Betty the piglet

[susandennis]

Betty has always been serious about her food. She's the first to stand her and start staring at me a good hour before her dinner time. She'll push Travis out of the way if he has more food in his bowl than she does and he moves away without any argument at all.

She is all fur. Under all that fur, she really is skin and bones. Always has been.

They nearly always have dry food available to nibble on. Every night at 5, I split a 3 oz can of stuff between them.

Tonight, after she cleaned her bowl (and Travis'), she was on the counter, licking the can clean. So I pulled out another can and divided it between their two bowls. Travis sniffed his and went to take a nap. Betty chowed down.

When I went back in a bit both of those bowls were clean again!

She very nearly ate her weight tonight. Wow. I'm ordered lots more from Amazon. Maybe we can get some meat between those bones and that skin!

Comments

[egg-shell.livejournal.com]

What brand of food did you find that Betty likes so much? Oo-tapo is a finicky eater and I'd like to find something he consistently would like. He's like Betty - comes around asking for food but then only eats half or less of it.

[susandennis]

Oh I'm sorry, I guess I was misleading a little. Betty likes nearly everything. She always finishes whatever I put down there but she usually doesn't ask for more. Last night's food was what she always gets - Fancy Feast. (She is not real fond of the really expensive stuff, thank goodness!)

Travis is the one who begs and then eats half or less!

[horizonchaser.livejournal.com]

Ahahah! Oink!

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

I wonder if Betty's thyroid is over active? If she's eating a lot more and not putting on weight it could be worth having it checked.