I never wrote more about the kitty...

[rhialto]

but unfortunately, he didn't make it very long after the previous post. He ate but kept losing weight slowly, and it became difficult for him to get up or lie down. So we put him to sleep before he really began suffering. It was a very sad day.

But we got new kitties from the shelter! We chose two kitties who were no longer the youngest and who were unappreciated the whole time they were at the shelter. Niko is so black you can hardly make pictures of him :-)