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Sa Majesté Louis Catorze, Le Roi Soleil, supreme ruler of Le Château, sworn enemy of canine foe and scourge of Ocado delivery drivers.

La baignoire royale 

If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?

Despite playing dumb, our cat understands plenty. WE are the ones who need help in understanding HIS stupid shit.

Cat Daddy and I don’t often have baths, because we much prefer showers. Yet, when I do have a bath, I have to wash it down prior to using it because it’s all bitty and hairy. A bathtub which is only ever used once every three weeks at the most, and which is cleaned weekly whether it’s used or not, shouldn’t be bitty and hairy, right? 

I then realised that the hairs weren’t human hairs. Louis Catorze had been gadding about IN THE BATHTUB. 

  1. Why? It’s such a strange thing to do, especially as he has a zillion more comfortable places to be.
  2. What does he do in there? Does he just go to sleep, or does he slide around like a teenager in a skate park? 
  3. When? He is always either with us or outside … unless he only goes into the bathtub when we’re not home, and jumps out again when we return (which is REALLY strange, yet probably still wouldn’t be the strangest thing about him)?

Catorze is the only one who could make this make sense, if he wanted to. However, he doesn’t.

An old photo of more bathroom misadventures. Here, he was getting high on the bleach after the bathroom had been cleaned.

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41 responses to “La baignoire royale ”

  1. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    I have had cats catch a mouse and let it loose in the bathtub to run around hysterically til the mouse keeled over or I intervened. A couple times I tossed a jingle ball in there too and much hilarity ensued.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I must try one of those (probably the second one) to see what happens!

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  2. RasmaSandra avatar
    RasmaSandra

    I guess the bathtub thing is something that cats understand. Occasionally my cat Tish jumps on the edge of the bathtub and then into it. I never wait to see what it is she does in the tub but later I see her sitting for a while on the edge and then just leaving. If she and Louis got together they could do a cat dance in the tub. LOL

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That would be amazing to see! 🤣🤣🤣

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  3. cat9984 avatar
    cat9984

    It’s not really the season to retreat to the tub because it’s cooler than anything else. Our resident black cat, Onyx, also likes the tub. But she prefers the pole the curtain is attached to or the partial wall at one end. She never wants to get wet.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      It’s not really the season here, either. And yet here we are!

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  4. M - avatar
    M –

    Both Ramses and Brandon both love cavorting in the tub – sometimes both at once.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Please video it next time!

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      1. M - avatar
        M –

        I will try…They always seem to STOP what they’re doing right when I’m about to capture it for posterity…

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Of course they do! Just like when Le Roi poses beautifully, looking like a supermodel cat, and then either gurns or runs off when I take my phone out.

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  5. Lou Carreras avatar
    Lou Carreras

    Sabrina likes the tub. We find her paw prints in it all the time.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      How do you know they are her prints and not her brother’s?

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      1. Lou Carreras avatar
        Lou Carreras

        We catch her, not him, in the bath tub.

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  6. Charles Huss avatar
    Charles Huss

    Maybe it’s one of those middle of the night things that he does. Frankie likes to get an hour bathtub but I’m usually in the bathroom when he does it. When I run the water before I take a shower he has to peek inside to see what’s happening. Of course he would never get in there while the shower is running.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      What does Frankie do in there? Does he sleep or gad about?

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      1. Charles Huss avatar
        Charles Huss

        I don’t know what he does. He’s behind the curtain like The Wizard of Oz.

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  7. sevencatsandcounting avatar
    sevencatsandcounting

    Sweet Amber was also quite fond of our bathtub. Not getting a bath—that she would’ve hated. She just liked to hop into the dry tub from time to time.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Aww, Amber. What did she do in there?

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      1. sevencatsandcounting avatar
        sevencatsandcounting

        Not sure. She would hop in there very daintily, putter-patter about, and then jump out.

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  8. curating happy avatar
    curating happy

    I think they like the echo-chamber sensation of it.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh dear. The last thing we want is amplification or echoing of Catorzian noises.

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  9. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Most of our cats were accustomed to going into our bathtub and Timon doesn’t break with this habit. He likes drinking water there. Who knows? Perhaps the taste of it is superior to any inside known water.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Ours rarely has traces of water in it. So what’s Catorze’s excuse? 🤔

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Actually, we are asked to open the tap and as good slaves, we obey 😺.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          You have been well trained!

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  10. Herman avatar
    Herman

    This reminds me of Mr. Bowie… He was the reason I stopped having baths because he jumped in to the bath while the water was running… I still prefer having a shower.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Did he realise what he was doing? What was his reaction when he felt the water?

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      1. Herman avatar
        Herman

        He stayed in the bath and started to play with the water… I’m not joking… he was a very special cat!

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          He did WHAT?

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  11. Kate Crimmins avatar
    Kate Crimmins

    Maybe he invites his friends over for a nice soak. I had a cat that liked to lay in the tub or on the bathroom tile when it was the weather was hot. It must have felt cool.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      The hot weather makes absolute sense. However, Sa Maj does this in the winter too. 🤷‍♀️

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar
        Kate Crimmins

        Louis never makes sense.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          True!

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  12. paulliverstravels avatar
    paulliverstravels

    Our cat learned how to ring the doorbell to summon us.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That is absolutely brilliant! I need to know more about this!

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      1. paulliverstravels avatar
        paulliverstravels

        I wish there was more to say; our cat was just pretty smart.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          How did he get up to reach the doorbell? I assume it wasn’t at ground level?

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          1. paulliverstravels avatar
            paulliverstravels

            We had a railing on one side of the stairs to the door because we would get a lot of snow and ice back then.

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              I bet the cat thought the rail had been put there just for him!

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  13. Bismarck avatar
    Bismarck

    Gribouille tried to sleep in the bathtub this summer, because it was cooler there…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      That makes total sense! However, what Catorze is doing makes none whatsoever. 🤣🤣🤣

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