Do you know what happened to make Spottie special?

Years ago, I had a cat named Frankie, who apparently contracted a form of the parvo virus before he was born. this caused the cerebellum portion of his brain to not develope properly. He was left with Parkinson type symptoms. His head would be in constant motion, he would fall over if he tried to turn a corner while running, and he couldn't walk on any surface that wasn't floor level. Forget sitting on a window sill...he'd fall off.

He was quite the character! He only lived to be about 3 years old, as he came down with a very severe, unmanagable case of Feline Urological syndrome. The poor guy. His "syndrome" didn't cause him any discomfort or pain, just made Frankie really really special. I still miss the big oaf.



I guess we're just going to have to let Gabby have her way as far as the location of her babies. We're kind of limited, because of our dog.

He's not the slightest bit mean to the babies...in fact it's the other way around. He tries to mother them, and because he's so much bigger than them, one lick and they go flying! My biggest worry is if he puts his paw down on one of them, either to hold it still to groom it, or even by accident that he'll hurt or kill one of them by mistake.

If he has access to them, he lays near them constantly, and is very protective of them. The big problem is, he tries to keep Gabby away from them. It seems as though he thinks she's going to hurt them or something.



Thanks for you help and your compliments on mommy and babies!



Kim

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