Vincent’s Supper Call

Just when I was going to cut off supper for today, Vincent made the supper call.

HOW can you say “no” to Vincent, right?

Indy had been making a racket about wanting supper all night, but I told him “no”.

Nobody else wanted food.  Even Bunny was already fast asleep.  But when one cat eats, everybody would not want to be left out.

Here’s your raw food, Vincent. Is it ok?

Oh dear…it’s the staring game.

Either he has no appetite again or the food isn’t “right”.

Soon, Ginger decided he wants Vincent’s food if he’s not going to eat it.

Why are you letting Ginger eat my food? 

Sigh…but you were staring at it for 15 minutes. Ginger thinks you don’t want it.

It’s always like this. He stares and then, he looks at me.

When Vincent was perfectly healthy, he was also very choosy. If the food didn’t suit his taste buds, he would stare at me and wait for me to offer what he wants (if only I knew what it is).  Sometimes, I would try another option, but because he was healthy, sometimes I just let him be. I was hoping he’d learn to be less choosy.

But now…how can you ignore him?  Every time he has an appetite, it’s already a great blessing.

But I didn’t know what he wanted. I offered AD (which, incidentally, Pole ate tonight) but it wasn’t right too.

So I went into the bathroom, and guess what…

…he started eating the left-over liver (by Ginger)!

So, I quickly added some muscle meat and more organs, just so that he would eat. Otherwise, his only meal today was at 1.30pm.

I also got a bit greedy and added some probiotics. If the therapeutic dosage is one scoop per day, I needed to add a bit more now.

Oh dear…he refused to eat the two pieces with the probiotics powder on top. Tsk..

But he didn’t walk away so that was still good. So, I quickly added more meat and mix it all up, with some gravy.

Yes, slowly, with caution, he ate it…almost finished.

Yay!!

Lesson: Cannot add too much probiotics.

I’m a Zen cat.

P.S. The vet confirms that I can drop Biosilver into Vincent’s nostrils instead of saline. Hopefully it helps heal the injury in his nasal cavity. Still bleeding. I also bought a new bottle of Biosilver today. Now, instead of pouring out to suck out with a syringe, I spray some into a bowl, then suck it up with the syringe. This way, I reduce possible contamination through opening the bottle.  By spraying, I also get a better control of the amount (for eg, two pumps or three pumps). Now, why didn’t I think of spraying into a bowl before this?  How silly of me…

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2018/09/18/vincents-supper-call/

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