But Is It Working?

It’s been half a month since Neville received his Solensia injection, and I haven’t noticed any change in his behaviour or physical abilities. Or have I?

It occurred to me earlier in the week that I haven’t had to clean Neville’s backside or legs in several days. He has dirtied himself only in a small way under his tail. I haven’t caught him in the litter-box while he has been pooping in that time, so I can’t see how he stands using the action, or leaves afterward, which was his dangerous time. It was then that he stumbled and fell; rarely while wetting, just while crapping. Obviously, how he stands or transitions into walking from that stance is different for the two deposits.

He has continued to leave poops outside the box as often as inside, but that is very likely a problem of bowels, which the Solensia would not affect. He always makes it to a litter-box to wet, but he is sometimes late with the crap. This bothers me less than his inability to stand properly after the action. (I have a feeling that, having described the change, I will arrive home to find him covered in filth from nose to tail…)

As well, I have found the Nevsky on the sitting room couch two or three times in the past week, where he hasn’t been for months. Is this and the cleaner visits to the litter-box the results of the Solensia? I have no way of knowing for certain. It is, nonetheless, an improvement. I have learned, especially with cats, not to disturb a good thing. It may be a coincidence, but it is best not to change things even so; if Neville continues this improvement, I will arrange for a second injection of Solensia.

It may be that the old lion is feeling just a tiny bit less old these days.