On a daily basis he repeats the same water related activities for changing periods of time and intensity.
The most damaging behaviour is when he scoops water out of his bowl with his paws and just tips it on the floor. For no reason. No reason at all! Then he just walks away, his floor destroying, flood damage inducing mission complete.
The most concerning habit is watching wet face washers dry. He will sit there for....I don't even know how long actually, because I get bored of watching him before he gets bored of watching the washers....just staring at the washer I have just used to scrub my face hanging on the towel rail, occasionally dripping little aquatic droplets of his obsession onto the floor. He won't chase the droplets though, he will just watch.
He saves the chasing of water droplets for when I am taking a shower, and with no concern for modesty will plaster himself to the outside of the glass door, diving to the floor when he spies a particularly enticing raindrop leave his field of vision.
He has also picked up the annoying habit of meowing bloody murder if I don't open the door for him to go in and investigate the remaining shower floor and wall water after I finish showering.
Louie's increasing level of comfort around me has meant more and more of his quirks have come to light. And let me tell you, he is weird. Aside from his strange fascination with water, he steals my socks - picks them up off the floor and hides them under the couch, he lies over the back and arm rests of chairs and couches - as in with his head on one side and his ass on the other, and will stay that way for hours, he tries to eat both my pant legs and my hair, and he eats his food with his 'hands' - by this I mean he has never just eaten out of his bowl, he will pick up individual pieces of dry food, or chunks of wet food with his paw and then eat it out of his hand. He is the weirdest cat I have ever owned, and I seem to attract weird cats as a rule. (Including Mistchet, who allowed me to dress her up in dolls clothes, push her in a pram and feed her from a bottle with no complaint [I was 7 at the time]; Duckie, who will become completely disabled if you lay her on her back, and has a habit of collapsing on the floor in front of your feet to get your attention, and Spooky, who managed to remove every single collar ever put on her, and proceed to capture possums and set them free in the house.)
I have illustrated some of Louie's aforementioned daily water rituals below (extremely poorly), and included some actual photos of his shower exploration. Enjoy.
Updated to include this picture I just snapped of Louie doing the face washer watching thing:
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