Stinky Inky

If you're a sensitive sort, you may not want to read the following. But see this photo of Inky? This is what I see every time I go to the bathroom (also, I see I need to clean out that gunk on the radiator).

No matter what he's doing, once Inky notices I'm bathroom bound, he needs to accompany me. He can be sleeping on the opposite end of the apartment and as soon as I open that door, he's scratching and meowing, desperate to get in. If I haven't latched the door properly, he can even open it himself.

Once inside, he pokes around, attacks the bathrobes hanging on the back of the door, knocks over beauty products, but mostly he just sits and stares and waits.

What he's waiting for is wiping time.

Inky loves all things paper and chews up my magazines and books like a little rat. But more than any other kind of paper, my filthy little feline loves him some toilet paper.

So the second I ball up a little wad of TP, he is crouched and ready to go. Normally I stop him by putting my hand over his face, but for art's sake, this time I let him go for it.

Here he's mid-leap, going for the prize.

And this is him basically on my lap, trying to pull it out of my hand. As a result of his freakish little habit, the inside of my right thigh has dozens of little scratches.

Just thought I'd share.

Comments

[snarkyMarky]

i would find that really claustrophobic.
it's not like you follow him to the litter box every time.

[kate]

this story rocks. and inky is one weird kitty.

[val]

Penny does the same thing. Weird

[Scarlett]

Tiger also follows me into the bathroom--not every time, but often enough. He seems to think it is the perfect time to rub against my legs, as well as my dangling undies.

My man's explanation for pretty much all Tiger's behavior is that he is "not normal." Which considering the man and me, is pretty much the pot calling the kettle black.

[ks]

I can relate. If I forget to close the bathroom door, my cat Maceo comes running in and stands under the stream when I pee, forcing me to aim carefully to avoid turning the golden shower on his head. Maybe that's what he wants, the little perv...

[Sean K]

Dear Dategirl,
My girlfriend takes a camera into the bathroom. She says it's just to get a picture of the cat clawing at the TP, but I'm not so sure...

[Miss Heather]

My husband's cat licks my ass while I am on the toilet. It is an experience mere words cannot describe.

That said, Inky is one handsome cat! Is he getting ready for Halloween?