The 27th of April 2010 was our fist day with Tigani. Since then a lot of things happened: funny, good, entertaining, but also sad things.

The first three month with Tigani were turbulent and partially exhausting.  It was nearly impossible to calm this little, furry guy and he was literally climbing our walls. Even though some of our inventory was damaged (couch, curtains, chairs, …) we were unable to be angry with Tigani because we love our little, furry monster. And believe it or not, he is also able to be kind and well-behaved (only if he is in the mood ).

In the beginning of August, Tigani started to behave strange: he was calm, slept a lot and ate nearly nothing (before he ate 300 grams a day). Therefore, we went to the vet, bu they did not find something suspicious only that he was teething. The vets assumption was that Tigani stopped eating because of his teething. We were pacified and went home, unfortunately Tigani’s condition became worse. He continued with his hunger strike, was flabby and not his former self. We were desperate and went several times to the vet for blood testing, ultrasound, and X-ray. The tests showed that Tiganis blood work did not look good with regard to his kidneys. His blood work was unbelievable for such a young cat. From that on we regularly went to the vet for two weeks for subcutaneous fluids to improve his blood count. Fortunately his values improved, but a new problem showed: Tigani’s calcium level increased drastically. His medical case became so complex that our vet sent us to the veterinary university clinic of Vienna.

We are still visiting the department for internal medicine at the university clinic, however Tigani’s blood work improved essentially. Finally, we found that among other things Tigani was suffering from vitamin D poisoning. His calcium and renal values are still elevated, but still lower than in summer 2010. Unfortunately, Tigani’s blood work  points with high probability at chronic renal failure The triggers are unknown, but could be found by a biopsy of his kidneys. We are not doing the biopsy because it can be a dangerous procedure and it will not help Tigani.

In spite of Tigani’s chronic disease he is doing great. He is active and rascally like before and started to eat normally again. At the moment he weighs 4,7 kilos. Tigani is a very clever cat. He learns new tricks very fast, walks on a leash, reacts on his name and is especially creative when it comes to wicked things e.g. to reach unbelievable places (refrigerator). Besides his cleverness he is self-confident, flexible and brave. Driving with cars, foreign locations, dogs and so on are no problem.  One of Tigani’s hobbies is playing Tarzan – he loves to climb trees (look at the pictures).

It is difficult to tell you everything about 2011, but they say a picuture says a thousand words … (none of the pictures are faked, Tigani likes to show himself in really funny positions)

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And last but not least a video taken in summer in our fruit orchard.

Martin and Niki are not writing at the moment because I am sick

The vets are confused about my case and have no idea what is wrong with me. As soon as we know what is going on and I feel better than now we will inform you about what was going on.

In the following you wil find some pictures of the building process and a Video of Tigani in Action on his Catwalk:

When I am traveling on the countryside with Niki and Martin it is always a lot of fun and entertainment. I already explored the big house of Niki’s parents and I now rule the house, even Niki’s dad is my subordinate. Now I was allowed to go into the garden Niki mounted something annoying on me she called harness and leash and then we went into the garden. In the beginning I hesitated a little bit because everything was new for me. For example I did not know the feeling of grass or soil under my feet. After a while I started to enjoy the outside and bravely explored the garden. In the meanwhile I love the garden and all the adventures waiting for me there in the unknown outside. Take a look at the following pictures of me in the garden.

I am thriving and I am very well-behaved when Niki is weighing me. There is a picture proofing this in the end.

From the 12th to the 16th of May I spent my first weekend on the countryside with Niki and Martin. During the car ride I was complaining about being locked up in the transport box, but after a few minutes I decided to give up and continue my good afternoon sleep. When we arrived at the house of Niki’s parents I was allowed to leave the transporter immediately and started to bravely explore the house. The house of Niki’s parents is gigantic in comparison to our apartment in the city and I can run around without stops our u-turns … I like it I enjoyed the weekend trip very much. Instead of two humans I had six humans to cuddle and play around. I am especially found of Niki’s mum (look at the picture of the two of us). I was well-behaved and used my litter box without exception, and I did not destroy something, even the curtains were save

I am looking forward to the next weekend trip and the big house on the countryside. Here are some pictures of me …

- Status of Tigani: alive and rascally
- Status Martin & Niki: alive, exhausted and amused
- Damaged furniture (prey and victims): chairs, coach
- Number of damaged curtains: 2 out of 4
- Damaged humans (scratches): 2
- Tasted cables: all cables in the living room

- Helped dusting the apartment on inaccessible places for humans
- Meow record: 6 hours non-stop (during the first night with us)
- Consumed proteins: 1450 grams
- Gained weight: 200 grams (from 1550 to 1750 grams)
- Number of fans: 12 humans
- Improved climbing skills: from 30 cm to 180 cm
- Number of water guns bought: 4
- Water wasted to control Tigani’s crazies: 3 liters (improved the humidity in our apartment)
- Taken pictures: 133
- Minutes of film: 47 minutes
- Produced feces: 17 loads

Today is my second day at Martin’s and Niki’s home. I already settled in and I like it best to cuddel them all day. Yesterday I kept them up all night so that they are tired and unresistant against my cuddl-attacks

Look at the pictures … especially Niki was wiped out

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