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Coloration: Tabby
Likes: snuggling, off-days from the vet, his pawrents, and annoying Sammy
Pet-Peeves: taking meds...yuck
Favorite Toy: his new brothers (aggravating them), the tunnel with the hangy balls on it, the chirping cat wand, jingle balls and shaky mice
Favorite Nap Spot: HIS couch cushion, daddy's back while he's sleeping, or on a lap!
Favorite Food: Well, anything, I'm back on crunchies now! Usually Iams weight control. However, a green pea did fall off of Mommy's plate one time! Those things are AWESOME!
Skills: Sneezing up boogers bigger than his nostril and fighting tooth and nail to not get meddies...and being expensive.
Dwells:
indoors
Arrival Story: My husband and I had offered to take in a pure-bred that was going to be cast out of its home or killed if a home wasn't found before the couple moved. We set ourselves up as a last resort if a home wasn't found. After we got excited about the new addition they found a home for the kitty. So, we headed to the local shelter and adopted our beautiful new baby Nigel. He was curled up in the last cage and when we opened the door he jumped out into my husband's arms. We brought him home that day.
Bio: We were told by Nigel's foster mom that he had allergies which needed to be controlled. Little did we know that his problems went much deeper than that. Within two days Nigel started to develop a horrible odor from his breath to go along with the severe sneezing and runny nose (to put it mildly!) We took him immediately to the vet and he was diagnosed with gingivitis/stomatitis and severe pharyngitis. Basically his whole mouth and throat were covered with lesions, swelling and redness, with a lot of pain thrown in the mix! We immediately put him on a strict regimen of antibiotics, corticosteroids, and monitoring. These things helped, but not near to the extent they should. Nigel had 6 teeth extracted in the beginning to combat the stomatitis. He is the greatest patient in the world (he puts up with a lot!) but he will absolutely not tolerate his CET oral rinse. He puts those claws to use! Not that I blame him. It's been a long and bumpy road for Nigel. He's had 3 separate surgeries to remove more teeth, because the drugs just don't work. He gained a little weight from the steroids, and we're still trying to work that off! His last surgery took his last remaining teeth with the exception of his lower canines. Now we're just monitoring the redness there. The rest of his mouth looks wonderful!
Lives Remaining: 6 of 9
Forums Motto: Aa- aa- aaa- achOO!! Catster Local Spots I've Marked: Parkcrest Veterinary Hospital The Groups I'm In: "WARRIORS": FORESTCLAN, ♥ TABBY CATS: WE HAVE THE 'M'!♥, **Environmentally Friendly Cats & Dogs (EFCD)**, ♥ Democats ♥, **Tabbies With 'Tudes** , Hey! You Look Like Me!, The Ultimate Harry Potter Fan Club, Welcome Waggin' for Dogsters and Catsters, ALFIE & Mr Ds PURRS AND WOOFS FOR THE MISSING., Books Featuring Cats: Read Any Good Ones, Doc Hunter's House of Medicine, Kitties with Stomatitis, Oceanic Flight 815, Pawbook, The Furry Federation, The TDK Breakfast Club, {{{PAWS 4 PEACE}}}
The Last Forum I Posted In: The kittie below me!
Sickly Kitty: We aren't completely sure what the direct cause of Nigel's difficulties is. A major possibility is that Nigel is afflicted with the Calici virus, considering that he suffers from both upper respiratory infections and infections in his mouth. *update 7/18/07- Calici has pretty much been ruled out, but Nigel will have to lose more teeth. See diary entry below for more details* Nigel needs lots of purrayers so that he can get better. No matter what the cause, he will always have to fight his stomatitis, and he may end up losing more, if not all, of his teeth. He's a little trooper and he deserves to feel good! He'll always be having a good time no matter what his problems are. He never seems to let anything bother him and he's a great lesson to us all! He's so carefree and just thankful to be able to play and run and love on his humans, and he's honery to boot! More update: *12/4/07 Nigel has had more surgeries and seems to be doing well. All he has left are his lower canines and the occassional tiny incisor tooth. He's having a little bit of trouble adjusting. It just feels weird not to have teeth, and he'll kind of get his lip stuck on his lower teeth which makes him make a funny "Elvis lip" face. He's getting better at eating, although he does quite a bit of drooling now. Now we just see if he keeps doing better and if he'll get to keep his last few teeth!
There are several new things going on with our family. We have new birdies. Yep... A birdie outside hatched her eggs. Her name is Penny and her husbands name is Pongo. They had a baby. One of them died. Mommy was sad. I was sad because that brought it to the possibility of there only being one baby bird to try to eat. :) But, check out Teddy's page if you want to see video of the baby birdie and Teddy. Mom says he got to star in his own nature documentary.
Another thing is Mommy is working a lot on our pages. She wants to make some slideshows with us and some cool music. She's added these cool playlists to our pages so you can choose the song you want to listen to, and it's random, so you never know what you're going to get when you go to my page. The videos are new, too. Mom is constantly following me around now with the stupid camera, begging me to do something interesting. I think it's funny to make her beg. MOL! Anyway, I hope you enjoy our new stuff, and keep a lookout for more! Love ya, Catsters!
My pal Teddy, or O'Teddy for Patty's Day, is at it again! Check out his page and see the cool video he did of me and the lovely Amelia Rose doing a cool dance for St. Patty's! I sure can move. MOL! Thanks a bunch, Teddy! What a cool pal, huh?
Unfortunately, I'll be a away from Catster for a few days. Now don't worry... I'll be back on Wednesday night. Meowmy is going away and won't have computer access so that she can do her Catster slave duties of catering to us. MOL! But I'll see everyone when she's back. Love ya!
Meowsers! I have been honored by two, count 'em TWO of my bestest friendses! First, Morgan the Pirate Gato posted the portrait that I asked my Auntie Erin to do for him because he's such a great guy! I'm so excited that he likes it! Auntie Erin is Foosa's Mom. Check out her and her sib's pages to see more portraits. They are pawsome! You can contact one of them if you want a portrait of YOU!
Then today I was honored to find out that my new friend, Teddy! , picked ME as the winner of his photo caption contest! I got a nice prezzie for being clever ole' me! Teddy is a great kitty. He is Angel Wally's new brother. Teddy is his Mommy's Earth Angel, too. He has wings on his back! I promise! Look at his photobook!
Thanks for making me feel so special, you two! Love you!
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