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Clinic Cats

The Cat Clinic of Norman is home to four felines. Here are their stories . . .

Tip-toe

Tip Toe (aka Forrest Gimp)

Tip Toe is one lucky cat! He was found on State Highway 9 and had a concussion (he eventually lost his right eye), a fractured shoulder blade and face, and a broken pelvis. Dr. Miller fixed him up, and once he was better he adopted her office as his new home. He can usually be found sitting on whichever chair Dr. Miller needs to be sitting in! Recently he has decided that all those scary cars outside aren't going to get him, and you can often find him sitting on our reception desk welcoming clients.

Jack

Jack

Jack came to The Cat Clinic as a kitten. Someone had found him, presumably abandoned, with a bulging mass where his left eye should have been. "One of the grossest things I've ever dealt with," said Dr. Miller when later describing the cuterebra larva that wriggled hello when she opened the mass. Jack of course lost his eye (and gained a name). Fortunately, all this happened while he was so young, that he has never known different than having one eye, and he adjusted well.

Jack seems to retain some of his parents' feral nature. He doesn't like people, hates to be petted, and generally keeps to himself. For that reason, he is infrequently seen about The Cat Clinic.

	Momma Kitty
	Momma Kitty is one of The Cat Clinic's newer residents. She is quite shy around people and is seldom seen about The Cat Clinic. She is not at all shy about cozying up to Jack and Petey, so we tease her about being their girlfriend.

Monster

Monster

Monster deserves his own Web page (maybe someday . . .). He came to The Cat Clinic with Dr. Miller after an already amazing career as a medical-marvel kitten (we'll get around to telling that story someday). No sooner was he given shelter at The Cat Clinic than he repaid the favor by getting us some much-needed publicity at the 2001 Second Chance Cat Show. Monster stole the show, winning in three categories, including the prestigious Best in Show.

Because of his early medical problems, Monster is plagued by urinary tract infections, which he tells us about by peeing in inappropriate places, such as exam rooms and (only once, we rush to note) on a client's shoe.

Monster loves to run to the front of The Cat Clinic to greet clients. Don't let his please-rub-my-tummy demeanor fool you, though! He lives up to his name and is not shy about nibbling your hand.

Petey (1996? - 2006)

Petey

We are sad to report that our favorite curmudgeonly cat is not longer with us. After noticing that Petey didn't seem to be eating and was much less active than usual, we ran bloodwork and discovered that Petey was suffering from acute kidney failure. His condition rapidly deteriorated, and on 21 June he was in obvious pain and required supplemental oxygen to ease his breathing. His bloodwork indicated a bleak prognosis. That evening, with heavy hearts, we said goodbye to Petey.

6/23/06

Petey came to The Cat Clinic with Chris, who adopted him off the Internet in 1996. Petey was poorly declawed and already overweight when Chris adopted him. Constant pain in his foot pads left him reluctant to exercise and prone to lying by the food bowl. Petey also suffers from anxiety. New cats are particularly upsetting to him, so he's generally not seen out and about in The Cat Clinic.

When Petey came to The Cat Clinic, he weighed almost 26 lbs. At his last weigh-in, he was down to 19 lb 8 oz. Way to go, Petey!

Casey

Casey

We are sad to say that Casey is no longer with us. About a month ago her health started to rapidly decline. Dr. Miller did bloodwork and cytology and discovered that Casey had developed bone-marrow cancer. Rather than allow her to suffer through the final stages of an increasingly painful and wasting disease, on November 11, 2005, we said our goodbyes, and, with all of Casey's Clinic friends nearby, Dr. Miller helped her go to sleep one last time.

12/2/05

Casey is the most recent resident at The Cat Clinic, and she is usually the best behaved. Although she is rather stubborn about pulling out the sinus tubes Dr. Miller keeps installing in an effort to treat Casey's highly resistant sinus infection.