Well, I'm doing a happy happy dance this morning!

Last night I tried to get Tubby to eat again. First of all I offered one of the turkey sticks. He sniffed at it and looked interested, licked his chops once or twice....but wouldn't eat. So, pry those old jaws open and down the hatch it went! Then I put the last of the beef & beef gravy on a plate and offered that. He sniffed, licked his chops, took one tentative lick....then dove right in! He licked the plate clean - all on his own! I was SO happy! I was jumping around and acting goofy and Terry couldn't figure out what was going on. When I told him he had to go down and give Tubby a big old smooch for being a good boy and eating.

Since he actually ate on his own last night, I got bold this morning and offered him some of the RC Renal food - no go. Then since the beef & gravy was all gone, I got out the chicken & gravy. Same as last night, sniffed it, tentatively licked, then dove right in! He didn't finish it off like last night though, but I was still happy I didn't have to shove anything but pills down his throat this morning.

Also, when I was giving him his fill up (fluids), he kept moving his head and looking around, which kept moving the needle and it would restrict the flow, so I'd have to move his head back and he'd move it again so I'd have to move it back and finally he complained at me for having to keep moving his head. Complaining is a good thing these days. And THEN Terry got up and Tubby wasn't in his spot in the "sick bay" so Terry went to the kitchen to find him, and on his way Tubby came walking out of the living room, and just passed right by Terry and headed over to the litter box. Terry was like "Hey, where do you think you're going?" It was as if Tubby wasn't sick at all.

So, things are still looking up, but of course he's still not 100% yet, and may never be. If he is not eating better by Saturday when we have our follow up appointment, I will ask the vet what I should do. I'm really putting off trying the tuna because the last couple times I gave him tuna he threw up within an hour, and yes, that was with the water based tuna. He hasn't thrown up at all on any of the baby food, so I think I'm going to stick to that until he starts eating regular food on his own, until we see the vet again that is.

Oh, and no tootsie rolls yet.......but he hasn't eaten much lately either so......

Oh, and Slick, about his mouth, I guess that could be part of the problem since I've only got his mouth open enough to shove something down, but he really fights that so I've been more worried about crushed fingers than checking for sores. But that is a thought and I'll see if I can check it out next time I'm in there.