Eating Better

Sake did not eat well last weekend, well it started a week ago last Thursday and progressed.  She was eating, but not well. Monday morning I took her to the vet. She had only lost .3 of a pound, so that was good.  They gave her a shot and said her mouth did not look too bad.

That was consistent:  She hid from me and resisted going into the crate.  We just took the top of the crate off in the exam room. Sake was not debilitated, so she was not compliant.  But she did let me pet her when I took her home. It was 3 weeks since I had brought her into the vet, and she was not as sick as she had been the last few times I took her into the vet.

Sake did not start eating better until Wednesday evening, but there was quite an improvement then.  That was actually not bad.  When this first started, Sake would respond to the injections the same day.  Until the past couple of times she was given an injection. More recently, it would take 2-4 days to work, so this response was better than the last couple of times.

This Saturday, she has asked for food four times: I fed breakfast late, and she asked for food 3 other times.  Because she asked for food mid-afternoon, I did not put food out at "dinner time."  The boiled chicken she likes dries out quickly, and I saw no reason to put some out until she was ready to eat it.  So, we did that 3 times today.

Mid-afternoon, Haiku asked for a treat.  I gave some to her and Taki at the same time:  I hate to be ugly, but Taki has gained too much weight, so I do not respond to her requests for treats. But if Haiku asks, they both get treats.  I think that they have that figured out.

They did get dinner, but again, late, because they had later afternoon treats.

I am just thrilled that Sake is asking to eat and eating better than she had been.