I am worried about Vitamin.
She’s stopped eating. No longer barging through everyone with a full-on stonking trot to get her bucket a bit earlier than everyone else. No pawing at the fence demanding food.
When I took her breakfast bucket to her, she tried a bit in a very lack-lustre fashion and then stopped eating.
So I called the vet and he came later in the morning. Vitamin’s teeth were checked (ok for her age, nothing wobbly or obvious), her guts (good bowel sounds and a nice large normal poo). No diagnosis so he gave her some antibiotics (IV) and a painkiller (IM) and the plan was to give her the weekend and see what like on Monday. I was hopeful she would turn a corner and start eating again.
I checked Vitamin regularly, taking any snacks that might tempt her but she was not interested. She puts her head down to eat and then doesn’t.
After lunch, I went out with her rug.
Plus Fivla’s, who was looking daggers at Vitamin (she has a Vitamin-in-a-rug-thing, remember?) in her rug.
And Fivla had to have a go at Vitamin and funnily enough, Waffle waded in to stop her and took Vitamin away, which was interesting.
I will leave them for tonight and I have booked for another vet tomorrow afternoon as I don’t think we have until Monday now.
I am praying for a miracle, or else I think I will put Vitamin to sleep because I don’t want this to go on and on. She seems to have given up so maybe she’s had enough. I don’t really know what else to do. She is 30 years old.
