Due to Shea’s heart condition, he is schedule for bi-annual echocardiagrams (ECG).  He had his first recheck since his diagnosis a week ago. As you likely know, an ECG is an examination of he heart by a radiologist using ultrasound.  It is the gold standard for diagnosis of heart disease and has three great properties: […]

It appears that “change” is the only thing that we can be certain of in the FIV Suite.  It has been quite chaotic and will not be better anytime soon. On the behavior side, there has been some progress.  The medications seem to be working on Rufus, so he is no longer crated overnight.  This […]

As you are aware, there has been a lot commotion in the FIV Suite over the last few months.  Some of the boys have been “playing rough,” and there have a been  a lot of “time outs” for the involved parties.  Interestingly, it is the friendliest cats that cause the most trouble.  The more feral, […]

Shea continues to thrive in the FIV Suite.   He is as laid back as ever, despite all of the changes: Knickers was adopted, while Arlo, Jake & JJ moved in.  This, inevitably, causes some chaos, as cats sort out the new order of things. Arlo is very friendly, but prone to minor spats.  Jake is […]

Shea continues to earn the “good citizenship award”  in the FIV Suite.  In some ways, this is easy, since there are some bad actors in there. Rufus, Lester and Knickers seem frequently to be looking for trouble. Shea chilling with Oscar On the other hand, this can make it more difficult to behave, since it is […]