CASPER the cat
Found food Casper will eat
08/12/09
I was getting worried
about Casper, thinking he may be nearing the end of
his life. You know, stop eating and waste away. He is
13 years old, after all, and his two buddies passed
away at age 8 and 9. The specialty food he loved was
now being left on the plate after taking only a bite
and seeing wasted food was painful. He was losing
weight, not that he couldn't afford to, but it wasn't
a good sign. But I remembered that cats will stop
eating if they can't smell or taste food as they age.
So I needed to find some "stinkier" food.
I am grateful that he is now loving 46-cents-a-can Friskies, and not the 89-cents-a-can natural food I was sacrificing to get him. I'm trying not to think that the supermarket food may be contributing to other health problems down the road. But now he's eating ravenously (and pooping accordingly) and although he has slowed down in activity, he seems happy. That he has an appetite again is good.
I am grateful that he is now loving 46-cents-a-can Friskies, and not the 89-cents-a-can natural food I was sacrificing to get him. I'm trying not to think that the supermarket food may be contributing to other health problems down the road. But now he's eating ravenously (and pooping accordingly) and although he has slowed down in activity, he seems happy. That he has an appetite again is good.