What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?

Louis Catorze’s cat-cousin Rodan probably doesn’t want to go to the vet again, for obvious reasons. But, if he keeps up with his silly behaviour, that is exactly where he will end up. 

Sulking in his least favourite place.

Rodan was doing quite well in his recovery, after going out scrapping and sustaining injuries to his face. However, on the day of his follow-up vet appointment, the little sod somehow managed to wriggle out of Le Cône. 

In the time it took his human brother to shout, “He’s scratching himself! and my sister to reply, “Well, grab him then!” (about twenty seconds in total), Rodan had scratched up his wounds absolutely ferociously, making them 9,622 times worse than they were to begin with. 

Before.
After.
Even through the mesh you can see that this is bad.

Naturellement this now means that he will have to spend far more time in Le Cône than originally anticipated, and my sister has to bathe his wounds twice a day and apply ointment. He is as miserable as hell about this state of affairs, but it’s his own silly fault. 

Oh, and a plot twist that none of us expected is that my sister busted Rodan’s sister Mothra licking her brother’s wounds. So is she expected to Cône the pair of them?

You don’t exactly help, Mothra.

Come on, Chats Noirs (and Chats Tigrés, if we count Mothra among the trouble-causers). Give us – and yourselves – a break.

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14 responses to “On connaît le diable à ses griffes (Partie 2)”

  1. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    Would a soft collar in place of a plastic cone help ? (Probably not.)

    It might be easier to shut Mothra in another room instead of trying to cone her too. Wishing everyone luck.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Definitely not: Catorze had a soft Cône once and all was well until he realised it could bend. And if a divvy like him can figure that out and cause trouble with it, then Rodan definitely could!

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  2. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Don’t worry about Mothra. Licking a wound is useful. Thanks to some properties of saliva, it helps the injury to heal and Mothra knows it. Rodan’s cone is meant to prevent him from scrubbing, not licking.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Regretfully she did it right after he’d been ointmented, and she had an upset stomach afterwards. 😢

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        In this case, it could be wrong for her cf. her upset stomach … and I have to erase my comment.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar

          I think if the area weren’t being medicated, he’d be fine.

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          1. mmechapeau avatar
            mmechapeau

            Normally, it is fine. She can lick without wanting to scratch since it isn’t her own wounds.

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  3. Editor avatar

    Anyone would think that there is some kind of conspiracy, wouldn’t they?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      It totally is! The Feline Uprising is probably nigh!

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  4. Kate Crimmins avatar

    Unless massively drugged this will be a trying time for all involved!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      Drugs for the cat or the humans?

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        I thought of that AFTER I posted and probably both.

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  5. cat9984 avatar

    Mothra probably thought she was helping him heal. Hopefully, Rodan will let everything heal this time. He’s pretty cute in the cone.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar

      He won’t! He’s scratched himself up again since my post about it!

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