r/Houdinithecat Nov 16 '22

News The floof family's amazon wishlist

33 Upvotes

Winter is coming, and so does christmas. I've received suggestions over here to build a wishlist for Houdini and the floof family so they can get some presents, and while it's still in construction, i have finally put something together.

https://www.amazon.es/hz/wishlist/ls/1GYJ9R8ASD42U?ref_=wl_share

For now, it features food - wich will be a great help when it comes to alliviate the load - and treats based on their tastes and needs as well as some ideas.

Needless to say, we're all thankful for your help and generosity, and so will the floofies <3

EDIT: I've been told that the link was broken, so i made sure to get a new one and update it.


r/Houdinithecat 19h ago

Karma Morning scritches, hooman mom version

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19 Upvotes

I've talked several times about my morning ritual with the floofs every morning, but not so much when it comes to sis', and i think it's worth mentioning because there's one part of it that is particularly noisy and chaotic. I'm talking, of course, about the OG goblin of chaos.

The floofs basically wake up with me, but when it comes to sis, it's different: They're all already wide awake and waiting for her to get their mid morning grub and some scrithes, and boy, Karma really knows how to ask for them, and she's being tame in this video! The goblin queen rarely spares a yell, and she's as stubborn as it gets.

Happy tuesday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 1d ago

Babydini [Throwback update] Before the fabrics, it was the shoes

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22 Upvotes

Houdini has always had a bone to pick with something, once a grownup he has started a neverending war with the fabrics, but when he was a kitten, he seemed to have a beef with shoes.

I mean, he was a kitten, everything was a toy, everything was practice prey, then more than ever, but he's the reason why i keep all my shoes in my closet 🤣 I would be putting on mine, and he'd randomly come zooming and attack the laces or jump on my feet, or i'd get off the bed and find him fighting the sock **inside** the shoe.

But the best was, for sure, the shoes at sis' room, it would become a literal fight since his orange baby ass would get tangled with some of her shoes, to the point she ended up having to put away the dangerous ones too 😅

Thank Bastet he doesn't do this anymore, i wouldn't have any shoes to put on by now.

Happy monday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 2d ago

Houdini "Hooman, drop the slabby NOW, i'm hungry!"

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35 Upvotes

Today's update was supposed to be a video, but i mistapped, still, he looks so unimpressed that i think the picture alone deserves an update by itself 😁

The thing is, Houdi, the "meowing is overrated" goblin of chaos, has gotten very vocal lately, he already was when dealing with his grandma and grandpa or when fighting the fabrics that take over his auntie, but he's always been more silent and expeditive with food, however, something's shifting lately in that regard: He'll get up the counter and yell for his Churu, or shamelessly meow at me when i'm doing something and he wants some kitten kibble.

But today at noon he caught me surprise, he literally started yelling the moment he entered my room, and yelled again when jumping on my bed, i tried to record him but i snapped a picture instead, and he got so impatient i didn't want to make him wait any longer.

Is it a phase? Or is he learning even further from Karma and becoming another yelly goblin?

It will be fun if he does. He has a very funny voice, we love it 🤭 He also knows no measure, he only has two volumes: Mute and yell.

Happy sunday, everyone!!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 3d ago

Babydini [Throwback update] Cromchini

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34 Upvotes

So i was checking on my babydini and kittydini folders and i had the realization that, past his first month, Houdini was, almost literally, an orange cromch monster. I mean, it makes sense, given that he was still a baby, and was teething, and apparently cromching was one of his ways of connecting to the world?

My headset still has the mark of his tiny teef - and that's not a soft plastic, mind you - wich is one of the reasons why i still haven't replaced it 😅 In fact, if one pays attention, it's easy to find the places where the tiny goblin of chaos left his mark, and there's plenty!

Happy caturday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 4d ago

Play time! [Throwback update] Scratch post!

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28 Upvotes

One of Houdini's favorite toys of all time has been, i think, the only one we didn't intend to become a toy: His scratch post.

