I didn’t get a lot done yesterday but, as they say, it is what it is. We snoozed a bit, watched a movie and went to the casino. Lion has been wanting to go for a while. My plan was not to stay too long but hours have a way of zipping by.

Once we got home we needed showers. The casino spews some perfume-y air freshener that hangs on to clothes and people. To save time, Lion took his own shower so there was no opportunity for weenie washing. I got the dog settled in with her ice cream and let her out. By the time Lion was done, I was ready for my shower.

As promised, I locked Lion back into the Jail Bird. He may be spraying pee all over the place but my weenie is safely off limits. I’ll need to unlock him so we can play Zapardy! tonight. He’s charging the shock collar in anticipation.

When we ate lunch yesterday, Lion was looking at his shirt and hurriedly brushing something off it. I waited to see if he would confess to getting food on it. He did not. He waited till I asked. Silly boy. He should know by now that I notice things like that.

This morning, he reminded me that today is punishment day. He asked if I would be doing the multiple day spanking fiesta. It’s funny that he would call it a fiesta. Last week at work we had at least four Mondays in a row again and I said we needed a piñata filled with mini airplane bottles of booze. We could take our frustrations out on the piñata and have booze to numb our pain. I told Lion he’s my piñata. I suppose the fiesta reference would have been even better if it was chips and salsa that got him in trouble. Oh well.

This will be the first time I try a multiple day punishment on him. How many days should it be? How many swats each day? Which paddle? How hard? To be determined. It will be more than two days and probably more than 150 swats each day. I’m sure I’ll find just the right paddle at the time. And if I’m trying to prove a point, I think they need to be fairly hard swats. I don’t think I’ll try to bruise him but by day three, who knows what his buns will look and feel like? (I bet he’s trying to get hard as he reads this.)

[Lion — No I am not! I imagined that each day of a multi-day punishment, the number of swats per group would increase in the total number of swats for that spanking would also get larger. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut.]

Rendering of the Cherry Keeper Headlock The “shelf” at the bottom of the cage keeps the head of the penis in place.

As Mrs. Lion wrote yesterday in her post, she gave me a nice orgasm after waiting eight days. I’m not sure why but the time I spent locked in the Jail Bird made peeing more difficult for me than it has been in a very long time. For some reason, my urethra wandered out of the opening intended for it. Mrs. Lion was sanguine about my difficulties, pointing out that it’s what I should expect if I want to be caged. I suppose so.

I found a new 3D-printed chastity device. Of course, I ordered it. It’s very reasonably priced and competes favorably with many of the other off-the-shelf products out there. Once I get it, I’ll publish your review. There seems to be very little new in the chastity device world. What attracted me to this particular one (called the Cherry Keeper) is that it’s available with a feature called the “headlock”. This is a lip on the inside, bottom of the cage itself. You can order this lip in several sizes. The idea is that the head of the penis has to be forced through this smaller opening into the larger, correctly-sized cage above. The maker claims this lip makes pullout much more difficult. I’m not so sure about that, but I do believe it will hold the head in place inside the cage. This will make things neater and easier for the wearer.

What’s also significant is that the cage itself is just a little over 1 inch long. It’s designed to hold just the head of the penis. I believe longer versions of the cage are also available with this feature. However, my current thinking is that anything over an inch is probably a problem. I’m not getting too excited yet about this device because being 3D-printed, it may have a rough finish needing smoothing. Unlike other similar devices, it’s available in a “premium” finish. It more than doubles the cost of each component but it promises to be much smoother. We’ll see.

Because it’s made out of stainless steel, the Jail Bird can’t have the sort of anatomical accuracy printed devices can have. The cherrykeeper can be fully customized. The only extra cost, beyond the charges for printing the components, is a $75 design fee. The maker suggested that I might be very happy with the standard small cage including the headlock. It’s worth a try.

I’m previewing this product before I receive it so that if you want to try one yourself before I get mine, you can. Here’s a link to the site. Based on the few small reviews I’ve read of this product, is very promising. If you do decide to try it, I strongly urge you to order the premium finish. I also suggest that you buy it in white. That’s the natural color of the plastic. The other colors are just painted on the outside and will wear off. Since the device is buried in your underwear anyway, is color really necessary?

