Yes, we call him grumpy pumpy. He is actually quite a loving boy even though he was pretty feral when he came here. After that photo was taken, over the course of 2 years, he had an op on both kneecaps and the cruciate ligament on his right leg repaired. He had always walked funny and the vet just thought he'd had a fractured pelvis before he came to us, it turned out both his kneecaps were pemanently dislocated and due to this his cruciate had ruptured- so I guess it is no surprise he looks a bit annoyed. He spent 8 weeks after each op in a crate and was as good as gold.
This is my cat Tabbers (very un-original I know ) He was a feral cat who lived on a nearby farm who I befriended... when we moved house he came too. Unfortunately he has feline AIDS, but since being diagnosed, he's lived a very happy, healthy and spoilt 7 years! He's my baby! He sleeps under the duvet with me EVERY night, but he howls EVERY morning at 5am to go out my window (onto a flat roof, don't worry!) but I wouldnt have him any other way!
This is him playing in the snow in January
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Tabatha has FIV but we keep her in and she is the study cat- don't want to risk the others catching it. This is our concern about Mr Tomsk, he is entire and being so is more likely to fight. He had taken up residence here and I don't want him to pass it onto my cats. I've already lost one to it and he was only 5.
Aww I'm sorry It must be a lot harder if you have more than one cat if one has feline AIDS. Tabbers never strays outside of our garden, which is odd as he used to be a feral and go wherever he wanted. Years ago when we found out about his illness, our vets at the time requested we had him pts immediately I'm so glad I snatched him up and walked out, he has been my little rock over the years.
Do you know how Tabatha caught FIV? I mean like her story behind it, has she had it all her life or was it contracted as she got older?