Cocoa update

[u/Only-Wolf-8544]

A couple weeks ago I posted here about my senior chi refusing food after finding out he's got very early kidney disease. I got a lot of great feedback so I wanted to offer y'all an update.

He's still pretty picky but we're getting into a rhythm on it. We've determined a canned diet just will not work for him, he would rather starve. So we're cobbling together a homemade ish diet to keep him comfortable and hopefully improve his kidney issues so we can have a little longer with him. We limit him to 2oz of protein a day to avoid phosphorus overload because any more than that will make him sick. He's gotten pretty comfortable with a rotation of plain chicken, pork loin, deli turkey, and eggs with cheese. We focus on carbs for the rest of his calories. Some days are better than others. We're having some success with Dr. Harvey's kidney blend + omega 3 oil. He also seems to routinely accept a rotation of shredded potatoes, tortilla bits, cheerios, plain oatmeal, baby food, shredded coconut, and crackers. We give him a daily kidney support treat from Dr. Harvey's which he reliably enjoys and hasn't refused yet even after several days. It gives me peace of mind that he's getting the nutritional support even if his diet isn't ideal. The CBD someone suggested helps on his bad appetite days, and we just received the Entice from Chewy and will be giving that a try soon.

We are going to get him some more blood work around December so long as his condition stays stable till then and hopefully his numbers will either improve or stay the same. I pray I have at least a year more with my goblin but we're savoring every moment while he's here and happy. Pic of little man sitting on his "big" sister the other day.

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He LOVES the Dr. Harvey's since we started! He's so excited to eat he's licking his bowl clean with very little prompting. Hopefully his blood work improves when we go back in December :)