Tag: cats
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Louis Catorze has completely lost the gnarled, world-weary look that made us worry that he might be on his way out. He is bright-eyed, plushy-furred, full of energy and unbelievably annoying. This change seemed to take place very suddenly, in the few days leading up to the spring equinox, almost as if he knew it…
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Some say that the Spring Equinox marks the first day of spring. For others, it’s 1st March (Meteorological Spring here in the UK) or even the last Sunday in March, the day that the clocks go forward. Cat people, however, know that spring is here when our furry overlords start spending more time outdoors and…
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Josh the fence-fixing man has been to fix our fence (obviously, since he’s a fence-fixing man), after it blew over in high winds. As he walked through our kitchen towards the patio doors, Josh commented on our ouija chopping board (a gift from one of Louis Catorze’s chat-sitteurs). Cat Daddy told him that we were…
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Remember when Louis Catorze loved his new itchy cat treats? Yeah, well, now he doesn’t. The little sod ate the first couple with considerable enthusiasm, even though I’d just fed him, so I thought we were onto a winner. But it didn’t last. And, bizarrely, he doesn’t seem to have changed his mind about them;…
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Merci à Dieu: Louis Catorze’s course of ear drops is complete. And what fun it wasn’t. Poor Catorze. I don’t suppose he knew what came over me when, one minute, he’d be snoozing peacefully on my lap and, the next, I was turning his ears inside-out and shoving stuff into them. Warming the bottle of…
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Earlier this week, we took Louis Catorze to the vet for his steroid shot. He has lost weight and is now down to 3.05kg, but this is quite normal for him at this time of year. However, rather more worrying has been his recent increased ear-scratching and head-shaking. And, when the vet stuck a cotton…
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I’m not quite sure what’s happening at the moment, but other cats seem to be the ones being complete shites whilst mine is behaving. I repeat: OTHER CATS ARE BEING SHITES AND MINE IS BEHAVING. Someone posted on our online neighbourhood forum, having found a discarded cat tracker in their garden. Apparently the wearer had…
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Usually, when Louis Catorze needs his next steroid shot, he will start scratching again, and this becomes more and more intense until we take him to the vet. The vet usually has plenty of availability, but occasionally we have had to wait. And, when the building housing the veterinary practice undergoes its long-awaited refurbishment, who…
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Louis Catorze has been all over me lately, even, on a couple of occasions, choosing my lap over Cat Daddy’s. For a while I thought he was actually starting to like me, but then I realised that I am just the safe refuge from the dreaded guitar. Yes, Cat Daddy is still at it with…
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A while ago I posted about Wisdom Panel, a DNA ancestry test for pets, and my surprise at its seemingly incongruous advertising slot in the middle of a Prime Video show about serial killers or some such thing. I have just seen another ad for it, this time during the half-time break of the football…
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Have you ever unintentionally broken the law? Well, let’s see: 1. Trespassing: wandering onto other people’s land without permission. 2. Breaking and entering: wandering into other people’s property without permission. 3. Affray: loud disputes with at least one bird, squirrel, dog or other cat. 4. Violent disorder: as above, but with numerous third parties at…
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I am lucky enough to run a paranormal club – nicknamed Spooky Club – at school. This is something that would terrify most headteachers and parents but, luckily, ours are progressive and trusting and let me get on with it. Our most recent session was about thermal cameras and the creepy things that show up…
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This is the current status for each of us here at Le Château: Me: boiling a kettle in order to serve 0.3ml of boiling water to a cat. Cat Daddy: shouting at me for boiling a kettle for such a minuscule amount of water when there’s a global energy crisis.* Louis Catorze: enjoying his life…
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If you had a motorway hoarding, what would it say? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAT? If you see him, walk away. Run, if you have to.
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