Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts! We'll be going to visit the little one this afternoon - it is unfortunate that the visiting hours during the week are 2-4 p.m. for those of us who are required to be at work! Of course, it is hard for the animal shelters as they are so understaffed, but my poor kitty must be feeling so lonely!

Today is a public holiday (thankfully) so we can go and see her. I have been "harrassing" the shelter every day as to her progress and the problem does seem to be confined to the infection in her ear. They thought she had the cat flu, but there has been no further evidence of that and her high temperature seems to be related to the ear infection. Thank God! I know what cat flu does to kittens, as we had a litter infected when I was a teenager.

As to her name, it is a very cute name, I agree! Chosen by my computer genius partner! Most people are puzzled by it, especially those who do not use the Internet much! She was also named after Pixel "the cat who could walk thorugh walls" from Heinlein's books.

I couldn't help but notice that someone else in Pet Talk has a cat named "Pixel," but I can't remember who it was.

I will definitely keep you all updated!