Author: iamthesunking
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Nine Easters ago, distant enough not to be an everyday thought but still memorable enough for us to be furious when we think about it, Louis Catorze disappeared. He wasn’t gone for long and, these days, we know to leave it a good three days before worrying. But we understand that sinking feeling when you…
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Having an Oura ring is both a blessing and a curse. Not in a 50-50 kind of way, though. More like 30-70. Maybe 35-65, on a good day. I wanted an Oura ring mainly for tracking my body temperature and my sleep. The fact that it also tracks, amongst other things, my stress levels, is…
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Louis Catorze’s thyroid test result – the additional £67 one which was conducted a little after the others – is in, and it turns out that he has hyperthyroidism. Cat Daddy suggested some time ago that the constant screaming might be anxiety, and I said, “Of course it’s not. He has no reason to be…
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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. Rodan was doing quite well in his recovery, after going…
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When I told Cat Daddy that Louis Catorze didn’t eat his premium fish sautéd in goat’s butter, I thought he would be absolutely livid, with the Unrepeatable Expletives flowing like a burst dam. However, instead he said, “Did you season it?” Sorry? So this is MY FAULT for creating a bland meal for our cat?…
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What is your favourite restaurant? Louis Catorze favours any establishment which will allow patrons to send back their food limitless times, without explanation. Right now, that establishment is us. Although … can a place even call themselves a restaurant when the one and only customer refuses to actually EAT? Having watched Catorze attempt to eat…
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Louis Catorze scratched up his face again, right after I said to someone, “Thank God he hasn’t scratched up his face again.” Luckily it didn’t seem to be bothering him; right after doing the evil deed he went absolutely psycho, racing around, pouncing on random objects, leaping onto the shutters and so on. He even…
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Describe one positive change you have made in your life The fancy place from where we buy our Michelin-starred hot-smoked salmon, has just started selling fish offcuts for pets. And, unbelievably, it was Cat Daddy’s suggestion that we buy some for Louis Catorze. When it arrived, we were astounded at its quality: no skin, no…
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Merde, merde and thrice merde. You are not going to believe this. The VERY DAY that I posted about Rodan going out scrapping and injuring his face, Louis Catorze decided to go out to the Zone Libre looking normal (well, “normal” by his standards, anyway) and return home looking like this: This wasn’t caused by…
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What animals make the best/worst pets? I don’t know about the best. However, I’m a lot more certain about which are the worst. My sister and her family are going away for a few days. So, naturellement, Rodan chose now to go out scrapping and sustain injuries to his face. Not only is the little sod…
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Cat Daddy is complaining that he “can’t” put this cardboard box out for the bin men, and so we’re stuck with it forever more. He CAN, of course. He just doesn’t want to, because Louis Catorze has claimed it as one of his numerous beds. The bit about us being stuck with it forever more…
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The clocks went forward on Sunday, so it’s now officially British Summer Time. Weirdly, nobody says “British Winter Time” before the clocks go forward. It’s either British Summer Time or, erm, it’s not. Cat people often complain that their furry overlords, seemingly unaware of the change, continue to wake them up for food at the…
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How would you improve your community? Cat Daddy and I try to have a date night every so often. And last week it was, erm, an environmental meeting at a local church hall, to discuss climate change, green spaces and biodiversity. When one of the speakers informed us of recent research indicating that noise pollution…
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Louis Catorze hasn’t been eating much lately. In fact, after initially leaping onto his wet food and devouring it like a starving savage, he’s now only moderately keen when I dish up. He’s the same with his Orijen too: he’ll tuck in eventually, but there’s a definite reluctance. One morning, he lapped up a couple…
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