Billy the cat spent a good long while in quarantine. He started off with a pretty bad upper respiratory infection, treated with antibiotics; this took more than a week to clear up. He also had ear mites, treated with drops. He only left quarantine and entered gen pop on Wednesday.
Billy is quite aggressively friendly with me, increasingly friendly with other humans. But Banshee, true to form, absolutely loses her mind when she sees him, shrieking, growling, hissing. This has unsettled the other cats; even Buttons, normally absolutely chill, has been spooked. Billy, for his part, hisses at the other cats if they get too close. This will, no doubt, work itself out in time. But the one I really kinda feel bad for is Speedbump: he and Billy are both mostly black cats, most readily discerned by Billys oranger eyes and smaller size. But Banshee seems unable to tell them apart and loses her mind at Speedbump. This upsets him, as he has become reasonably friendly with Banshee.
Here’s Billy helpfully holding down some papers:
Billy has filled out a lot in the weeks I’ve had him. It seems eating on a regular basis appeals to him.
One response to “Billy update”
Handsome guy!
It sounds like Banshee wants to be an “only cat.”