Original post was through the Dizum remailer which is down for a
couple of days. Instead of "Nomen Nescio" the author will show as
"An Metet" through the Freedom remailer, but it's still me.

I just want to thank you all, again, for all the advice and encouragement
last week.
T.K. (That Kitty) is doing great and settling in well to an indoor lifestyle.
We had a vet visit today and the abscesses are healing up remarkably
well. He started his shots today, and will be brought in for neutering on
April 12 (poor little guy).
What a sweetheart this wild little guy has become. I think he's starting
to realize that with a few concessions, he's going to have a very pampered
life from now on. I never thought that he would adapt so quickly. In less than
2 weeks, he's become quite a "hugging" kitty. He absolutly loves to be
picked up, hugged, and carried around the basement while he purrs loudly.
And what a talker, we have 5 minute "conversations" now. After 3 years
without a cat, it's taking a while to pick up the language again. I took 2
years of Spanish and can barely understand a complete sentence, but
I'm still pretty good at speaking Cat. <g>
It took him a while to figure out the whole "cat box thing", and he still
is shy about using it with anyone in the room. He's now learned how to
properly cover things and we no longer have cat litter flying all over the
floor.
Now that the wounds have stopped seeping and healed over, this weekend
he will be released from his incarceration in the basement to explore the rest
of the house. This could be a bit of a problem since the one time that he
managed to sneak up from the basement, he headed right for the kitchen
door (the only exit he knows), and looked like he was about to start climbing
the curtains to try to get outside, before I grabbed him and brought him
back down to the basement. That door is going to get a good cleaning,
tomorrow, in an attempt to remove any remaining scent that he may have
left on it. I hope that helps solve the "escape" problem. I guess I'm going
to have to teach him about windows, too.
There's still the "rabies" concern from the bite, but the big old tomcat
that we believe is the culprit is still prowling the yard. So if he is
responsible for the bite, then rabies is a non-issue. I'd put the odds at
a minimum of 75% that it was him.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that T.K. is doing GREAT. And
I'm actually looking forward to having to tell my wife something, when she's
moving around in bed in her sleep, that I haven't had to say for many years,
"Careful...........don't kick the Kitty"!

My thanks, again, to all of you.