Wills at about 1 year of age

Wills is a very large blue classic tabby boy with a long, hard body, heavily boned and densely muscled. His muzzle is very long and well-defined, and he has a strong, deep chin. His ears are huge, well set, and amply furnished, with large lynx tips. He has a clean, gently curved profile and a wild yet sweet expression. His hips are normal (checked by radiograph at one and four years of age) and his heart is sound (as per annual cardiac Doppler ultrasound exams, performed by a board-certified cardiologist annually since Wills was one year old). 

Wills is a sweet, goofy fellow who loves people and constantly wants to be in the middle of everything. His personality is very much like his father Flap's -- something like a cross between a monkey and a beanbag. He loves to be held upside down and generally manhandled, and is happiest when lying on his back in my lap while I pull his armpit hairs (go figure!).

Unfortunately, when Wills was just two weeks old, a littermate's claw caught in his left eye, the injury immediately became infected, and as a result he nearly lost the eye. Fortunately, with the help of our wonderful feline ophthalmologist, Dr. Dice, we managed to save Wills' eye and some of his sight; but his cornea is permanently scarred. Because of his scarred eye, Wills cannot be shown (which is a shame -- we think he would have done pretty well).

Here is Wills at 11 years of age. He weighs about 30 pounds in this photo.
 

We lost Wills to liver cancer on October 13, 2010.
We miss him so.