Skippy is just not bouncing back very quickly. He’s just getting thinner and thinner. So that I’d quit watching him all day long, Sunday I gathered him up and put him into a large dog crate, which is now in the family room.
He has a soft towel, a litter box, kibble and wet food and water. Now I can watch him. I can see what he eats, I can see what he does when he goes potty. And he can rest, he doesn’t have to be on guard against me trying to find his hiding spot outside.
He ate very little of anything on Sunday. Yesterday (I’m talking twenty-four hours), he ate a can of Fancy Feast. I gave him another this morning, added water to it and blended it to baby food consistency. He’s already eaten half of that. The good thing about crating him is the food is there when he wants it. The other vultures can’t get to it first.
He’s sleeping a lot better, he’s peeing, but I haven’t seen him drink yet (which is why I added water to the soft food). And no poops.
I called the vet’s office yesterday to ask if giving him an appetite stimulant would be okay, but haven’t heard back yet. Since he is eating a little more, I may not need to, I just want to see him eating and pooping before I let him out. Right now, he’s not using much energy, hopefully it’s all going into getting better from whatever hit him.
Send some healing thoughts and prayers his way, could you? Thanks.
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