and because I can’t be doing with physically poking a vet allergy tablet down Merlot’s tiny throat every day many times over as he manages to bring the tablet up even after I think it’s definitely gone and find the tablets decomposing in secret hiding places, I have bought benadryl nasal spray. At least that way I have some degree of success, especially as worse than itching, Merlot has a bunged snotty nose all night that stops him breathing and frightens me almost to death myself! If Merlot had teeth I could easily disguise a tablet in something but with only back teeth I can’t hide things in small enough irresistible wrappings and as soon as he gets a lump to big to just swallow he either spits it out with a glare or bites it, singles out the weeny tablet and swallowed the good bit! I did get an allergy mixture and a tiny syringe and put that in his mouth but he gagged and spat it all in my face, (that’s why I knew you would get Louis’ ear drops in your face, as well as having used ear drops in both rescue dogs and cats !) so I fully understand your plight. Just as an idea though, I’m sure it wouldn’t work with Merlot, what about if you make a gravy out of the allergy pellets? Louis likes water on his food, so maybe with a weaker taste he might like them? Obviously you cannot put boiling water on any form of medication as the heat would kill off any antihistamine, vitamins and minerals and you would go through all the drama for it not to work. I can’t do all the hours of fiddling around, killing off tablet finger, bla bla bla as it rarely works and generally disintegrates during the process so I may as well have not gone through the trauma both to me and to Merlot! HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO WIN?? And you try and find a dry food for a dog which is soft enough for a toothless dog to eat. I spend my life trying to create something edible out of Merlot’s favourite dry food pre having his teeth out… It’s just about a year if this constant daily struggle to get enough food into this tiny little dog of mine and most of it goes down the loo. You find something soft enough and it stinks to high heaven of overly flavoured food. I grind the hard dry food into dust in a coffee grinder I bought specifically for Merlot and the first day of it mixed with wet food he loves it, 2nd day he won’t touch it. And if I make his food minisculey over wet he can’t pick it up out of his bowl with his uncontrollably overly long tongue…

    Just a thought, you don’t want to do a blog about Merlot so you??? Xxx

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Bastard cats (and dogs)! And I think YOU should do a blog about Merlot!

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  4. M - avatar

    Remind me: Are those the probiotic treats? If so, I’ve seen much improvement with Ramses’ bowel movements and a noticeable LACK of gassiness giving him probiotics. Been about a month now and I intend to keep him on it. Also seen a marked increase in activity – he’s back to behaving like his old self. Kind of a dick, but in a good way.

    If anyone’s interested, here’s what he’s getting: FullBucket Feline Daily Cat Probiotic Powder. You can purchase directly from FullBucket’s website, but I got from Amazon (free delivery and all).

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Le Roi is a dick with or without these treats. Yes, they are the probiotic ones. Not much we can do if he won’t eat them!

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      1. M - avatar

        Well, you may want to try a powder??? Ramses actually did a nose-dive into the jar when I opened it. Guess it smelled good to him.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          I’ll try anything to make the little bastard stop itching!

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          1. M - avatar

            Poor little tyke

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Do not feel sorry for him! He’s an arsehole!

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            2. M - avatar

              Yes, but he’s your arsehole. LOL

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            3. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Only because nobody else would have him.

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  5. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    Cats actually can’t see something literally under their noses…because of the way their eyes are placed in their skull. But that doesn’t seem to be the real problem here, it is just LeRoi being LeRoi.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That would explain why he can see spiders across the room but not ones in front of his face!

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  6. cat9984 avatar

    They never do it the easy way. Must be a cat thing

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yup. They are bastards.

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  7. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Rather than sprinkle the dust on Louis’s fur, have you already tried to stick it on his lips with some honey for example? You can believe me, it is worth an attempt 😺.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      You mean … give my cat a custom-made lip balm? 🤣

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    2. mmechapeau avatar
      mmechapeau

      Our first cat, Pitchounet, was keen on honey. Thinking of him, we used this sticky substance to deceive other cats who needed to have some treatment. The cat in question licked the honey and most of the time swallowed the pill without being aware of it.

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      1. iamthesunking avatar
        iamthesunking

        Honey? Can cats even taste sweet things?

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      2. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        I don’t know, but as cats are accustomed to grooming, when their lips are covered with honey, they clean them.

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