Thursday, March 19, 2009

WHATEVER IT TAKES: HEADSTANDING

Cupid is still fighting to get better. His appetite hasn't improved much, and he's lost a lot of weight. I've tried all kinds of ways to coax him back to his kibble (including moistening it, adding a few drops of Ferretone on the moistened food, putting a little Ferretone on the dry food, mixing Duck Soup with the moistened food, offering dry food with my hand and...putting Dave in the cage with him so Cupid might succumb to peer pressure and eat). No real luck. He only eats a very small amount. So...it's back to Duck Soup three times a day. He eats that pretty good, usually. Sometimes he'll eat just a tiny bit of that, too, before pulling away and wiping his face on the towel and cleaning his feet. If I stand up and walk him around with the bowl, he'll eat a little more.

Whatever it takes. I'll stand on my head for him if it will get him to eat more! :)

He's being such a trooper. He gets scruffed and given three meds twice a day. He endures me waking him up to feed him. He looks a me like I'm crazy when I get all excited when he's awake and walking around. He's a very serious fellow.

The other morning George decided he needed to wrestle Cupid. Cupid put up with it for a while and then found another place to attempt to take a nap. Gotta love that silly George....



UPDATE:
I fed Cupid (he ate good) and put him in his cage for the night. Milo was still out. Before I could get Cupid's cage door shut, he was out, wrangling with Milo ! They chased into hubby's office and continued to wrestle. Milo, of course, was squealing like a mad bunny. I looked in and Cupid was on top of Milo, tail puffed out bigger than I have ever seen. It was hysterical ! My camera was in the other room, so I missed the photo. But it was great to see Cupid be in Sensei mode again !! Yay, Cupid !!

2 comments:

  1. Cupid sounds like such a trooper, having to go through all that, and at least your hard work is paying off >yay!< for playtime *g*

    And is that Milo in the last picture (the sable guy?). Wow. He (or whoever that fert is) has a beautifully dark, gorgeous face. OMG. Such cuties you have!

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  2. Yes, my little trooper, Cupid McPoo. He is teaching me a lot about patience and trust....

    No, the black and white sable in the bottom pic is George. He is very sweet. Dave, my blind guy, is also a b&w sable and looks like George's twin. Sometimes it takes me a minute to figure out who is who...!

    Milo, my baby, is a chocolate panda -- he and Ziggy (the pic on my header) look (and behave) alike!

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