This is Jonathan, President and Founder of Tabby’s Place. Alex’s correspondent, Cori, had written an update for Alex and it was about to be published. But, Wednesday night, his situation changed very quickly, for the worse. During rounds, one of our employees noticed that there was some blood on Alex’s nose and paws. The blood […]

I visited Alex today for the first time in almost a month (I had taken a long Christmas holiday out of state.) Two things made me very happy: first, Alex has gained weight and his fur looks healthier. Then, the bond between Alex and me (which became apparent the last time I met with him)hasn’t […]

Hello. My name is Cori. I’m a new volunteer at Tabby’s Place. I’ve had cats all my life; at the moment, I have two. One of them saved my life two summers ago, but that’s a long story not worth telling in Alex’s space. I came to Tabby’s Place because I wanted to help give […]

I am thrilled to report that we have eradicated the ringworm infection from the FIV Suite. This is wonderful news, as we no longer have to subject the cats to uncomfortable dips in a lime-sulphur solution. In addition, we have lifted the strict visitation restrictions in the suite, so that we can now spend quality […]

Unfortunately, the ringworm infection I mentioned last month did make it the FIV Suite. This meant that all of the cats in this suite has to be treated with a combination of dips and oral medication. As you may recall from an earlier update, Alex went through the dipping once before, when his skin was […]