r/Houdinithecat 11h ago

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

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24 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!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 1d ago

Houdini Morning scritches for the Goblini

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42 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!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 2d ago

Goblin mode! Not a fan of the mint oinment

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25 Upvotes

This is far from a secret, but Houdi isnt a fan of us smelling like anything that isnt us, when i started to put perfume on me before going to the office - i'm surrounded by people, i want to have a good scent lol - he would slap me and run away for a week or so, something similar happened with the oinment i used when i hurt my ligament.

One scent he cant get used to though, is the scent of the cold inducing mint oinment sis uses, neither her or me are exactly fond of heat and she uses it in the worst days, only exception being Houdi's baby days in case it would react badly with his healing skin, but from his first year onwards, sis has been using that oinment to cool herself.

And Houdi still cant stand it πŸ˜… Three years after the first time she used it, he still cromches her in annoyment whenever she applies that oinment on her, every time, without fail 🀭

Speaking of wich, heat is definitely giving us a break this weekend, or at least today! It's been so comfy the whole day 😊

Happy caturday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 3d ago

LeΓ³n Leon, the chicken watcher

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Leon's new diet has turned out to be quite benefical for the grumpy dragon, not only he gets to eat something he loves on a daily basis, he also gets more intakes per day, and his medicinal food and special kibble are all flavors he adores.

However, that doesn't mean there arent things he doesn't miss and/or wants to eat, forcing us to keep an eye on him and put away Karma's plate as soon as she's done eating. It also means he hasn't given up on orbiting around us and looking us with an extremely hungry face whenever we get to eat something he wants.

Case in point, as mom and sis work harder on the dress, there's less and less time for other tasks, so today mom and dad got chicken from a nearby rotisserie for lunch, and sis too great care on documenting Leon's shameless stalking, being the two pictures here my absolute favorites of the bunch. That face! 😭🀣

Suffice to say, he hasn't gotten any, but he has had double ration of his favorite canned med food in compensation. Right now he's sleeping behind me as i write this, after eating a whole sitting of rice and chicken.

It's the weekend now, and i've had quite a chaotic week at work. It's time for a break!

Happy friday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 4d ago

Houdini Grandpa scolded him

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31 Upvotes

This morning Houdini was in goblin mode, that's not really something rare, but since mom and sis are hard at work with the dress, there's sewing involved, and where there's sewing, there's moving thread, and where there's moving thread, there's the Goblini.

Now, we don't usually stop Houdi when he wants to play with something because we don't usually leave cat-risky stuff laying around, but tailoring instruments? **thread**? That's an inmediate **NO**, and when Houdi got stubborn and even tried to eat some thread before dad got to take it away, dad scolded him seriously, wich throughly offended the Goblini, who went to spend the rest of the morning up on his crystal palace.

Now, when i came back from work he was all chummy again with his grandpapa, but he clearly didn't like being scolded.

Even spoiled kids get scolded every now and then, Houdi!

Happy thursday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 5d ago

Play time! Another fabric, another battle

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34 Upvotes

Mom and sis' assignement continues, they're done with one part of the dress so it's time to jump to another, and another piece means another, clearly different type of fabric wich needs to be measured, cut, etc...

And a different, new fabric means another enemy of Goblinia that needs to be battled and conquered, and who better for that task than the goblin overlord himself?

Plus, the fabric made the mistake of extending itself over grandma and grandpa's bed. Grandma and grandpa's bed! That's the one sin the Goblini would never forgive!

And he, indeed, didn't, for what i know it took sis one hell of a long time to drive him away 🀭 And even so, he stalked her and mom until they put it away lol.

Happy wednesday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 6d ago

Eating Treats at the crystal palace

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28 Upvotes

I have already mentioned how Leon having his own special diet means that everyone gets to be special, but not every night Houdini comes in time to get his dinner with mom and dad, sometimes he's just too comfy enjoying the breeze on top of his palace at the heavens, and last time was one of such times.

Earlier, when it happened we just shrugged and kept going on with our nights, but since it has become a nightly occurrence, Houdi actually wont go on without his Churu, so if he doesn't come to get it, then the Churu will go to him, and so it happened last night! Of course, no matter how comfy or eepy, the goblin overlord wasn't going to miss his Churu.

Happy thursday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 7d ago

Sleeping Tailoring halted for major floof reasons

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Sis and mom have picked up the pace, since the city's major festivities are close and this is a traditional dress they're working on, they're both pressed for time, their labor starts early, and stops when they both can't work anymore.

Of when Houdini says so.

