Don says today Sammy just got his first noted 'Daisy-chan special'. She's
been doing this for years to Cash when his arthritis bugs him. She climbs
up gently and uses all 4s (claws rully retracted) and just settles in and
gently kneeds the affected spot. Shifting lightly about, she gives a full
backrub then once all seems loose to her level of satisfaction, she just
sorta drapes a warm body of the part that was hurting and forms a warm furry
purring blanki for a bit.

Sammy got up stiff this morning for his morning pee then breakfast and went
back to lay down right away as his tramadol kicked in. Daisy noticed it and
came right over. Don tells me Sammy looked like he was in 7th heaven ;-)

Sammy gets 7mg Tramadol twice a day. I called the vet today as he was
pretty stiff, and Vet says as long as I keep to 14 mg a day, I can do 5
morning, 4 'lunch noshe' and 5 at night. They recommended a later evening
'munchie feeding' with his meds, say about 8-9pm so it doesn't completely
wear off before morning dose. Based on my feeding habits, they recommended
the 'bedtime munchie' be a finger fish with the meds in the slit belly.
I'll try it tonight. He's been on it long enough he seems to associate the
somewhat bitter flavor with pain relief although he obviously *prefers* a
stronger flavor to mask it somewhat. The fingerling fish is easier and
doesn't have the spoilage issues of the fish liver paste he was on.

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"cshenk" wrote:

Don says today Sammy just got his first noted 'Daisy-chan special'. She's
been doing this for years to Cash when his arthritis bugs him. She climbs
up gently and uses all 4s (claws rully retracted) and just settles in and
gently kneeds the affected spot. Shifting lightly about, she gives a full
backrub then once all seems loose to her level of satisfaction, she just
sorta drapes a warm body of the part that was hurting and forms a warm furry
purring blanki for a bit.

Sammy got up stiff this morning for his morning pee then breakfast and went
back to lay down right away as his tramadol kicked in. Daisy noticed it and
came right over. Don tells me Sammy looked like he was in 7th heaven ;-)

Oh man, what a bummer you missed it! That's a huge event! Hopefully it
will become a regular event that you can enjoy, too. Reminds me of the
cat stories in hospitals where cats know who has cancer or who is going
to pass. I remember one story where a lady's cat kept biting on her
boob which wasn't normal for him. He kept going to the same spot and it
turned out she had cancer there. Sounds like Daisy-chan has a sixth
sense for arthritis and wants to help. That is so sweet!

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