Our younger cat growled at me when I picked him up this morning. When I put him down — he’s a bit of a growler — he had a bit of a limp. We kept him indoors and, as the day went on, his left hind leg got swollen. Scott took him into a local vet, and he had an infected bite! He’s got pain killers for a few days, and he got dosed up with antibiotics. I moved the cat bed into our family room so we could keep an eye on him as he sleeps and recovers.

Dumplin’ finally stood still long enough for me to get a picture of him where he isn’t an orange blur!