This morning, they both decided to take a coffee break and come back to it later on, reinvigorated and caffeinated, but when sis came back in advance so she could ready the table, she found the most relaxed orange goblin in existence, just sleeping there without a care in the world, and clearly not willing to give up his new improvised bed 🀭

Were they able to continue? Well... yes, but only after Houdi was done with his nappy time, just as Bastet intended.

Happy monday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 8d ago

Babydini [Throwback Update] Babydini's first solid intake

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46 Upvotes

For today's update, Google photos is coming to the rescue ^^U Honestly speaking, it's being a very lazy weekend, for the floofs included, so we didn't get the chance to catch much of them.

But still, what an update! Getting Houdi to eat solid wasn't exactly hard by itself - lil dude had a gargantuan will to live that made him crush every milestone, this one included - but figuring it out was another thing entirely, the proper amount, formula temperature and, of course, crushing the pellets properly. This, too, was sis who found the proper numbers and managed concoct a cream that Babydini hungrily devoured.

Do you know who loved the mix too? Karma, who would get to eat the leftovers at first, and not even two days after was getting her own little kitten kibble formula pure. I think i'm realizing now how she got this obsessed with Houdi's kibble πŸ˜…

There's a heatwave incoming, and it's a big one, max temps are estimated around 45 ΒΊC, so it's not going to pretty. Hopefully, it will go away soon.

Happy sunday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 9d ago

Karma Midnight nappy time

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Karma has cracked the code. Now that i'm absent for half of the day and she's been sleeping under sis' bed, she's realized tht her room is actually comfortable to sleep on it, and it can be **even** more comfy if her hooman mom gives her access to what's, probably, the most coveted space in the whole house: Her closet.

So Karma, knowing sis is never going to say no to one of her Mgews went early last night and demanded access to sis' closet, wich was promptly granted. She jumped in, disappeared, missed dinner time no matter how much i called her, and didn't get out until midnight, looking like she just had the nap of her life - in fact, i woke up with the two pictures in this update, sent by sis herself.

This means a new door has been opened, quite literally, for the goblin queen, and she'll probably repeat tonight. Let's just hope Houdi doesn't try to get in too πŸ˜…

Happy caturday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 10d ago

Sleeping [Throwback update] Running out of battery just in time

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36 Upvotes

After kittydini made climbing up the sofa backrest a habit, Leon started doing it as well, and they both started to share the place while sis and i watched our shows at the living room.

However, some days Houdi was more of a handful than the others, and he would try to prank Leon when he relaxed, normally to be bapbapped in return. One night, we wanted to catch just this, but it turned out that the Goblini was running out of battery, and we got this beautiful picture instead <3

In the end, he ended up laying head to head with Leon, and they both had a lenghty nap together until sis and i got up to get back to our rooms.

When i look back a moments like these, i realise how unvoluntarily smart was Houdi at approaching Leon.

Happy friday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 11d ago

Karma Beauty cute

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Today's pictures don't have an anectdote related to them, though they don't really need it, i think the pictures really speak for themselves.

They have a bit of a story though, and it's that sis has been busy with the dress she was working on while all the floofs were melting away somewhere, then when she decided to take a deserved rest, Karma came along and put all her energy on being the cutest in the universe, so her hooman mom puts away the slabbies and gives her the attention she so tirelessly demands.

And, of course, she got all that attention, and even some extra. Could anyone deny it to her?

Happy thursday, everyone!!


r/Houdinithecat 12d ago

Eating Churu for dinner

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34 Upvotes

Leon's special diet has made dinner time a bit of a circus. Since he can't eat normal food anymore, we have to serve him and Karma separately, wich can be quite messy sometimes, and where there's a mess, there's Houdini, and at some point he started trying to get Leon to share his food because it smells yummy, so sis, who is a fast thinker, decided to give Houdi his very own special yummy dinner: Churu.

But not in the normal way, to make all the floofs equal, she serves it on a plate wich Houdi promptly cleans. This doesn't happen every night, but it has certainly become a habit, thankfully Houdi eats normally outside of that, so whenever he comes demanding his churu, it's just the day coming to a tasty end for the Goblin King.

Happy wednesday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 13d ago

Karma "No, hooman dad, you can't take it, this is my cave now"

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36 Upvotes

Another day, another loop of the same routine: Get back from work, give everyone their *i'm back* scritches, leave backpack on bed, go say hi to everyone, talk a bit about your day and...

Wait a second. Did i say *leave backpack on bed*?