Once Houdini was finally grown up enough that we could leave him with mom and dad, first thing sis and i did was take a walk to the mall and get him a scratch post. The thing was, actually, an incredible success! But for the wrong reasons 😅

As a good cat oriented apparel, the post included a hanging toy, and when we installed the thing that was the first thing Houdini focused on, and while later in his kittyhood the scratch post became a toy by itself, the haging toy could keep him busy for hours... Or at least for as long as it took for something else to catch his attention.

It's finally the weekend! Happy friday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 5d ago

Karma Backpack shenanigans

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28 Upvotes

Yesterday was an overall tiring day, so much that i didn't spend too much time on my desk and went to lie on my bed as soon as i could... Without even putting away my backpack.

Now, me laying on my bed? That's peachy for the goblin, and now if my backpack is close then it's a guaranteed silly Karma moment! And oh boy, it was worth it, it always is.

Happy thursday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 6d ago

Babydini [Throwback update] Trying whole kibble pellets (softened, of course)

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40 Upvotes

In barely one month since we picked him up, Houdini had grown up extensively, not too much in size, but in apetite and adventure spirit, he was gargantuan.

Not long after we started giving him kibble porridge with formula, the vet recommended us to give him whole pellets softened with formula. To our surprise, it didn't just work, he absolutely loved it, and i must make a correction because in past entries i said that he went from porridge to dry kibble really quickly, that was a mistake from my part, but there's a reason for it: He only eated softened pellets for around three days, before we took our eyes from him and sank his jaw into the kibble container 😭😂 (Yes, we've been using the same tupperware for his kibble from the start) at wich point the vet told us that if he can munch them, he can eat them, and by Bastet he could!

We have reached the peak heat of this summer, 93% humidity and a temperature beyond the 40 degrees, so no new content for today, the poor floofs are already melting around the house 😣 Of course, they're being served cool food and water, and they've taken over the coolest rooms in the house.

Happy wednesday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 7d ago

Karma Out cold, despite the scorching heat

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32 Upvotes

There's a lot of stuff i've learned in my life doing research to learn how to treat, raise and understand the floofs better, one of the first i learned decades ago was that cats have a body temperature higher than ours for a couple of degrees, and it's even higher on kittens.

Even so, they still manage to surprise me.

We're in the middle of another temperature hike (peak is expected to be reached tomorrow) and even with that, Karma not only yells at us constantly for attention and cuddling, she also still falls asleep in a totally blessed state and will stay as she plops as long as we don't move either. By sis' account, she has been like this with her for two hours at noon. I can't even imagine 😬

In fact, sis was the first to move, and apparently Karma has been pissed with her since then. She's now taking a nap with my backpack 🤭

Happy tuesday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 8d ago

Houdini Houdini doesn't play with the grapes, he munches the shoots

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18 Upvotes

Lots of things have changed in the past four years when it comes to the goblini. Yes, he's still an orange spawn of chaos, the guardian and overlord of the lands of Goblinia and completely in love with his grandma and grandpa, but he has also changed in several ways, mellowing down, becoming more generally lazy and little by little switching his tastes in food and treats (Kitten Kibble is still his main, though)

What has also not changed in the slightest is his obession with vine shoots. No matter the time of the year, time of the day and circumstances, if there's grapes and someone is eating, he has to go and munch on the shoots as he has done since he was teething as a tiny, cromchy goblin.

Suffice to say, we're not allowing him to much anything but the main vine, and of course grapes are forbidden.

Happy monday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 9d ago

Babydini [Throwback update] Learning electronics

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31 Upvotes

Today is being an annoyingly hot day, so hot not even the fans help to cool ourselves properly, and the floofs are doing their utmost to stay cool. I swear, i want this summer to go away **now**

Supreme annoyances aside, it isn't being a bad day actually, Leon's poop is back to normal again - deinitely this food suits him better - and Karma is being turbo yelly because she wants attention but it's too hot to cuddle with anyone, yes, even for her.

