Hi everyone, Sorry it took so long to update on Eduardo Zeppelin-Godzilla von Sockslayer, he is now aggressively healthy again so it hasn't been foremost on my mind. After chest x-rays and bloodwork, none of the really scary bugaboos came up, which was a tremendous relief. No cardiomyopathy or congenital abnormalities, thankfully. The practice's internal medicine specialist just happened to be there that day, so they had him take a look at the x-ray. What they did find was FAT in his mediastinal cavity! He didn't have what they call "donuts," rings of fat around the trachea that actually look like donuts on an x-ray, just some random fat floating around. I knew he was tubby, but that is ridiculous. The vet put Eddie on a course of Clavamox just in case of infection, which he absolutely hated, the coughing seems to be mostly cleared up, and I'm trying to put him on a diet. This is proving difficult, as he shares a cage and a dish with Miss Pukka-chan, who is about half his size and completely naked. I don't fill the dish as full, but I have to make sure Pukka eats before Eddie snorks it all up. Any thoughts on weight loss? I know this topic came up fairly recently so I'll look at back issues. He gets enough exercise, trying to hide the entire universe under my dresser one sock at a time. I swear, if you are missing something, it's probably there. I try to give him lots of active play, and he loves to climb, jump, chase, and wrestle whatever he can (including poor Pukka!). His new game is climbing up the closet shelves and trying to grab onto the hangers. So that's Eddie at the moment, and I want to belatedly thank everyone for their help! Time to go catch up on skimmed FMLs... Rachel, Pukka the naked, and Eddie the rotund [Posted in FML 5673]