In his middle years, Rowdy has revealed himself to be a
latent and now overt woolsucker! In s.FL we never had
much wool out at all, even in winter, so his hidden vice remained unknown to
me *until* we moved here to MileHigh and it got cold. Being unpleasantly
(not life-threateningly) allergic to the feathers they stuff into down
cold-weather bedding and outerwear, I opted to buy several Woolrich
wool-blend blankets of various thicknesses, which was a very wise decision,
considering if I had taken advice of CO natives about the down stuff I
would've spent every night gasping for breath under those feathers....also
have collected several handknit wool throws at the Salvation Army for very
cheap, and
they are pleasant to cuddle under while watching tv in
living room. I have had, over the years, other woolsuckers, my RB beloved
Dur Dur included. Rowdy
began by starting on the wool blanket covering the bed, but soon discovered
the knit/crocheted throws had much
more "give" and his paws became pleasantly entangled in
the loosely woven wool. Purring as loud as he ever does,
he has "taken possession" of the largest of these throws,
and this am upon arising I discovered during the night he
had dragged the thing completely off the bed and down the hall where after
no doubt having his fill of woolsucking (I call it "noozing") he had passed
out atop
the bunched-up throw. I don't know what causes these
cats to get into woolsucking (some have done it on piles
of freshly-laundered clothes, before they were folded)
but I can't punish or fuss @ Rowdy for this disgusting but harmless fetish
of his.
Does anyone else have a wool/cloth sucking cat? If so,
do you just put up w/it like I do? Maluce does not indulge in such
undignified behavior.....