Cat update
Aug. 5th, 2003 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiFor those wondering, Max checked out just fine, in spite of not having a check-up for years. He got his shots updated, but seems to have forgiven us.
Jack's eye infection and his skin condition both seem harmless (they sent a culture of the latter out to see if it was ringworm, but it didn't show any fungal signs when under a black light, and the pattern isn't exactly ringwormesque, although it's close). They think that both are the result of some variant of feline herpes that Jack might have had in the shelter. They did give us an ointment for the eye, and suggest some fungal cream treatment for the patch, just in case.
Otherwise, he's healthy and fine.
And big. When we first took him in (on June 29), he weighed 3.2 pounds. Now, he's up to 5.5 pounds. I verified this today, when he decided to hop on me and climb onto my shoulder. He spent ten minutes perched on the back of my neck while I typed, and wouldn't get off, even when I went to wake![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shadesong. I had to stoop over to prevent him from just digging claws in. I can safely say he's a chunk heavier now than before (and if you think two pounds doesn't make a huge difference, trust me, you're wrong).
Jack's eye infection and his skin condition both seem harmless (they sent a culture of the latter out to see if it was ringworm, but it didn't show any fungal signs when under a black light, and the pattern isn't exactly ringwormesque, although it's close). They think that both are the result of some variant of feline herpes that Jack might have had in the shelter. They did give us an ointment for the eye, and suggest some fungal cream treatment for the patch, just in case.
Otherwise, he's healthy and fine.
And big. When we first took him in (on June 29), he weighed 3.2 pounds. Now, he's up to 5.5 pounds. I verified this today, when he decided to hop on me and climb onto my shoulder. He spent ten minutes perched on the back of my neck while I typed, and wouldn't get off, even when I went to wake
shadesong. I had to stoop over to prevent him from just digging claws in. I can safely say he's a chunk heavier now than before (and if you think two pounds doesn't make a huge difference, trust me, you're wrong).