I would love to learn how to do 3D design. I think it would be fun to try my hand at designing a chastity device. By the way, the other plastic, 3D-printed device that I have is much more expensive and not nearly as innovative. It too is printed by Shapeways, one of the oldest and largest 3D printing companies.

Thanks to the ever-growing array of Chinese devices, offered at bargain prices, enforced male chastity is becoming very affordable. Also, it seems that the various manufacturers are recognizing the real-life size of most Western penises. I know that early versions of the smaller cages offered by the Chinese companies, were either way too long, or when shorter, very narrow. If there is such a thing as a standard size, the base ring would be one and three-quarter inches (45 mm) and the cage diameter about 1.3 inches (33 mm). Based on my experience, the optimum length for a cage is about 1 inch (26 mm). It would be very unusual to need one larger or smaller.

Since I’m on that subject, there are guys who have much wider penises. There are also men who need larger or smaller base rings. So far, nobody seems to need a longer cage. I spent a lot of time writing about how important properly fitting a base ring is. I bought into the idea that a tighter base ring made the device more secure. I suppose it adds a little more security if that ring really squeezes down. The loss of comfort and risk of injury, more than offsets any improvement in preventing escape.

All of these devices can be escaped. That’s even true of the ones that make use of a piercing. You can always cut the ring or pin that goes through the piercing. I think most of us of stop worrying very much about escape. None of us are locked in against our will. So the idea of escape doesn’t make any sense. The base ring itself needs to be big enough so that you can wear it with no discomfort. You should never need to use any sort of lubricant on it. It has to be small enough so that one of your balls can’t slip out. The ring has to be quite a bit larger than necessary for that to happen. Based on what I’ve read, that 45 mm ring is a perfect starting point.

So far, despite all the Chinese stainless steel devices and various plastic devices I’ve acquired, Mrs. Lion’s go-two choice is the Jail Bird. I tend to favor it as well. However, I keep hoping that one of these new devices will be more comfortable (hard to believe!) and neater to use than the Jail Bird. If the Cherry Keeper lives up to my expectations, it may be our next first choice. I expect that unless by some miracle, the off-the-shelf fits perfectly, I’ll probably order a custom device designed to my exact size.

In my mind, the ideal chastity device is a second skin made of a rigid material that keeps me completely flaccid and unable to be sexually stimulated. I believe that the only possible way I could attain this chastity Nirvana is by getting a 3D-printed chastity device made to my exact specifications. The only reason I would have to go to this extreme is that even the Cherry Keeper’s smallest cage is still about 5 to 10 mm too long. We’ll see. Stay tuned.

I’m still really tired today but I got a lot done yesterday. The thing that I thought would be the worst chore turned out to be nothing. And the chore that I didn’t even realize I had to do turned out to be the most time-consuming. All in all, it was a fruitful day. Today? So far, not so much. We’ve both been snoozing off and on, until I decided I needed to get my rear in gear.

When Lion went to take his shower last night, he said it wouldn’t do any good for me to help him shower since my weenie was locked away. I told him that was one of the hazards of asking to be caged. He said I could always unlock him. That is true, but he was the one who wanted the cage on so he has to live with the consequences. He wondered if I was advocating for a wild weenie. It does add an extra step in the washing and teasing process. True, it’s not a huge step, but I’ve been so tired and stressed lately that anything extra seems like Mount Everest. I don’t seem to be able to get him to understand that. I’m tired. I’m beaten. I’m physically and mentally exhausted. So Lion took a solo shower.

With eleven minutes to spare, Lion reminded me of punishment day. Phew! That was a close one. Then he confessed he almost let it slip by so he’d be punished. Little did he know that I was thinking of a play spanking. I got the key and the wooden spoon. I do use the wooden spoon for punishment sometimes, but every paddle can be used for either purpose. It’s all in how you wield it.

