Not-at-all Wordless Wednesday: Why doesn’t my cat hate his pet bandana more?

By Shala Howell, May 22, 2019

An orange cat sleeps in a cat bed by a window. A white bandana bordered in blue is draped over him like a blanket. — Canelo’s bandana reads: “Canelo: Not as cuddly as you’d think.” (Photo: Shala Howell)

It’s Monopoly time at our local Safeway. This year, for the first time ever, we won something.

Presenting Canelo’s brand new, free-except-for-shipping, pet bandana from Shutterfly.

Canelo wouldn’t let me put it on him for the photo shoot. The best I could do was wait for him to fall asleep and then drape it over him like a blanket.

When he woke up, Canelo pulled off the bandana and gave me the standard tail flick reproach.

Same cat in a cat bed with the bandana crumpled under his paws. — “I am never wearing this thing again, CatMom. Don’t even try.” (Photo: Shala Howell)

Fast forward a few hours… My daughter got home from school, and the first thing she did was tie Canelo’s bandana properly around his neck. Honestly, I thought there would be more fireworks.

Cat walking on hardwood floor with bandana around his neck. His ears are flicked back and his eyes a little wild. But spine fur is flat. — Around here, we refer to those as the Ears of Doom. (Photo: Shala Howell)

Admittedly those ears were marginal at best, but nobody in my house was bleeding, and that was… unexpected.

I could not figure out what was going on with this cat. It’s not like Canelo to be this calm about our Stuff-on-Cats habit. I’ll admit it, I was a little disappointed to see Canelo saunter over to his food bowl without the slightest wobble in his step or puff in his tail.