The Adventures of Diamond Jim

He's been a good boy so far.  But it's been stressful for him.

He's been on sub-cutaneous fluids, but we weren't sure why.  Best Friends sent along a very extensive medical history with him (going back to 2005).  We called our vet to see if we could just pick up the saline fluid for him (I already knew the answer, but I thought I'd ask).  They said they'd need to see him, since he was a new patient, etc.  Yesterday, Aaron loaded him back into the crate, and drove off to Dr Bath.  (Diamond Jim hates being in the crate, and spent 9+ hours in it the previous day).  Diamond Jim also hates the vet, which I think it mentioned in his paperwork.  Anyway, Dr Bath did an assessment, and said the cat seemed a little dehydrated, but nothing to warrant fluids, and there was nothing specific in the history that said why he was getting them.  So the only other way to determine why, was to do a full blood panel.  (I should mention that I trust our vet implicitly.  He has not steered us wrong in the past, hasn't been snobby about the fact that we adopt FIV+ cats (which our previous vet did), and saved poor Phantom when she was really, really bad off).  Dr Bath did mention that he didn't think it entirely necessary, unless we wanted to be sure about the fluids (he didn't actually seem to be concerned about Diamond Jim getting enough fluid).

Aaron gave him to ok to do the full blood panel.  Unfortunately, Diamond Jim did not.  He ended up having to be sedated, poor buddy.  So we'll get the blood results back today, and know for sure what's up.  And our free kitty, is far less than free now.  :-P  But that's ok, because that's how things go with animals.

We've been introducing him slowly to the other guys.  Yoie seems very interested in him, but very nervous (which is weird, because Moss cat is her best buddy).  So far, he is most nervous about Mossy.

We've had him sequestered in the guestroom.  Aaron spent the first night with him (not necessary, but the cat likes it).  I spent last night with him.  He's a very snuggly cat.  He loves people.

I did manage to clip his nails yesterday.  He wasn't a huge fan, but it's necessary.  And he didn't do too bad.  It a perfect world, I wouldn't have done it when he was stressed from being at the vet, but again, it needed to be done.  I didn't wanted him scratching us, or the other guys with his sharp nails.

Since it's early, I closed all the other guys in our bedroom, and let Diamond Jim out, so he could explore the house.  He spent a lot of time smelling Moss's litter box.  Now, he's found Moss's food, and apparently loves it.  It's funny to watch him eat, since he has no teeth.  I'm going to buy him some wet food today, since it's easier for him to eat, and it'll fatten him up.

I was looking at his airbill yesterday, I'm glad we didn't have to pay it, it was $260!  I wouldn't have minded, but I'm glad they were doing free shipping.

Aaron let all the guys out, Diamond Jim was unhappy.  So he's sequestered once again.