Our dog Rodeo continues to meet his goal of having the most health expenses of our entire household, humans included. And no doggy health insurance plan to cushion the blow. He has some sort of UTI that won't go away, so he's on super-strong antibiotics. He has something going on with his ears requiring drops twice a day, and an ear-wash twice a week. (He gets his first ear-wash tomorrow - I predict he will not enjoy it.) And he needs to eat this special food that's specially formulated for his kidney condition.
Meanwhile Lilah, our 19-year-old cat, has taken to peeing in a corner of our bedroom. We had to put down some old clothes there so that she has something with which to cover the puddle. She still uses the regular litter box as well, so she hasn't developed an aversion to it. She also has some sort of kidney condition requiring daily doses of calcitriol. In addition to regular dry cat food, we feed her wet food every night, that's dosed with lysine and some fish oil. But she's very exacting in her wet food preferences: she doesn't like the roasted or grilled flavors, nor does she like the flaked kind. Refrigerator-cold food is also not acceptable. Warming it to room-temperature is hit-or-miss. Sometimes she'll eat it, sometimes not.
I would never have expected Scottie to be the low-maintenance one! He's happy just surveying the great outdoors from the window-sill. And he likes swishing his tail in my face or walking on my hair when I'm trying to fall asleep, or at 5am when I'm in that deep sleep you get just before waking up. Mr Piggly-Wiggly does have a bit of a weight problem, and we continually threaten to put him on a feeding schedule, but so far inertia has won out. Aside from the occasional hair-ball (he is a long-haired cat) he seems to be in good health.
Meanwhile Lilah, our 19-year-old cat, has taken to peeing in a corner of our bedroom. We had to put down some old clothes there so that she has something with which to cover the puddle. She still uses the regular litter box as well, so she hasn't developed an aversion to it. She also has some sort of kidney condition requiring daily doses of calcitriol. In addition to regular dry cat food, we feed her wet food every night, that's dosed with lysine and some fish oil. But she's very exacting in her wet food preferences: she doesn't like the roasted or grilled flavors, nor does she like the flaked kind. Refrigerator-cold food is also not acceptable. Warming it to room-temperature is hit-or-miss. Sometimes she'll eat it, sometimes not.
I would never have expected Scottie to be the low-maintenance one! He's happy just surveying the great outdoors from the window-sill. And he likes swishing his tail in my face or walking on my hair when I'm trying to fall asleep, or at 5am when I'm in that deep sleep you get just before waking up. Mr Piggly-Wiggly does have a bit of a weight problem, and we continually threaten to put him on a feeding schedule, but so far inertia has won out. Aside from the occasional hair-ball (he is a long-haired cat) he seems to be in good health.
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