I had one stay like that for nearly two days, it was during heavy rain this weekend, on Sunday, about an hour after it stopped raining, he started changing rapidly!! Within about 45 minutes, he had molted and the chrysalis had formed! I was amazed! It was the first time I had ever witnessed a caterpillar pupate! Sadly, Monday evening, I noticed he/she was no longer on the orange tree, I don't know what happened, I searched and searched to make sure it didn't fall on the ground, but I did not find it, I was thinking it was probably a bird or some other predator that got it. I didn't move it because I was afraid I would do harm if I interfered. But after that, I decided to bring the rest of the GST cats inside and put them in some critter boxes. Hopefully, they will not suffer same fate being indoors!

My baby (age 9 months at the time) decided to open our screen door (didn't know he could do this) and bolt out of the house to chase a bear cub up a tree (first time seeing a bear cub in our yard, doors stay closed now). Anyways, Bear cub wasn't having any of it and before i could reach him, bear had swatted him out the tree. He fell on the base of his tail, let out a horrible scream and bolted back for the house. I ran in to see him struggling to walk in our kitchen. The impact must have created an abcess at the base of the tail as well, which i flushed and treated with antibiotics. Took a little over a week and a half for him to finally lift his tail again. He was on pain meds as well and i kept him secluded so he wasn't so active. I use to be a Veterinarian nurse, so thankfully i knew what to do since i live about a 50 min drive to the closest Vet clinic. He regained most of the feeling in his tail but I can definitely tell his tail had been slightly dislocated. Sometimes his back legs can be all over the place when he runs and he walks heavy footed now. But is doing much better now. He's 3 years old now and likes to chase the deer in our yard. (They get outdoors time only when we are out with them. So i can be sure to keep a close eye out. The deer love playing with him. But i definitely don't let them get close.) And unfortunately, Due to our forest fires in the area this year, we haven't seen many wild animals come through. Keeps them out of trouble i suppose. Good luck with stray kitty. Glad he has someone in his life to show him the love he deserves!

Indeed it is. My oldest cat, Billy, is hyperT, hyperPTH, CRF, and has had one of his ear pinna amputated due to skin cancer. My other hyperT cat has "something else" going on, too, as yet undiagnosed. Old cats with chronic illnesses are challenging, to say the least. With your cat's history of hyperT and current weight loss, I have to wonder if he might not be one of those rare individuals whose hyperT recurs after radioactive iodine. We recently had a cat on the hyperT mailing list who had to go in for a second I-131 treatment when his hyperT recurred, though I can't remember how long after the first treatment the hyperT showed up again. In any event, it'd be a good idea to get your boy's TT4 tested again if you haven't done so recently. Hopefully pancreatitis is all he's dealing with (as if that's not enough), though you never know what else may be at play in an elderly cat. Laurie BTW, I have found the BCP pharmacists to be pretty up front about their products. It's worth giving them a call and asking how palatable their metronidazole chews are with feline patients.

Cleaning house this week. Not that anyone could tell but I have been... Single people should not be allowed larger homes. It rained this morning so I'm safe from having to mow the lawn. Just got back from the grocery store. Bread, bacon, chip dip, and some tenderloin. Going to a nascar party tomorrow so I need to make some sort of junk food for the guys. I have some leftover lamburger and venison so I might have to make some chili. I know diddly about nascar other then they are loud and drive in circles. Mostly PO'ed with my job. New boss does not like "college boys", informs me that I'm over paid, and spouts his lust for the old days when he could just fire people for no reason. One of us is going to change or someone won't have a job for long... and I ain't about to change. Ack... so anyways I have half a case of beer left from last weekend, a dirty house, and two cats that love me. Off to check out my garden and see what is left... probably some tomatos for that chili. : ) michael