You guessed it - TUXEDO!!!! YAY!!!
He's eating and drinking, and he had a bowel movement yesterday, and HE CAME HOME WITH US TODAY!!!! He went from living outside (through one of the worst NJ winters in a LONG time), to living in a boarding facility, then to the hospital - where he lost over 50% of his body weight. The poor little guy is all skin and bones now, but he's on the mend!!!! (He weighs 5.8 pounds now - he's smaller than Spooky by a few pounds!!!!!)
But he is one happy little camper. We brought him home shortly after noon, and although he passed out a little while ago, he just couldn't get enough pets. He snuggled into Gary and just wouldn't let go. He started purring the moment he put him down on the bed and didn't stop.
Gary's having an attack of conscience... of the five in the original litter that turned up here, we now have four of them as our little furrbabies... Poor Spooky and Tuxedo went through so much... we could have saved them so much fear and change and etc. if we'd just brought them in with Laz and Shel last July. But... we can't turn back the hands of time, and all we can do now is love all over them. Gary's doing a great job of that!
...and I don't know if these pics are good enough to see a comparison - but does this big kitty look like he could curl up in the crook of Gary's arm and partially fit in his hand? He was more than 2 times as big here (long before he got sick):
But he's home, he's happy, he's healthy now, and he's well on the road to recovery and a whole new life.
He's eating and drinking, and he had a bowel movement yesterday, and HE CAME HOME WITH US TODAY!!!! He went from living outside (through one of the worst NJ winters in a LONG time), to living in a boarding facility, then to the hospital - where he lost over 50% of his body weight. The poor little guy is all skin and bones now, but he's on the mend!!!! (He weighs 5.8 pounds now - he's smaller than Spooky by a few pounds!!!!!)
But he is one happy little camper. We brought him home shortly after noon, and although he passed out a little while ago, he just couldn't get enough pets. He snuggled into Gary and just wouldn't let go. He started purring the moment he put him down on the bed and didn't stop.
Gary's having an attack of conscience... of the five in the original litter that turned up here, we now have four of them as our little furrbabies... Poor Spooky and Tuxedo went through so much... we could have saved them so much fear and change and etc. if we'd just brought them in with Laz and Shel last July. But... we can't turn back the hands of time, and all we can do now is love all over them. Gary's doing a great job of that!
...and I don't know if these pics are good enough to see a comparison - but does this big kitty look like he could curl up in the crook of Gary's arm and partially fit in his hand? He was more than 2 times as big here (long before he got sick):
But he's home, he's happy, he's healthy now, and he's well on the road to recovery and a whole new life.
