Wheat-bag cat

[vilakins]

Some of you may remember the freebie cat slippers and dog slippers I got for buying Hill's Science Diet for my cats (and the cat ones are on offer again at the vet); I know some of you found them disturbing. Brace yourselves. Today I went to the Four Seasons pet supply shop for more food and I got another free gift.

A wheat-bag cat! You heat him up in the microwave and cuddle him to warm up. I have long wheat-bags I can drape round my neck for that but maybe I'll use this guy to seduce cats into more lap-time. His over-large snout makes him look strangely dog-like in profile but his B&W reminds me of Vic.

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[pebblerocker]

Putting even a toy cat into the microwave goes against some important principle :o)

[vilakins]

It does! [doesn't want to think about it]

[elmey]

I've been shelling out good money for Science Diet for years, and have never gotten a freebie of any sort. I am not happy.

I wonder how long he'll remain intact if the cats get their paws on him :)

[vilakins]

Perhaps it's only here they have the giveaways. I have no idea.

This lot are much kinder to my plushies than Claudia was. I had to hide some of them because she bit them so badly. Jasmin and Ashley cuddle up to the big lion and tiger on the spare beds.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

He's an Evil Gluten-Cat! ;^)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

But.. but... you don't have to eat him! :-P

I assume it's wheat or rice inside. Those things are generally filled with either but referred to as wheat-bags here.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

*grin* I love that icon.

I have a rice-sock somewhere... I filled it with Jasmine rice and when it's heated it not only feels good it smells nice, too.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Rice works well. I have no idea what's in mine (now three of them) and I'm not going to open them to look.

That was Claudia about a month before she died. She was known for forgetting to retract her tongue and Sebastian's the same. :-)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

My rice sock is a man's sock, a really huge fuzzyish athletic sock. I poured about a cup of rice in and just knotted the top.

I had a cat that used to do that--....who was it..oh, yeah, Ginger, she was part Siamese I think, but her coloring was pale reddish tabby. She'd wash and stop and leave her tongue sticking out.

[samantha-vimes.livejournal.com]

entropy_house, I've done the same thing using large, unmatched socks to make warmers. I think I used flaxseed for one, because that was what was in a commercial warmer I got, but the problem is those are so small they can slip out, so rice sounds much wiser.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

If you can get Jasmine rice, it's even nicer than regular rice because it has a pleasant smell when heated.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Awww... how cute. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

He is! Putting anything cat-shaped in the microwave is just wrong though.

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

He's so cute! Have you warmed him up, yet? Wish they were on offer here.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I haven't yet. It won't be easy putting even a stuffed cat in a microwave.

I've never known they had offers on till I bought a bag and got presented with an unexpected gift (which so far has always made me laugh with surprised joy).

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

I remember watching Animal Hospital as a kid and there was one horrifying ep where a kitten got microwaved (accidentally, I don't know how) and came out looking raw and then died at the vets so I find that it being cat shaped a bit disconcerting :(

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I didn't want to know that. And I'm already not keen on microwaving a cat-shaped things.

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

cute! and warming ;0)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

He will be if I can ever put him in the microwave. I am cursed with too much imagination.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

But this is lovely - to have this cat draped over my neck, warm and pleasant...mmmmmm...I like cuddly things and cat things!!!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

He's quite small so he only does the back of a neck. He'd be nice on your lap too.

You could make one and fill it with (uncooked) rice! That works well.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Aww that is a sleepy cat,
Though I can understand your reluctance, it looks too cute to cook!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Greg will probably be more pragmatic. He comes back today and I'll unnerve him at the airport by telling him we have another cat. ;-)