Cats + Air Mattresses

= lots of holes, patches and replacements. And some mild entertainment.

I've purchased four air mattresses in the past two years. I believe the first one bit the dust due to millions of microscopic holes that I could not find and therefore could not patch. I then bought two replacements, because they were cheap. Both of these were attacked by Arthur. I have no acutal proof that Arthur caused the damage, but based on my observations of the cats interacting with the air mattress since that time, I have no reason to suspect Walter and every reason to suspect Arthur. The fourth mattress was just purchased and so far remains free of holes.

People have asked why I don't just spend my money on a top of the line air mattress, something like this:

The answer is quite simple. As long as I have pets, and those pets have claws and teeth, I'm going to stick to the cheap, practically one-time use/disposable/it's ok if they get holes variety like this:

In case you were wondering about the math, I can buy 3 more air mattress before I will spend the same the amount as I would have for a nice one.


Because of sassy Arthur, the mattresses are all patched up

 One might wonder-why not just keep the cats off the air mattresses? Good idea, hard to put into practice.
Arthur is very interested in them.

Walter is somewhat interested, but not nearly as much as Arthur is. He'll take a look at what's going on, but that's as long as it'll have his attention.

On the other hand, if Arthur sees an air mattress out, that will be his spot until it is put away.

Here is a video of Arthur interacting with the air mattresses in various ways. He's always up for an adventure.