I was making a nice cup of cordial (concentrated juice for the Americans) this evening. I went to shake it as I always do only to realize my partner had only placed the cap on instead of screwing it on. I didn’t check and started shaking. The cap flew off and the cordial sprayed everywhere. The couch, the floor, and worst of all, my sleeping 7 month old kitten.
I froze, realizing what just happened. My kitten was obviously annoyed and ran across the room and started licking herself clean, as her brothers came to check on her. The cordial can’t be good for her with all the sugar so I grabbed her and had to bathe her.
It’s been about an hour since and I think she’s forgiven me. My partner laughed at us and apologized for the cap since she had forgotten to tighten it, and I laughed too. The kitten has forgiven me, and everything turned out ok. I just wish the poor little girl didn’t have to be woken abruptly, covered in juice, and surprise bathed all within 5 minutes. I will say she was the best behaved she’s ever been for a bath so I think she decided it was worth it to rid herself of the cordial.
The real kicker, apparently you don’t have to shake cordial before pouring it. Fml
TLDR; I shook a bottle of cordial without the lid on and covered my cat with it accidentally.
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Preemptive cat tax
Aww. Do not sugar the cat. She is sweet enough!
You don’t “have” to do anything, but most cordials that use any amount of real fruit juice tend to separate when left stagnant so yeah, shaking the cordial is probably usually a good idea. Provided the lid is on tight enough, of course.
I have a long haired cat, occasionally there is a need to give her a bath after using the litter box. She hates me every time I have to do it, but seems to understand it was for her own good and I was helping her pretty quickly after. Cats seem to be pretty good at recognizing the difference between helping and just being mean to be mean.
My cat tax.
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