[Bill Douglas]

Big turned 17 last week and, sadly, he is on his way out. He has had trouble drinking so I got a large syringe and feed 50ml of water directly into his mouth a few times a day. Works well. Plus he licks a bit up from his water bowl.

Next he started not eating. He likes me fussing over him so this morning we "slole" a couple of small tins of cat food from Rhineheart, and I hand fed him the wet mushy food. And he's really perked up with more food in him. Last night I hand fed him small cubes of steak. So we are buying one day at a time.

When he is good he looks great, but when he doesn't look good I know he is on borrowed time.