#korben

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The kitties have been really enjoying the new catio. They both pop in and out throughout the day, breathing the free air. Korben especially is often just watching the movement of life throughout the day. It has even seemed to cut back on his boredom attacks on Leeloo, so overall amazing.

But it’s also new and adjustments are still being made.

So the other night I was going through the regular nighttime routine, shutting the sliding door, brushing teeth, all the regular things.

It wasn’t until I was curled up in bed with Leeloo on my neck that I realized it was off Korben wasn’t cuddling. I texted my wife with my worry. They went to investigate and the boy was indeed locked out.

He wasn’t distressed but he did keep screaming and was reluctant to settle. I can’t tell if he was over stimulated or just mad at me. So we’re careful now to check for kitties before shutting the door.

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Korbens kidney diagnosis is making me realize that my fully adult cat just doesn’t know how to drink. We’ve been giving him hydration packs which we were calling Boy Gravy but have now landed on simply The Goop.

This has the positive side effect of making him realize when he’s thirsty. Because we’ve baked in a routine wherein he drinks yummy fluids. So on mornings we haven’t given him The Goop yet he’ll indicate thirst by going up to Leeloo’s bathroom water separate from the whole ass fountain they largely ignore and attempt to drink.

I say attempt because I didn’t know it was possible to be this incompetent at a basic necessity of life. First he’ll slowly lower his mouth while lapping. He usually hits the rim of the glass and assume he’s drinking. He licks the rim for an embarrassing amount of time before he realizes that glass is not in fact water even though it’s smooth and cold.

So he’ll lower his mouth more and inevitably get water up his nose by going too far. Then he’ll lap determinedly at the water, repeatedly get more water up his nose because he can’t sense the waterline, then give up on the whole affair.

My theory as to why The Goop is permissible is that the viscosity is higher than water, but he still drinks it like a freak, lapping determinedly at the very far edge of the bowl until he’s made a hole in the goop. Then we spin the fucking bowl for him to sense there’s still yummy goop and he readjusts to keep lapping at the empty spot he’s made.

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Poor Korben is being So Brave about the vacuum going in the kitchen.

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I’m laying on the couch waiting for my friends BG3 update to go through. Korben is here too, on my lap.

He is farting on me. He’s so stinky and full of love.

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I like your cat. He seems cool.

He’s such a bastard, I love him dearly.

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Korben is such a horrible rude man so much of the time that it’s weird when he’s nice and polite but without fail his lap manners are impeccable. Never claws us when he jumps up, very gentle and careful.

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Korben was horrible all night. He woke us up repeatedly.

This morning my beloved had their phone light up to get dressed because I’d just woken up and they didn’t want to blind me. Seeing their shadows on the ceiling made me take a video.

Finally. Korben looks as monstrous as he really is.