OT: The proper use of a Bohdran!

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I bought my roomate a bodhran several years back and his cat tore the skin with his claws....it must be the smell or something. He doesn't urinate on his bodhran, so thats definatley not the smell I'm talking about :)
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But does his cat urinate on the bodhran? That's about as scary (especially to a cat owner!).
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michael_coleman wrote:I bought my roomate a bodhran several years back and his cat tore the skin with his claws....it must be the smell or something. He doesn't urinate on his bodhran, so thats definatley not the smell I'm talking about :)
You're giving me an idea, here. I have to find out which bodhran players own cats.... Now, where is that catnip again?
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My cat loves instrument cases and such. Gets my pipe case all hairy. Not unusual for a cat.
Two days ago he did something that did surprise me though. He chomped one of my chanter reeds. Crunched it right up. Fortunately it was one in a jar of reeds that weren't working out too well! I would have been very mad if he'd gotten one of the few that are good. I wonder why he did that though.
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seisflutes wrote:My cat loves instrument cases and such. Gets my pipe case all hairy. Not unusual for a cat.
Two days ago he did something that did surprise me though. He chomped one of my chanter reeds. Crunched it right up. Fortunately it was one in a jar of reeds that weren't working out too well! I would have been very mad if he'd gotten one of the few that are good. I wonder why he did that though.
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Teething maybe? Or just hungry?
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Or maybe he thinks I spend too much time with reedmaking and not enough time with him. :P
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Cats being cats Seis, I would say that is highly probable.
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