We've set up a humidifier in the bedroom. It makes the air nice and balmy and easy to breathe. We got it for my asthma, but it helps Matt breathe better too.
The one things I was worried about was the pets. Would they leave it alone? Would Mojo obsess over it and burn his snout on the steam? That's what I was most worried about, so of course that's not what happened.
Mojo ignores the device completely. Katie occasionally walks around it to see what all the fuss is about, but Gunnar.....he is a kitty possessed.
He watches it all day. He'll sit there and stare at it for hours. (I've been home sick a few days so I've watched him). If he's in a feisty mood, he'll fight with it: bat his paws at it, try to wrestle it, punch it, paw at it, try to scratch it open.
At first it was cute. Ahh, the cute is fighting the humidifier. But he's kept it up for two weeks. And now it's just annoying when I'm trying to sleep and he's engaged in a 10-minute epic battle with an inanimate object. One time he did manage to turn it off, so I guess he won that round.
He's not interested in the steam. He watched the tank. I thought he just liked watching the bubbles, that like a fish tank it was entertainment. But really, it's more devious than him watching the bubbles and the gurgles. He'd scratch at the water part of the tank, and then end up licking his paws. I thought it was because he hurt his paws punching the thing. No.
He punches, wrestles and even stands on top of the water tank in order to jiggle it, to change the pressure in the tank because when that happens the valve in the bottom of the tank lets water flow from the tank to the base. And when he does this when the base is full, the base will over flow and spill out water for him to play in. Punch the tank = play in water.
Why he doesn't just play in the dog's water bowl, I don't know. I guess it's not as fun.
Who knew a humidifier doubled as a cat toy?
