thank sadeyesr4ever
and thanks mrsD
I got your informative email and have replied but also just have to give you a ((((hug)))) right here too for all the really helpful links and info
my vet has also recommened we give Shadow the taurine
all in all, I am feeling a lot more hopeful today that in the last week........hard to beleive it was a week ago today that I took them in for their stuff.....feels like eons of stress in between........but oh what an improvement in the lil guy today......especially as the skittishness he had, starting at every sound, has stopped today and he is a lot more alert and even playful, batting at his furry mouse toy when I swooshed it between his paws