Priscilla's failing kidneys

[kb2yjx]

That is wonderful news!!! Priscilla, do the best you can do!! (((hugs)))for Pat for all her hard work!!! Sandra

[phesina]

Thank you, Lorraine and Sandra, for the hugs and prayers and good wishes and encouragement.

Today I went to the meat counter at Whole Foods. I discovered that their organic meat is all prepackaged, such as a package of 4 ground-beef patties for $8-something and on up. The person behind the counter (I don't think she was a butcher) said all the meat is "natural" (that overused, meaningless word), pesticide-free, chemical-free, hormone-free, from free-range cattle, yadada, yadada, and I could get whatever amount I wanted. There were many different kinds and cuts of beef and other meats. I wound up getting a few chunks of stewing beef as a starter.

I brought it home for the Taste Test: I took a little chunk and tore it into tinier chunks and put it in a bowl before Priscilla. She sniffed it, moved away, sniffed it again, moved away again, did this a few times more, then finally settled down and ate them! So I brought some more over for her. She sniffed, then pulled back and just looked at it. I tore off tiny pieces and put them in her mouth. She ate them but was not interested in eating more on her own.

Meanwhile, the other cats are hovering around, homing right in on this. I finally served them each a small chunk in a bowl. Sydney and Poppy ate a little, testing it out to decide what it was and if they wanted to eat it. Elmer just vacuumed his up, then headed for the others' bowls and finished what they hadn't finished yet. I brought a bowl in to Peony in the bedroom. Later it was empty, but I don't know if she ate it or one of the others did.

About an hour later, Sydney threw up a small portion of beef along with a hairball. Maybe the stuff has sort of a Laxatone effect?

This afternoon Priscilla's appetite seems to have picked up in general. She ate a fair amount of KD kibble on her own, before the meat trial. After that, I gave her some wet Eukanuba Multi-Stage Renal food. Again, she sniffed, pulled away, sniffed and pulled away again, a few times more. I put a bit on her tongue a couple of times and she then ate the rest on her own.

So, I'm not sure whether to try another type of raw meat on Priscilla.. some real organic meat.. I'm sure in Ann Arbor there must be some place(s) much more organic and alternative and groovy and holistic and all that than Whole Foods.. or some other cut of beef, or some other type of meat..

It certainly made a big hit with Elmer, anyway! He thanks you all.

Priscilla and I do too.

Pat and Priscilla and Elmer (and Peony and Poppy and Sydney too, of course)

[kb2yjx]

Priscilla, you are a hoot!!! Bound and determined to do it YOUR way!!!!