He's More Like Himself Every Day

Mr. S has always been obsessed with shoes--see the tongue sticking out?

It's been a little over six months now since Mr. Squiggles came back home.  It seems like he's always been back, and yet it still seems like just yesterday that we were reunited.  I still stare at him every day, amazed that he's lying next to me.  I want to cuddle him, smell him, take in every ounce of what I missed for twelve and a half long months. 

Mr. S is doing so well.  He seems to improve every day, and even more exciting, he gets back more of his personality every time we look around.  Some quirks were there from the beginning, like his litter box aversions and his tolerance but annoyance with Gus.  But in the past six months, we've seen more and more of the old Mr. Squiggles emerging.  His hair is getting darker, and his hair is filling in.  He's still hugely grateful to be here, but he's starting to get that irritated look in his eye more often, a look that was always pure Mr. Squiggles.  He's getting stronger and less wobbly, and he's starting to venture outside more often.  It used to be, we couldn't keep that cat in the house.  He'd whine and cry, and pitch a royal fit if he was even locked in over night.  So it's nice to see him starting to go out again, safely within the confines of his (1/2 acre) kitty prison. 

He's still as picky an eater as ever, though we've finally gotten him to eat raw food, courtesy of our good friend Stella & Chewy's Freeze Dried Duck Duck Goose patties.  Nothing else will do, at least when it comes to raw.  But I'm happy to oblige.

As you can tell from the picture, he loves shoes.  He always has.  Now we find him spending more time with them--as soon as you take them off, he heads over straight away, rubbing them with his muzzle, laying on top of them.  It's kind of bizarre, but it's oh so Mr. Squiggles, and I love it.

***CORRECTION FROM YESTERDAY'S POST***  A friend in the industry pointed out that reading titer results is not cut-and-dried, as I indicated that they were.  (Hence why they're still controversial)  I apologize for this misinformation and will do some research on that aspect of titers and will publish another post about it next week.  By the way, I'm still pro-titer, either way.