Resident Cats

 

Dizzy has lived at Cheshire Cat the longest of our clinic cats. She was born in January 1990 and is now 19 years old. She was originally a stray and had a bad inner ear infection when she was first brought to Cheshire Cat Clinic. The ear infection cleared up but she still "runs in circles" hence her name, "Dizzy". When she was younger, she was a blood donor for some of the sick anemic cats. Now that she's retired, she spends most of her time on our waiting room benches or begging for C.E.T. tartar prevention chews.
 

Babies is a beautiful 8 year old flame-point Persian born July 2000. He was brought to Cheshire Cat Clinic through a friend of a former employee. His owners just couldn't get his flea problem under control. He had a very resistant case of fleas. After his hair was shaved off, the flea control medications finally worked. He is a very sweet mellow and clingy cat. He does have polycystic renal disease of Persians so we are monitoring his kidney values closely. Babies even has his own "fan club". He earns his living by modeling his lion cut. Recently, Babies underwent a CAT Scan (no pun intended) and scoping of his nasal sinuses to help diagnose his chronic respiratory issues.


Hatchi is a 16 year-old male domestic shorthair, born in August 1992. We acquired him in March 2004 when his 25 year old companion cat passed away. His owner was moving to Boston and could not take him. So she brought him in to be euthanized but he was very healthy and not ready to leave this world. An agreement with his owner was made: to have us find a new home for him and she would contribute what the cost of the euthanasia would have been. Well, finding a home for an older cat has been very difficult and we are still trying.  Early 2008 he had bilateral hip surgery to correct degenerative hips and he went to physical therapy and has been regaining strength in his hind legs. You will often find him curled up in the sunny window, enjoying life!