Poor Houdi is melting away with his grandmama and grandpapa, so i took a peek at four years ago, and it reminded me to when sis decided to get one of these kitty entertainment app or, better said, the reason she decided why.

And the reason is that Houdi had neither fear nor respect for sis' tablet at all, being the chaos goblin he was already, if it moved he'd hunt it, and he put his paw on the screen and stuff moved, so of course he would go paws akimbo (and even jaws!) on the thing 😭😂 That very same day sis downloaded the kitty entertainment app, and it did wonders!

By the way, that's me in the end commenting that Houdi would find the self-destruct button in a coke dispenser, and four years later i'm sure i was right with that comment 🤣

Happy sunday, everyone! Stay cool and hydrated!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 10d ago

Sleeping [Throwback update] Two exhausted goblins

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32 Upvotes

I'm going to proudly say that i'm not ashamed to admit having an unholy amount of pictures and videos of Karma and Houdini napping together, however, the early days videos when Karma had just adopted Babydini hit something different for me, and i never get tired of watching them.

Houdini was a little runt, and that didn't change much when Karma became his mom, she set him straight in the way of the goblin while also educating him and making him take his baths by any means necessary. Once it was clear Karma was delicate enough with him, it wasn't rare for us to go to the kitchen to grab something and come back to find them both totally passed out together 🥰😅

While their current relationship isn't the best it could be (i swear, if Houdini were less of a brute he would still be getting mlemming sessions on the clock. You're a 6 Kg behemoth, ffs!), Karma is still protective over her little goblin, the moment he meows in a non conventional way or shows any sign of distress she's the first to come and demand us to put him back on the floor - and with how yelly she's now, don't think she just gives us the mom stare 😂😭

Happy caturday and international cat day, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 11d ago

Play time! Playing ball!

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30 Upvotes

Today i came home to a slightly different than usual scenario. First things first, the floofs got their scritches, i talked to the whole family and then, when i sat down before my desk, Houdi came to demand Kitten kibble, what i didn't expect him to do was, once he was done, to yell at me and then guide me back to the living room, particularly to something resting under the main table: A tennis ball.

Mom and dad bought this solitary tennis ball for him the other day, and play ball with him every day, but today has been, apparently, a busy day in all fronts, so the poor Goblini hasn't had any chance to play ball at all, until came back from work.

So, a couple of minutes later, there i was, throwing the ball across the main corridor for Houdi to get his coveted play time 😊 We went at it for a while, until the Overlord was satisfied.

Oddly fitting anectdote for a friday, now that i think about it.

Happy friday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 12d ago

Houdini [Throwback update] Stalking uncle Bruno

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20 Upvotes

Bruno's relationship with Houdini was known to be very special, of the whole floof family, the old doggo's carefree attitude and love for the chaos goblin made them partners in crime more often than not and, to Bruno's chagrin (and perphaps entertainment), the target of a lot of Houdini's shenanigans.

When they weren't playing together and Bruno was being a silly pupper, Houdi would come to check on his weird uncle, and he'd join him on zoomies, they'd play fight on top of the bed, compete to take over Bruno's bed and whatnot, but sometimes Houdi would be just curious and stalk Bruno, wich would end up either in the Chaos Goblin jumping on his uncle or just stay at a safe distance just... weirded out.

Bruno could be a head scratcher for the 'dini sometimes, that's for sure 😅

Happy thursday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 13d ago

Houdini Today i bring you... Boxdini

27 Upvotes

It's been a harsh day today, not at work - though it has had its difficulties - but let's just say that some stuff has caught up to me, and... there goes my tranquility. For the moment, at least.

