Ripley had to go to the vet today because he's been losing weight, acting grumpy and he sprayed my bedroom drapes twice recently.

Turns out he has a bladder infection. He's very angry from having to give a urine specimen the hard way. Poor old man. The vet is a little concerned that he maybe headed towards kidney failure but decided to let the bladder infection clear up first to see if things improve. She said from his urine there was a slight sign of kidney failure. He will be 14 years old on March 2. He's lost a pound since last March and now weighs 14.2 pounds.

We were going to get his vaccinations while we were there even though it would have been 6 weeks early but the vet wanted to wait until he's over the infection. She prescribed an antibiotic and valium (the same as last year when he had this) and said there were no signs of crystals - yay!

Right now he's very angry and is cooling his jets in the cat tree just daring anyone to mess with him. I've already pilled him so the valium should be mellowing him out soon.

Here's a picture of him from a week ago. You can tell he hasn't been feeling the best.