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Feline fellowship
An inherent danger emerges from giving your wife a digital SLR for Christmas. Our resident cats already know this danger all too well as they are the first subjects of a digital shooter gone wild. As soon as the battery was charged on her new Canon Rebel XT she went on a shooting frenzy.
Her emphasis on the cats, however, comes at a time of great concern in Chateau Thompson. Loki, the newest addition to our happy home, is showing signs of feline epilepsy. We’ve suspected a neruological disorder because of the kitten’s unsteadiness and habit of falling over. But Christmas Day brought two seizures where the cat jumped straight up in the air, starting running in circles and then hurled itself into stationary objects, followed by a a near-catatonic state. With the vets here closed for the holidays we will have to hold our breath and hope everything is OK until we can take him in on Tuesday.
In the meantime, Jekyll, our resident tough-guy, has taken Loki under his wing, cleaning him after the attacks and then standing guard while the kitten uses the litter box and eats.
And, yes, Amy took the picture.
Carla
December 26, 2005 at 9:28 pm
When I lived in Alabama, one of my cats had a similar seizure. Scary!! My vet suspected epilepsy & we always took that into account when treating him for anything. But it’s been five years now & he’s never had another episode. And has never been medicated for epilepsy. Strange!
I hope your little Loki is going to be okay! (And what a cute picture!)
Rachel
December 27, 2005 at 3:23 am
What cute cats! I hope Loki will be okay. Jekyll is a good friend!
Tom King
December 27, 2005 at 11:38 pm
How is Loki doing?
Tom King
December 26, 2005 at 6:11 pm
Now that Amy is armed and dangerous, maybe we will see more pictures of you.
PK
December 27, 2005 at 10:34 pm
Ahh, and this begs the question. When are we going to see a new site:)? Maybe called “Loki’s Corner”, where we can send Amy pictures of our little fur balls? She could put up “cat nails” of each of them for all to see, along of course with your own. Let us know what’s going on in the cat world with new toys, food, and general good stuff. Nothing would please some of us more than to bookmark that site:). I may be a flaming liberal, but my heart belongs to my Artimus of 9 years. Half Manx and half tabby, no tail, and just as feral as he can be, even for a house cat:). I love to watch him on a roll when he can’t get traction on the kitchen linoleum:). He’s also built like a rabbit. Short front legs and large hind legs, so he can really jump. Let us all know if and when the site appears:).
Doug Thompson
December 28, 2005 at 2:15 am
Better. The vet is hoping he will outgrow the seizures.