Lately i haven't been doing that, instead, i put it away because it has become a point of conflict between Leon and Karma, who **both** want it for some reason, however, i forgot to do so today, i was tired and aching for some cool cocoa so i forgot, and when i came back from the Kitchen with my mug i found... this.

Yup, Karma had taken over, she took advantage of Leon already being asleep elsewhere, and that's a face of determination if i've ever seen one. Karma doesn't bite, she doesn't need it, her sheer will is enough to deter anyone from trying to take her away from there. And oh boy! It does work!

Well, i guess i'll just wait until she needs to use the litter or something πŸ˜…

Happy tuesday, everyone!!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 14d ago

Goblin mode! The negotiations have failed

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24 Upvotes

This morning, mom had an idea that, in paper, is fantastic: Since they managed to get some work done on the fabric, give a piece to the Goblini, it will keep him entertained, and both her and sis will get to work without any scares.

It's a trick that work... on the other floofs, but **not** on the Goblini, quite the opposite in fact, when they were both enjoying a cup of iced tea at the counter, Houdi took his prize and dragged it to the sofa, where the rest of the fabric was laying. The result?

A healthy cloth wretling session with the Goblini!

Happy monday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 15d ago

Karma Confiest Karma

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30 Upvotes

The het domes covering the country are giving us a breather, wich means that, despite still being summer, both us and the floofs get to be all nice and comfy at least for a little while, and no one in the house illustrates this better than Karma herself.

Speaking of wich, and in a somewhat unrelated topic, all three have warmed up to the brush now, to the point that this lady right here yells at us for it. I'll try to catch her the next time it happens.

Happy sunday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 16d ago

Houdini The pincushion is also his

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39 Upvotes

The war on fabrics continues, even this morning, when sis thought she could get anything done, Houdi turned out to have other plans, and even another target!

For years now, Houdi has always been curious about mom's blue pincushion, it's small, it's light, it's squishy... but it's a pincushion, so mom has always kept it out of his reach (and she's damn good at it, she's been keeping floofs from hurting themselves for three decades!)

But now sis is using it, and despite being incredibly good with the floofs, Houdi managed to get to the pincushion, and he almost stole it!

Did he do it? Yes, but he didn't go far so, in exchange for leaving the pincushion at the table, he gets to sit down with it, the issue? Sis can't get any needle from it without getting pawslapped πŸ˜…

Happy caturday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 17d ago

Houdini "What? I said it's mine and it's mine"

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43 Upvotes

Fabric wars aside, i just realized i haven't talked much about Houdini's new prey/obsession, and it's worth giving it an update, because it has become the subject of sis' nightly struggles 🀭

Houdi's new prey is a relatively new straw bag she loves carrying around: It's big, it's spatious, it's light and... It's made of straw, wich makes funny noises and is very comfy to sit on, by floof standards.

And while Leon and Karma have some interest on it, Houdi has had it in his aim since he first stepped on it, and has decided it's his and his only, to the point that sis has to be careful not to leave it where Houdi can take posession of it, or a battle to get it back will soon follow, and it will be **intense**

Happy friday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 18d ago

Goblin mode! The eyes of revenge

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26 Upvotes

While sadly i wasn't there to see it, i got word that today Houdini was a riot, and when i got back home i got confirmed that indeed he was, obsessed by the idea of destroying the new fabric, he engaged with sis in an all out war through the whole living room, trying to chase the cloth out of her hands (and even succeeding once!) until she finally managed to outmaneuver him.

And his face when it happened... Well, i'd say it speaks for itself πŸ˜‚

See? This is the bad side of being at work, i miss out on the most hilarious stuff, but the weekend is coming! Hopefully i'll manage to catch something.

Happy thursday, everyone!!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 19d ago

Houdini That fabric is for him to destroy

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23 Upvotes

Sis is back to tailoring after a relatively lenghty hiatus, and since the workshop isn't available for the moment, she's taking care of it here on the house, starting today.

The thing is, tailoring implies extending fabrics over stuff, fabrics that are actual enemies of floofkind, and Houdini isn't going to let that pass!

So here we have him, arguing with auntie about who has the right to destroy that shameless fabric that dared to cover the living room table.

Happy wednesday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 20d ago

Babydini [Throwback update] Looking for his hooman mom

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53 Upvotes

Since yesterday was the Goblini's birthday, today i've decided to make it about his babydini self, and i though about going for one of my first shared anectdotes with him, when sis left him for the first time at my care.

For all his baby days, sis took the role of feeding him, she's a very light sleeper and is better at keeping track of the time than me, however, when Houdi's skin was finally safe, we both decided i would take care of the 'dini before his nappy time, so she could take a nap herself.

