How would you describe yourself to someone who couldn’t see you?
Louis Catorze wouldn’t need to. Anyone who couldn’t see him would certainly hear him and, after that, they probably wouldn’t want any further information.
Last week we bumped into our chat-sitteur in the pub, and we chatted about our holiday and her time trapped living in Le Château with Catorze.
She told us how much she enjoyed spending time with such a loving cat, which was quite a novelty to her since she lives with more reserved cats; Scully is more into sleeping, and her usurper stepsister Zelda prefers to direct her attention to catching birds. However, at times Catorze was also rather demanding and rude, trying to knock her phone out of her hand if she wasn’t quick enough in delivering the cuddles.
There were also the now-customary disrupted Zoom meetings, which started with the also-now-customary screaming. This was initially off-camera, then the chat-sitteur’s colleagues would say, “Ah, are you looking after that cat again?” and finally he would appear in a “Ta-dahhh!” kind of way, entering stage/screen left and bidding everyone a friendly bonjour.
The chat-sitteur’s boyfriend commented that he had “never met a cat so affectionate or so loud”. We get it, mon gars. Really, we do.
A few days before our pub meet-up, there was some discussion on my online cat group about cat voices, especially those of Chats Noirs. Catorze, it seems, is quite distinctive in his volume. Others described or posted evidence of their Dark Overlords’ beautiful, melodic little trills and, interestingly, Catorze was on my lap as I listened to his comrades but didn’t so much as flick an ear. That said, certain cats’ voices HAVE been known to make him really sit up and take notice, however deep his slumber. One of them is his own.
Oui, Mesdames et Messieurs: HIS OWN VOICE SHOCKS HIM WHEN IT IS PLAYED BACK TO HIM. Is he genuinely wondering what child of the night is making such sweet music … or, like the rest of us, is he embarrassed upon hearing himself on audio/video?
Here is a medley of the best/worst (depending on your point of view) Catorzian screams. You may wish to turn the volume down:
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