Dear Carrot Friends,

Even in the midst of a heatwave our Carrot is still outside in his solarium. I shouldn’t really be surprised, but I thought it might get too hot for him, and he’d venture inside. It didn’t. Right alongside Carrot are Sparkly and Faye, also refusing to go inside. Occasionally Elijah and Archer venture outside, but they usually only stay a hour or two, then head back to the cooler suite.

I was walking by Carrot’s solarium the other day, and got a great pic of a tower of cats, so I had to include it for you. On the top shelf we have Elijah, then Carrot, Faye, and Sparkly on the bottom shelf. Adorable!

I’m not sure what Faye did the other day, but whatever it was she really annoyed Carrot. All of a sudden Carrot got cranky and smacked Faye a few times. Faye looked irritated, but decided to walk away and not continue the disagreement. Maybe she sat in his favorite spot, or smacked his girl, Sparkly, but something had to have happened, because our Carrot doesn’t get cranky for no reason.

Adding in an extra meal a day at lunch is working for Carrot; our boy has regained some weight. We’ll monitor this closely so he doesn’t once again become a plump pear, but for now Carrot is at a healthy weight. We have to crate him for a few minutes while he eats, because all the other cats try to steal his food.

Our poor Carrot had a nasty bout of diarrhea this month. He seems to be feeling better now, but we are keeping an eye on him. He also developed some major earwax, which required a cleaning. Cats generally don’t like their ears cleaned, and Carrot is no exception. He wiggled a lot, but hopefully he feels better now that he has nice clean ears.

Someone had donated this really cool cat couch, made of cardboard, so not only can they sit on it, they can scratch their claws. Carrot loves it, and claimed it as his own immediately. I have seen Carrot lounging on his new couch many times, enjoying the sun and warmth.

That’s all the Carrot news for now. As always, thank you all for everything you do for Carrot. Because of you he has everything he wants and needs, including cool couches.