Filou's news

[NoahsMommy]

I'm so glad this was caught so early. That'll help a lot.

Hugs to you and Filou.

[Barbara]

This morning Filou was a very good boy at the vets. No more jumping around- he let Siegmar pet his chin while he got the injection. Third one will be Thursday.

Our vets are a married couple and we like them both but they are different. Today it was Ms. Vet and she was more open to the idea of diets. She said that the Science diet is what cats like most (just as pointed out by you). She does not have it in stock but will order it.

She gave Siegmar a sample of a Royal Canin food that contains rice and at home we could see that Filou loved that much more than the normal food with cooked rice. From the end of this week we will be in holidays and the people taking care of my cats will be happier if they don't have to cook rice so we took the vet's full stock of 24 pouches of this food.

For those of you who are worried about us being in holidays so long: The people to take care will be our cleaner (we have a new lady since January!) and she is a nurse! She owns a dog and a cat plus he knows about the importance of diets. I think she's heaven sent. The second week my sister will stay here. I have pointed out before that she loves animals more than any humans - she has been breeding wire hair dachshunds in the past. So I know that my boys are in the best hands.

And the latest after the holidays we go into the real diet food business

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Yeah! Barbara, I'm so glad Filou likes the new food and not surprised you cleaned out the vet's stock of it.

It sounds like your boys will be in the best of hands while you're gone, and another reassuring thing is that this is not a crisis situation. Even if Filou continued on his regular diet while you were gone, it wouldn't make a dramatic difference in his overall health and/or decline of his kidneys. Two weeks is not going to make or break it, but I know it will put your mind more at ease to know he has a food that's easier on his kidneys while you are away - galavanting all over the world (have I mentioned how jealous I am? ).