Never Ever
I once swore that I’ll never ever buy a fancy cat bed. For one, I saw way too many funny pictures of cats preferring shabby pizza boxes to expensive cat beds. Second, Tessa and Kajsa like most of my DIY cat beds, at least after I got the hang of it (they’re picky!). Third, I have hardly any money, and I’d rather spend it on high quality food than beds.
Well well. Unfortunately, humans have a tendency to do things they would never ever do, and I’m no exception. I fell in love with these cute cat beds at our local pet store. I was looking at them for months, and then, one day, they were on sale. I got very excited. Even though the reduced price was still pretty expensive to me, I just couldn’t resist.
I was thrilled when I saw Kajsa using it. Frankly, it felt like winning the lottery – spending my last bucks on an expensive cat bed which at least one of my cats likes!!
This could have been a sweet story, but you’ve probably already understood that this is not the end of it. I’m glad I got a picture of Kajsa in this bed because it was the only time I ever saw a cat in it. Weeks passed by. I tried the bed in different rooms, nothing happened.
After some months, a friend visited me with her newborn baby. She breastfed her baby boy on the sofa, and when he fell asleep, I had a wonderful idea: could we upgrade the cat bed to an infant bed? Oh yes, he liked it a lot and slept like an angel. Unfortunately, babies are much alike cats in many ways – suddenly, he yakked all the milk on the bed. Sigh.
His mother was very embarrassed, but living with cats means that barf on textiles feels normal, doesn’t it? OK, I probably shouldn’t have said “Oh, that’s great! The cats may actually now use the bed as it smells of milk puke”. My friend couldn’t hide her disturbed face, suggesting that I’m a freak (of course I am!). Well. Tessa showed indeed interest, but never put a paw into the bed.
Eventually, I gave up and sold the bed on Ebay. However, puke doesn’t really trigger Ebay bidders, so in the end I gave it away for free. I just couldn’t stand looking at the bed any more. If there’s any common sense left in my brain – please make that I never ever buy an expensive cat bed again!
September 1, 2017 @ 20:14
hey you gals….the food service gurl here does the same thing; last time her saw a really neat toy and said to herself…DONT BUY IT… THEY WONT PLAY WITH IT….but she did…..and we didn’t !! 🙂 ♥♥
September 1, 2017 @ 23:00
Oh. Toys. All the toys I bought for my spoiled ignorant brats! /The human
September 1, 2017 @ 21:27
I bought an expensive cat bed for Dirty Harry. He shunned it for many months, then one day walked over to it and lay down. That bed was his place until he crossed Beyond. Now that he’s gone, no one else will use the bed, but I have to keep it, just in case.
September 1, 2017 @ 23:01
Mollie – we love you!! Now you made our human wonder whether she gave up too early! /Tessa and Kajsa
September 2, 2017 @ 01:04
It was a nice bed. Too bad the cats didn’t like it. Sometimes it takes time for us cats to like something, ‘specially when we know the humans want us to like it right away.
September 2, 2017 @ 10:35
Hm. True. I think I lost it because the d*mn bed was always in my way, and the only one who liked it, yakked on it. /the human
September 2, 2017 @ 04:09
I was feeling all warm and fuzzy when I started reading this because I thought that your cats STILL were loving the bed! But….it DID turn into a HILARIOUS story!
September 2, 2017 @ 10:36
… Well, yes, at least it’s something to laugh about, so the money was not entirely wasted!
September 2, 2017 @ 04:18
That was a pretty bed.
September 2, 2017 @ 10:37
Yes. When I uploaded the pictures, I was again thinking that I really liked this bed and that I should’ve tried harder.
September 2, 2017 @ 05:37
Hahaha~been there done that! It’s really a pretty bed. Looks purrfect for your girls but of course they have different opinion 🙂
We have a very cute cat shaped bed which was ignored for a long time…but one day I found Niko in it! Such thing happens sometimes but not often 🙂
September 2, 2017 @ 10:39
Oh no! Not another story of a bed that got eventually invaded! /the human
Oh yes! Keep those stories coming! They trigger Mom to buy more stuff we can ignore! /Kajsa and Tessa
September 2, 2017 @ 18:02
It was a very pretty bed and did look comfy. Eric and Flynn had so many beds, caves and igloos etc. that they never used. They both liked the “40 Paws Ham-mick” and their reindeer skin on a regular basis, but that was about it. They preferred their nippy mats to beds.
September 2, 2017 @ 20:44
Oh yes, keep the suggestions coming! Mom is about to google 40 Paws Hammick and considers buying a reindeer skin, which should be pretty easy in Finland. /Tessa and Kajsa
September 2, 2017 @ 23:08
We have had many fancy beds that we never used, or only once… After a while, Claire gave them to the shelter ! Purrs
September 3, 2017 @ 12:11
Hehe! Our local shelter didn’t want the bed.