Hi guys. No, the kitties aren't that busy, but I sure am. No day
off from work in several weeks and so tired that my world feels
almost surreal.  LOL  Luckily I don't have to drive to the office
while working around the clock, so the roads are safer.

Rhett had his yearly vet visit and he still hasn't had a recurrance
of the foot problem he had as recently as last year. It seemed
seasonal. I think it was related to Pro Plan dry food which I
stopped giving to any one. After his shot and we were driving home
I thought he was having a reaction to his shot so we turned around
to go back to the vet. He was mouth breathing, yowling, and then
laid his head down and I thought he was going to pass out.  Back at
the vets and he was fine. Vet said he succumbed to the stress of
the office visit and the warm car.  Back at home he was fine, so
she was right. He sure scared me. This big boy gained 1/2 pound and
is now 16 pounds. I don't see fat other than the belly swing. Tail
and neck dimensions seem ok to me.

A week later and I found a lump on Bonnie's (former feral) neck
with a scab, so I figured (hoped) abscess.  She wasn't acting ill,
and her appetite was ok, but I caught her sleeping and took her to
the kitty doctor. Dr said it was more like a bruise because the
skin under and around the lump were dark, and not quite an abcsess
because it wasn't directly under the skin and felt a little harder,
but to keep an eye on it.  She laughed at me when I asked for a
long acting antibiotic shot so I wouldn't have to give this wild
girl pills.  No such thing, at least no more long acting than a
day. I read about long acting AB shots here. Do they really exist?
I took home some ABs to give her and of course as of now I haven't
gotten a single one into her.  I even picked up some pill pockets
but she sniffs and moves on. She has a snotty nose, spring related
as it happens every year. I just keep the windows shut, run the
house fan and vaccum as much as I can. Bonnie even lost about 1/2
pound since last July. 12.8  down to 12.2.  She's a very small
framed cat so I expected slow loss.

Scarlett's extracted tooth from a month ago seems to have comforted
her and her appetite is great, though she is one of those who
follows me to the kitchen and begs when I'm making something, so
she prefers human over cat food. I don't indulge that often.

Shamrock is great. Though he is starting to pull out a lot of fur
in clumps, he doesn't have bumps yet that lead to the legions and
bleeding from his EGC. Spring seems to be when he is worse than
ever. I've been slack on giving him the Atopica even 2x per week
lately. Have to catch him at the right time between meals to keep
him from barfing it up.  But with his fur pulling, he's doing
plenty of furball barfing at the moment.

They all love watching the mice, and even their palace is growing
with plenty of climbing and hiding and chewing things.  :)

I hope you and yours are all well, and for those who've passed,
please accept our condolences.