Hi all,

The doctor has ruled out most of the likely problems ... his eyes are fine, if anything he's a little underweight (somebody's been sneaking sis's weight control formula cat food ), but his bones and muscles seem fine too. (He demonstrated how well his hisser and growler work, too, but we all had doubts that that was the cause of anything.) They've done a blood panel tonight and we should know more by morning.

Tonight he demonstrated that he can jump from the cat tree to the windowsill with no problems. The vet's asked me to keep him on the ground. This is quite challenging!

By a really weird quirk, when I went to put him in the porto-prison the front door blew open on a gust of wind preceding the storm and out he scooted. Maybe it's as well that he's moving slowly, it was a LOT less trouble than usual catching him outside and popping him the crate...

I'm still worried what the blood test panel will say, but am hoping my darling is just moving a bit slowly due to bruises...

Oh! Cassy was born on 11 Jul 1999 -- he's almost 4.5 years. A bit early for 'senioritis' to hit. That was my co-workers' favorite guess as to what was wrong. Either that, or he's supposedly helping himself to my wine supply!

Thanks for the warm wishes. I so appreciate them! {{{hugs}}}