A play spanking starts out with my hands. It involves some caressing, maybe some kisses and even a few playful bites thrown in for good measure. It builds slowly to the point the endorphins kick in. It will never be confused with a punishment spanking, which is all business. Last night’s spanking didn’t really build to the endorphin level. I was tired and sore and it had been quite some time since his last play spanking. I got his cheeks pretty rosy and then stopped.

I was surprised that Lion’s sore spot on my weenie is completely gone. There’s no sign of it. I teased him that being locked in the cage must be a great elixir. I had no restriction on how I could hold him. I took him to the edge a few times and then let him come. I can’t remember if yesterday was the eight day mark or if that was the day before. At any rate, it wasn’t such a long wait but I wanted him to come. It seems like it’s taking less effort to get him to the edge. [Lion — It was the eighth day.]

I left him wild which I don’t think he wanted. I can always lock him up at any point today. Maybe when I go back upstairs. Maybe I’ll wait until after his shower so I can wash my weenie. I even think Monday night might be a good time for the return of Zapardy!

In her post yesterday, Mrs. Lion wrote that I may be sorry that I reminded her to lock me in my Jail Bird. She went on to say that she might be too tired after doing chores to unlock me and tease me. She said that I would be sorry that I asked to be locked up. This is an interesting observation. It’s been well established that I’m trained not to masturbate. If I were wild and Mrs. Lion tired, I wouldn’t get any teasing. How is this different from being left in my chastity device and not teased? It appears that in her mind there is a difference.

Up until now, my assumption has been that wearing the device is something I want. I like that it’s a symbol of my commitment to my lioness. It satisfies a bondage kink too. Clearly, it has a value to Mrs. Lion as well. I suspect it may be related to the fact that the hardware has to come off before any sexual activity can begin. If I’m left wild, simply remaining on her side of the bed is a passive way to not provide me with sexual activity. Obviously, she can also stay on her side of the bed if I’m locked in my chastity device. However, the very fact that it’s locked around my penis reminds her that she has physical control over me.

I didn’t suspect that she thought this way. But I can’t think of any other reason why she would write that I’ll be sorry I asked to be locked up if she chooses to ignore me because she is tired. I won’t be any sorrier if the device stays on and I get no fun than I would be if wild and un-teased. After all, I’m way past doing it myself.

I think this is good news. No, not that she might ignore me. The good news is that lacking me a chastity device has meaning to her beyond the trouble of putting it on and taking it off my cock. There is one other possible explanation for what she wrote. She might’ve done it just to tease me and feed into my feelings about wearing a chastity device. Or, it might be a combination of these things.

In the early hours of the morning when I was half asleep, I did think about the fact that I could be left caged for days on end. That thought felt very powerful to me. I realized that being ignored sexually when wild is the same thing. Before Friday night, Mrs. Lion stayed away from my penis for a couple of days. I was wild and available. Having the same thing happen while caged would feel different. I realize this is absolutely irrational. But it would.

Even though the outcome — no sexual stimulation — would be the same, remaining in the cage feels more like an overt act; being ignored more passive. In fact, both are equally passive. Neither requires any action on Mrs. Lion’s part. It just feels different to me. Maybe the power of being physically restrained in the chastity device resides more in the intention of the keyholder than the actual barrier to masturbation.

When Mrs. Lion locks me in, she is consciously letting me know that until she releases me, I will not experience any sexual stimulation. I won’t be able to get an erection until she lets me out. I’ve always felt this way about being locked in a chastity device. I’m starting to think that on some level she feels the same way. If I’m in the device, simply putting off snuggling and teasing because she’s tired has much more meaning than if I was available without a physical barrier between the world and my penis.

It’s not easy for me to put into words. If I’m wild, putting off activity isn’t conscious. It’s just a consequence of being tired or not feeling interested in stimulating me. However, if I’ve been locked in my cage, it feels more like a decision rather than procrastination, when stimulation is withheld.

Significant or not, I am back in the Jail Bird. I’m not going to be able to have an erection until Mrs. Lion decides to release me for teasing. Because the device is in place, I’m much more aware of this.