5 am with coffee and dogs

Another restless night for Zenji.  Pacing back and forth and possible weakness in her rear legs but she did settle down around 1:30 am.  I'm at a loss as to what to try next with her.  Since the lab work and x-rays were normal, maybe it is something simple, something that can easily be changed.  

I'm going to focus on changing her diet.  She has been on a rice and ground turkey diet mainly due to vomiting.  But since the stomach issues were a result of too much canned pumpkin, I have been slowly switching her over to a dry kibble diet.  I think it is possible that my recipe just didn't have the necessary nutrients that she needs.  She has been losing weight and is hungry all the time and that could be an indicator of an improper diet.

The dry dog food I feed my dogs is Purina Dog Chow and I am going to stick with that for Zenji.  I know there are many people who do not like Purina but my dogs have never had an issue with it.  I have tried Science Diet, Royal Canin, Iams and others but Purina is the one brand the dogs will actually eat.  

CeeCee seems concerned over Zenji and has been following her around as if to keep tabs on her.  Most times when I let them run wild in the backyard they separate and do their own thing but yesterday CeeCee wouldn't leave Zenji's side.  I think it irritated Zenji having CeeCee following her but I found CeeCee's concern for her sister heartwarming.

Update on the rain:  We did get a good soaking yesterday and it continued to rain through the night.  I haven't checked the rain gauge yet and I am curious to see how  much we received.  I do know there is a lake in our front yard.

Take care,

Teresa, Zenji and CeeCee

 

2 am with coffee, dogs and Saturn

Zenji is feeling better this morning and woke me around 2 am.  She was hungry and that was a good sign, hopefully she'll be able to keep her food down.  She doesn't seem to have any discomfort and slept through the night (at least until 2 am) .  That's how this thing goes, a day or so of being miserable, not sleeping and throwing up and then back to normal.  I wish I knew what was going on with her. 

Since I was already up with the dogs, I thought about getting the telescope out since Saturn reached opposition around 1:45 am this morning.  However the sky was hazy, just enough to prevent any decent views of the ringed planet.  I'll try again tonight and hopefully the skies will be clear.

Currently Saturn can be found between the constellations of Pisces and Aquarius. Sky and Telescope has a interactive sky chart that can help pinpoint the location https://skyandtelescope.org/interactive-sky-chart/.  The inclination of the rings are edge on which makes viewing them difficult but with high powered binoculars or a small telescope you might catch a glimpse.

Take care,

Teresa, Zenji and CeeCee