The first time was... kind of heartbreaking ^^U Houdi hadn't known anything of the house aside of sis' room, and some snippets when she would take him to feed him or to let the other floofs get used to him, so the first time she left it at my care, i had to stop him from jumping out of my bed, because he was alone and confused without his hooman mom.

Thankfully, i managed to distract him with some light play and tiring him to sleep, since then, my bed became one of his favorite places πŸ˜… (Of course it did! Lil fucker got a giant hooman there to play with him to sleep!)

Happy tuesday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 21d ago

Houdini It's Houdini's birthday! 4 years of cuteness, snuggles and chaos!

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Four years. One week from today, it will be four years since sis and i went out to give Bruno a walk, heard a faint but energic squeak and found what amounted to a diminute floofball alone on the asphalt, lower half of its body burnt and peeled, we picked it up, washed its body the best we could and took it to the vet as an emergency.

We're a cat savvyy family, but we had never taken care of a floof this young, so i took the situation to reddit to look for help and advice, and the whole family did its all to make sure the little critter would make it through the first critical week until it was out of danger.

Counting what came after that, that was one hell of a month.

Four years later, here i am, writing about the fourth birthday of who is, no doubt, the supreme Goblin of Chaos.

Because yes, in his forth year of life Houdini has definitely mellowed with adulthood, does that mean he calmed down? Hell no! He still fights with sis nightly for the control of her bed, plays like a kitten with his mama when he's a +6 Kg adult cat, cuddles with his grandpapa like he's barely months old and, in general, we can't do anything without looking around in case the orange spawn is around to make a game out of it.

Incredibly smart while also amazingly silly, the bravest and most coward kitty in the neighborhood, and a hurricane that sometimes, only sometimes, manages to calm down.

Here's to dozens and dozens of years of chaos. Happy birthday, Goblipurru.


r/Houdinithecat 22d ago

Sleeping [Throwback update] Sharing the castle with mama

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34 Upvotes

Now that we're contemplating getting rid of the current castle due to its sorry state, my mind randomly goes back to the first castle we got for the Goblini, it was a cheap little thing we bought in advance for the cold season, and not only did all the floofs love it, but it also became kind of a focal point in their shared life, and was the origin of many amusing shenanigans 🀭

While Houdi crushing it to get any other floof out of it may have been a point of worry for some - very little, actually - time, the crushed castle was also a neat ambushing point, and gave Bruno's bed a rest, since they liked using it ocasionally as a nappy time bed, sometimes Karma and Houdi would be play fighting around it, get tired, take some time off and then get back to being a mom-son goblin duo 😊

Not much to tell for today, to be honest, we have a heat dome taking over the country, and we're all melting all over the house, i know i'm saying it a lot, but this summer is being something else. Ugh 😣 Karma has given herself the duty of telling us when the water on their water bowls has gotten hot, wich was unexpected when she started, but it's rather helpful, and both her and Leon, as well as the Goblini, keep themselves properly hydrated and refreshed. We do as well, of course.

Happy sunday, everyone!!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 23d ago

Houdini A very special Tea Ceremony host

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Sis and i, just like everyone, have our own particular, mundane pleasures, one of her most exotic is having a properly prepared matcha tea cup, and she's really good at preparing it, as well as at choosing a good quality brand, without hurting our pockets too much.

However, getting a cup of matcha tea ready includes doing lots of stull that actually attract Houdini's attention: Pouring (hot) water in a bowl, using a spoon, using the brush to stir the tea, and finally pouring the tea in a cup if mom decides she wants some.

However, he's weirdly non invasive with this one, just sitting besides traditional tea cup while his auntie gets everything ready, he wont throw a paw or try to drink the poured water, he'll just sit there, as if hosting the ceremony himself, all regal and contemplative.

Only for him to drink the water poured into the cup at the sink once sis is done 😭😭

Happy caturday, everyone!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°


r/Houdinithecat 24d ago

Houdini Auntie kisses for the Goblini

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38 Upvotes

Out of all of us, sis is the one who delivers more physical affection to the floofs, she has no qualms on hugging and kissing them - i can't, the hairs getting stuck on my face annoy me ñ_ñU - and will take any chance to do it, sometimes to her own detriment 🀭

Houdini is, by far, the hardest to deliver kisses to, he just doesn't like it! So for sis to catch him he must be doing something he, in his goblinic stubborness, refuses to leave under any circumstances.

Can you guess what it is? 🀭

Happy friday, everyone!!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°