Stumbling into the dark bathroom this morning, my toes encountered something odd something making a sticky slurping sound as my bare feet met it. Once my eyes had adjusted to the light I could see the floor was shiny - as if someone had spilled a sugary drink. Ewww, was it slugs? And then, behind the cat's water bowl, I discovered the source.
One of the cats must have liberated the dayglo lollipop from a party bag secreted in my offspring's lairs. Though exactly who decided they might take a little lick and then proceed to enjoy the spoils all over my bathroom floor remains a mystery.
In an effort to flush out the criminal, I have held the offending lolly in front of both cats and not one tongue has appeared. Clearly they are smart enough not to incriminate themselves. Either that or they have already consumed quite enough sugar for one day.
A quick google shows perhaps this behaviour is not as odd as I might have thought. Who knew?
Eeeeeew, what a way to wake up. Still, could have been worse - I thought you were going to say it had made them throw up all over the floor ...
Posted by: dottycookie | 04 March 2011 at 11:39
Not quite so bizarre as daughter's cat who raided the box of lavender washing tablets and had to be rushed to the vets, but quite horrible to step on I'm sure.
Posted by: Jane | 04 March 2011 at 12:04
lol! my kitty likes to lick my dogs... lolly is much funnier!
Posted by: jen painted fish studio | 04 March 2011 at 12:40
Imagine being the dentist who had to try to put fillings into those teeth!
Posted by: trash | 04 March 2011 at 12:54
that is digusting!!
I actually imagined worse than a lolly (I'm with Val here...) so I guess you were 'lucky'.
Still...
Posted by: Monica | 04 March 2011 at 13:41
This is why I have no pets. Communicating with small mammals with language skills is hard enough.
Posted by: The Coffee Lady | 04 March 2011 at 14:10
Yuk yuk yuk. Nothing worse than sticky stuff on bare feet but I do love the thought of the clever cats keeping schtum.
Posted by: Amaranthine | 04 March 2011 at 14:24
HA. What did we do before we had the internet for research purposes??
(Absent from Blogland lately, but I loved the tale of your cooking adventure. And still marveling that there is a person out there with the name "Hollywood.")
Posted by: Lynn | 04 March 2011 at 14:27
Who knew indeed. Better then a squashed slug though.
Have a fabulous weekend,
Nina x
Posted by: nina - tabiboo | 04 March 2011 at 16:14
eeewww! Yucky but less yucky than other things a cat could have left to trap the unslippered.
Posted by: French Knots | 04 March 2011 at 19:43
That's so funny! I can't stop giggling! x
Posted by: PinkCat | 04 March 2011 at 20:00
That IS kind of odd isn't it, cats aren't able to taste sweet so maybe it was the day-glo effect they were after (late night raves in your bathroom perhaps?). I put a birthday cake out on our deck to cool once, secure in the knowledge that our section is fenced and no dog could get to it, only to have it half-eaten by some freakish neighborhood cat. Our puss would never bother with anything like that so it never occurred to me that other cats would. Live and learn! At least it wasn't the usual cat-induced cold and sticky stuff I seem to step in first thing in the morning!
Posted by: Jacqui | 05 March 2011 at 00:50
Hehe!!! Surely when one of them begins bouncing off the walls you will have found your culprit.I suspect they might also enjoy red cordial.....
Posted by: Clare | 05 March 2011 at 01:31