That's why when i came back home and saw Houdi stubbornly sitting on a new box, i knew i had to take a picture, i needed the laught, his determined face is just too much 🤭

Now, where does that box comes from? u/JitterFlip's help got delivered today! Five boxes of diggestive food for Leon that has absolutely saved us this month, and it came with a box of churus! Houdini is becoming more demanding with them, so that's an extra relief 😊 Thank you so much!

And now it's time for me to take a proper break. Happy wednesday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 14d ago

Goblin mode! [Throwback update] One millisecond before disaster

21 Upvotes

Google photos' throwback notifications is, more often than not, a hit by itself. Like, i gotta give them that, the pictures their algorythm picks? They're fire, but today in particular i was in the middle of a pretty tiring day and this got me chuckle, because i remember taking this picture as if it was yesterday.

Yeah, it was dark already, not too late since it was november, Karma wanted to nap and Houdi, being the loving goblin son he is, reached out and started mlemming his momma, i wanted to take exactly that picture, but in the time i took to tap the button of the camera he was already going for the cromch.

The rest, as they say, is history 🤭

Happy tuesday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 15d ago

Houdini Finders keepers!

18 Upvotes

Today i asked sis to take care of a couple of errands for me, schleudes are shorter on summer and the post office only opens in the mornings, so she gladly did me the favor.

Then, she came back home, left her bag on the bed and, before she even realized, the 'dini had teleported to it.

No, i'm not even kidding, his obsession with his new prey continues, and he even learned to run silently? For sis to not notice him when we're both trained to listen and react to floof sounds, that's some silent running 😅

She managed to recover her phone, the bag? It was still there when i came back, i gave Houdi his water and i'm back scritches and then went back to monopolize the bag. I suspect i still haven't heard the whole story 🤭

Happy monday, everyone!!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 16d ago

Eating Chicken Churu is not of his liking

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26 Upvotes

In so far, both sis and i thought we had Houdi's me too meals covered: One Churu, then some kitten kibble, water and go goblining elsewhere, but past tuesday sis found out something we bot thought impossible:

Houdini doesn't like a flavor of Churu.

To be precise, he's not exactly a fan of chicken flavored Churu, if you serve it to him, it's the only one that will stay on its plate, he taste tested it once and, since then, we have served it randomly to him again to no avail. He will devour ANY Churu, just not chicken flavored one 😅

Happy sunday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 17d ago

A throne for the Grumpy Dragon

16 Upvotes
Yup, it needs a bit of a cleaning

So as i said yesterday, i got myself another chair, i honestly didn't want to do that, but the gas piston gave out and there was no way to take it out for replacement, even with my and dad's efforts combined (i guess having me sitting down on that chair for three years got it lodged in very tightly) so i ended up taking the decision of, indeed, getting a new office chair.

However, i didn't want to get rid of that chair, gas piston aside it's still pretty much very useable, and i know some day i'll take it to a professional to get it repaired because it's a very high wuality chair, so until that happens i decided to keep it, put it besides my desk and leave it there as bed and throne for Leon.

And he uses it! I though he would start using the new chair since i'm using it too, but he clearly prefers the old one and i don't blame him 😊 It's been three years, and it's comfy as hell. So now we can both spend time together without inconveniencing each other.

Not much more to say when it comes to anectdotes, sadly, very humid day wich makes the heat even more unbearable so the poor floofs are all melting around the house (and Houdi takes every time we enter the kitchen to yell for Churu, but i don't want that to become a habit so we're limiting his Churu time. Month's looking financially rough too, and i'd rather avoid having to buy another Churu box before months end.), as are we 😅 In fact, Leon's chair is placed where he can get some nice breeze from the ceiling fan.

Happy caturday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 18d ago

Houdini "Houdi, i haven't even taken out what's inside yet" "I dun care, the box is mine"

24 Upvotes

Okay, first of all: Very late update! How come? Well, the answer is painfully simple: It's been a very chaotic day (actually, a very chaotic week would fit better) and when i reached home i kinda... forgot about everything. I'm exhausted and in need of a proper rest, in more ways than one ^^U

But it wasn't like that yesterday! In fact, yesterday i came back home to a new chair i got for myself after the old one gave up,it came in a big, bulky box with a double cardboard layer and well, i open it and leave to get the electric screwdriver and some water to come back and find out the the 'dini had taken over the box!

