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If I were to mention an itchy black cat in a Cône, you would be forgiven for thinking that I were talking about Louis Catorze. However, this time it’s his cat-cousin Rodan who has come a cropper. 

Rodan could do with a break from scratching. However, the only person who can decide this is him, and he ain’t stopping. 

Not only did poor Rodan scratch himself to smithereens, forcing deployment of Le Cône, but, once healed, he did it again less than a minute after Le Cône’s removal. And not only did he unheal all the just-healed skin, but he also managed to scuff up a whole load of new areas which were fine before. 

Poor Rodan HATES Le Cône. Whilst no animal really loves it, Louis Catorze was quite stoical and never really got depressed about it, instead channeling his energy into all manner of Cône-bearing misadventures*. (And it was just as well, really, because, during lockdown, he spent a hell of a lot of time wearing it.)

*If you ever thought that a Côned cat couldn’t get up to much mischief, you’d be mistaken. We had rodents, altercations with bird life, getting stuck on plants and shrubs, you name it. 

However, Rodan is really down about it. Everything about his Côned body language screams sadness. Oh, and his eyes are a bit manky, presumably due to him not being able to groom. Yet whenever anyone tries to clean them, he is – how can I put this? – not compliant. 

Please send Rodan healing, stop-scratching wishes. 

UPDATE: Rodan has been to the vet and, in the few minutes sans Cône whilst the vet treated him, he scratched with such ferocity that the vet binned the plan to give him steroid tablets and decided on the heavier-duty injection instead. He has also been prescribed antibiotic eye drops (due to the mess he’s made of his eye), and he will need to remain avec Cône AND have his eyes cleaned daily for the next two weeks. Oh my. 

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