Thanks, everyone! Nick is one of the four cats I've had since the past 18 years. His brother Finway died at 12, Gideon died at 13 and besides Nick I still have Magnolia, the calico. She's a youngster at around 8. I used to think 4 cats was too many then when Finway died, three suddenly wasn't enough!
Nick's been great, through lots of bad times and lots of good. I'm grateful to him for sticking around so long!