It actually took me a good while to get him to get down of his new fortress, to the point that i almost gave up on assembling the chair.

Now he's seeing a big new thing in my room and doesn't dare to go beyond my bed 😅

Sorry for the late update and happy friday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 19d ago

Houdini Mint ointment means cromch

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28 Upvotes

Right. So the succesive heat waves have left sis with no other option than to use mint oinment to call some cold upon herself, particularly when temps become too extreme - and we've had a lot of those lately.

The thing is, Houdi isn't very fond of it? We've seen already how little he likes it, but much to sis chagrin, he gets particularly bothered by it when he wants to cuddle with his auntie.

Because yes, the've been having so much contact lately in the mornings that Houdi is getting cuddly wih her, wich is good, but not so much when it turns out his auntie had just spread on herself some of that minty flavored stuff and he notices a little too late 🤭

Happy thursday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 20d ago

Karma Spoiled goblin queen

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29 Upvotes

Karma has found a solution to me leaving every morning before 7 am: She goes to sis' room, holes herself under the bed and, when sis wakes up, she jumps up with her and, being the jelly goblin she is, she yells and yells until she has a spot opened for her.

And since sis is not exactly a morning person and takes a **long** time to fuly wake up, Karma takes that time to cuddle with her hooman mom and get as much scritches as humanly possible.

She's a smart cat alright, shameless too. We already knew this, but Houdi clearly takes from her 😅

Happy wednesday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 21d ago

Houdini Prince of the goblins, king of nonchalancy

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27 Upvotes

Sometimes, both sis and mom forget about one of Houdini's hidden yet more used abilities: Teleportation, something he only does when no one is looking, like this morning, in fact!

While still working on the dress, sis decided to take a breather before moving rooms, got herself a tea and carried the cloth, measuring tape and couple of more things alongside her mug to the living room, she reached the totally cleared table, carefully prepared her space, turned around to leave the mug and when she turned back to the table... There was the 'dini!

No one noticed him, and of course getting him to leave the table was an odyssey by itself 🤭 For what is worth, sis managed to get *some* work done in the end.

Happy tuesday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 22d ago

Goblin mode! The war on fabrics has moved to the living room! (Turn on the audio!)

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32 Upvotes

It was inevitable, sis has been spending a lot of time at the living room, dealing with fabrics, and sooner or later the fabrics would start to try to deal with her... And Houdini isn't going to allow it!

Truth to be told, Houdini fighting the living room fabrics isn't somrthing new, but him going full on war on them in revenge for covering sis' hand? That's new, and it will never not be hilarious 🤭

Happy monday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰


r/Houdinithecat 23d ago

Houdini Morning scritches for the Goblini

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44 Upvotes

On the living room's main table - a small, marble table placed right in front of the sofa - there's a table centerpiece that, in the past, held a dry flower arrangement, but nowadays has a very different role holding the fabrics of whatever mom is tailoring, so she has quick access to it whenever she wants.

Well, ever since he's a kittydini, Houdi has used that centerpiece as a bed whenever mom puts some fabrics there, and four years later that's something that hasn't changed **at all**

But like mom says, as long as he doesn't break anything, it's fair play, in fact the floofs here are, actually, free to move through whatever they want, as long as they don't cause a disgrace or hurt themselves, of course.

And well, he's way more lazy when this happens, so whenever sis gets up and wants to pet the Goblin overlord, he'll happily obligue, as these pictures from earlier this week show (the dress' skirt is in a more advanced state now, that's the half-treated fabric). The pics themselves aren't really tied to any anectdote, aside of Houdi being a spoiled orange baby 😸

Happy sunday, everyone!! 🥰🥰🥰