Hi Abbeycats, I wanted to send you some pics of Sigmund (Siggy). He is the best cat ever and doing great! I hope all is going well, have a good night! Leanne

Missy loves being in her favorite toy basket. Each morning I throw some nuts out onto the deck for the squirrels. Jazz and Missy love to sit by the window and watch the action as the squirrels like to "duke it out" for the nuts. It provides hours of amusement for them. Missy loves to go into her "stalk" mode and watch as the squirrels get closer and closer to her. Then, after all the action is finished, she climbs into the basket with her toys and has a little snooze. She doesn't venture far from Jazz at any time. In fact, the two of them are quite inseperable (albeit, this is entirely on Missy's part) and on occasion when Jazz wants to do her own thing, well then Missy just gets very vocal letting Jazz know that she is looking for her. She has no problem communicating her needs by her chirps, howls and other cute noises that she makes. And she does make a lot of them, in fact, she is quite the chatty little cat! She is so funny with her vocal expressions. The whole family gets a kick out of her.

The picture was taken in the afternoon when the two of them like to take their naps (if you look close enough you will see a bit of Missy's pink belly as this picture was taken shortly after her spay). I usually find Missy and Jazz together on the bed or in this case on the loveseat in the bedroom. Missy is almost always curled up with Jazz in someway. One time my husband saw Jazz on the bed thinking she was alone only to find Missy's paw around Jazz's shoulder. He said it was the funniest sight, Missy was behind Jazz, although her body couldn't be seen, she looked like she had her arm around Jazz's shoulder (probably to make sure Jazz wasn't going anywhere without her). Another time when they were sleeping together.....and I don't know how she did this......but Missy crawled under Jazz's legs and fell asleep. You will almost always see Missy snuggling up with Jazz in some way. Even when they are not sleeping.....Missy will run along side Jazz chirping and curling her tail around Jazz in some way, or she will give Jazz head butts and rub her head under Jazz's chin purring and wanting Jazz to lick her head. I sometimes think that Jazz is a surrogate mother to Missy. Although it is taking a little longer for Missy to come around to us "humans", we are making progress. She lets us pat her.....but still, she fears us getting too close to her. She is not quite trusting yet. I think she is afraid that we may take her away from Jazz, so she keeps her distance with us. Example, she needs to be close to a piece of furniture that she can run under when we pat her. This way she feels safe. It is certainly improving though.....every day a little more progress is made, but I must say....it has been worth the journey!

Well, I hope you enjoyed the pics and the update! I still need to get the spay certificate to you.......I was hoping my husband could scan it and send it via email. Will see if this is "do"able......(I need him to do this as I am not computer friendly) if not, will send it in the mail.