Since the past weekend has been so hot, I started dropping two cubes of ice in my cat’s water bowl. My Asian genes won’t let me turn on the central AC to cool down a 2-story house just for me and the cat, so I mainly hang out at home naked. One such day, I looked over to Dodo and thought if I’m this hot and I’m hairless, then my poor kitty in his little dense fur coat must be suffering. So I dropped some ice in his water. He very happily licked the bobbing ice from the bowl.

So now, he would come up to me and do his “I need something” meow. I’d get up, and he’d lead the way to his food area. There’s food still in his bowl, water still in the water bowl, so what could he possibly want? He just sits there staring straight at his food/water, waiting. The first time, I added a tad more food in the food bowl, but he didn’t make a motion toward it and just sat there staring. So that wasn’t it. I shrugged and returned to the couch. He came back, did the “I need something!” meow more urgently, so I again got up and followed him. He again led me to the food area. I finally got it and dropped the ice cubes in. He instantly positioned himself over the water bowl and lapped eagerly.

Man, does this mean that in the wintertime, I’m gonna have to nuke his water for him?