mylunalove, thanks for your comments and encourging thoughts...

Right now, as I sit typing, Graemer is covering the square footage in the room with the drop ceiling - meowing while looking at the ceiling. My usual response to this behavior is to say no, no many times. Then when I am away from the house, I close the doors to the room. Hopefully this will discourage him from trying to leap up to get to the ceiling tiles.

He is in my arms right now, giving me kisses and wet nose rubs. Such extremes. I have always know that Abys need lots of attention - but never had one that needed to get high all the time...meaning as high in the air. He is obsessed with it. The breeder said he was like that when he was a small kitten too, and nearly killed himself jumping onto a bedpost from the top of a cabinet - knocking the wind out of himself. She thought he had died..... but luck had it that he was just stunned.

I guess I should reduce my 401K salary deductions and have that same amount sent directly to my Vet - prepayment for services to be rendered during Graemer's life time!