They all had a good night and are eating well. One thing I did find out this morning was that they are not used to people trying to drink a cup of tea while sitting with them. My "regulars" are used to keeping their heads, paws and tails away from my cup. Dallas and Thumper bumped it, smacked it and tried to stick their heads in it.

Blackberry continues to hide under the chair but he will look at me as I sit near him and talk to him.

I've decided to keep Thumper upstairs since he's a very loving cat and no match for manic Los downstairs. I'm about to move litter boxes out of the litter room into the shower room, and convert the litter room to one for Thumper and Dallas so leaving Faline and Blackberry in the original room. Thumper needs room to race around and I might keep them in isolation for two weeks to make sure they aren't carrying colds.

Faline has a chronic URI and I'll be taking her to my vet tomorrow since I noticed when I slipped my finger across her nose to see if there was discharge that I'm getting a slighly brownish discharge from one nostril. This may be from sneezing although she hasn't sneezed since she's been here. She's a very noisy breather and often keeps her tongue stuck out so I want a thorough check by my vet.

I am totally confused by some of the records from the shelter, especially on Blackberry and would really appreciate some input from those of you who work with rescue shelters. Blackberry's front page record states that he has been at the shelter for 5 years but it is Thumper who has been there for 5 years, he was neutered in 2001. According to Blackberry's record, he's 13 or 15, a long time/5 years resident, but it also states that he arrived in March 2005 and was neutered then. He does not look like a tom cat who wasn't neutered until he was 12. When I asked questions about their history at the shelter, they appeared to think I was being too fussy. So, was I being too fussy? I would like a complete medical history for the time they've been at the shelter, do you think this is reasonable or possible? Is the fact that they are FIV+ the reason the records were not particularly well kept, because they are less likely to be adopted? Thank you for your input, in advance.