cats: churu edition
Mar. 26th, 2022 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kellan_the_tabby
[Loiosh, an orange tabby, is face-to-face with a torn-open packet of gooshy cat food.]
Yes, this IS an entire post of the boys eating churu at the vet.
Seems this vet wisely finishes up each exam with a treat — there’s a big jar of peanut butter on the counter for dogs, & she keeps a box of churu packets in the cabinet for the cats. Churu, in case you haven’t encountered it, is basically the tastiest gooshyfud ever, packaged in little single-serving packets. You tear the end off & squeeze it out, & your cat licks it all up, & everyone is happy.
[Loiosh’s tongue is stuck WAY out, licking up the bit of churu sticking out of the packet.]
Loiosh only wanted a little bit, though. Being at the vet tends to make him cranky. I was hoping the churu would cheer him up but he just wanted to be Not There. & indeed, he cheered up as soon as we were out the door — cheered up RIGHT across the parking lot, in fact, I hadda chase his ass down.
Tom, on the other hand …
[Major Tom, a big grey tabby seen very much in closeup, sniffs curiously at the open packet of churu.]
Tom was perfectly happy to finish up the churu. Every scrap.
[Tom’s tongue is stuck out just a little bit, lapping up a squeezed-out bit of churu.]
Churu, Mom. CHURU. (tbf it IS also kinda fun to say.)
[Tom’s head is tilted just a bit more forward, getting him closer to the treat, and his tongue is stuck WAY out.]
CHURUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Date: 2022-03-26 08:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-27 01:16 am (UTC)huh, we have something similar, licky-licks.. (yeah, that's the name) I thought you were supposed to tear it open and squeeze the food into a bowl... (tiny little tapas bowls are great for it)
Is Churu a flavour or a brand name?
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Date: 2022-03-27 01:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-27 01:25 am (UTC)Hm, ours have been taught not to do that. They'll just sit there and stare hard until I put the bowl down. So far, the salmon flavour licky-licks seem to be their favorite.
Apart from the odd one, Loki, who likes mayo instead. Helmans for preference. (which is healthier anyway.)
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Date: 2022-03-27 01:27 am (UTC)& welp, if you were gonna have one cat who liked mayo, it was gonna be Loki. (Loiosh once ate half a tomato slice for the mayo on it, because of Reasons.)
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Date: 2022-03-27 01:43 am (UTC)Loki got his name for reasons...
And yeah, I usually have a ham, mayo and cream cheese sandwich for brunch... he invariably ends up sitting on the arm of my chair waiting to be offered a dab of mayo on the end of a finger. Although, if he's outside, he will demand to be let in through the window... despite the back door being open. He'll even go outside, just so he can come in through the window by my chair..
Probably no more OCD than most cats, but still...
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Date: 2022-03-27 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-27 02:15 am (UTC)yeah.. I usually have a small audience of cats, each after a different bit of my sandwich. including Freya who likes bread...
I have not-normal cats.... which ironically, is normal for cats.
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Date: 2022-03-27 02:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-27 02:46 am (UTC)Yup! Done that a few times myself... but then that's cats, they never do what they're told, except for when you expect them to, and then they do it just to be contrary.
Or you know, if treats are involved. Bribery usually works.
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Date: 2022-03-27 02:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-27 03:12 am (UTC)Aye, but we love them dearly, don't we.
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Date: 2022-03-27 03:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-03-27 03:22 am (UTC)Indeed! As I say, I'm just paying my dues. In my next incarnation I want to be a cat... so I'm paying it forward.
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Date: 2022-03-28 04:46 pm (UTC)no subject
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