A Joyful Noise

This is the sound Neville makes whenever he sees his food-bowl approaching. I think he likes the idea of food, more than the substance of it.

Right now, though, my old lion isn’t eating much. He is throwing up more than he has in a long time, and his crap is more often than not liquidy. I theorised that the latter was due to getting into some new hard-food that I am trying to make available to the others, but now I wonder about that. While he is still able to get in and out of litter-boxes, and even jump up onto the couch in the sitting room - he doesn’t always use the stairs - his rear end sometimes sags and his legs splay, as if he doesn’t have the strength there that he once did. Weakness in the back is a symptom of unmanaged diabetes, which Nev unfortunately has, so these may be problems related to that.

I am not sure if the veterinary can do anything about this, and I don’t know if it is anything but age, so I will observe the Nevsky more before taking him to the hospital, as he finds that a very stressful event. For the time being, I will supplement his Recovery with other foods which he enjoys, but has more difficulty eating, and watch my old man closely.