<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?attachment_id=399" rel="attachment wp-att-399"><img class="size-full wp-image-399 alignright" title="murphy-spring-2012" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/murphy-spring-2012.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" /></a>Our Murphy has changed character slightly since the demise of Millie. He is now more demanding of our time; often meows to gain attention and comes up onto the bed after being fed first thing in the morning. He will then stay on the bed unless he thinks we've lit a fire when he will come downstair and curl up in front of the log burner, pictured. In the evenings he has taken to sitting on our laps once we've settled down.

We had a bit of a scare with him last week because he was having trouble eating. We thought it might be a rerun of Millie so we took him to the vet immediately and she quickly assessd that his teeth were fine but his gums were infected. She gave him a couple of injections, one was an antibiotic and the other a steroid. He quickly recovered and now demands to be fed whenever he feels hungry and eats everything that's put before him.