Flapper’s Gift from Santa
Santa came early to our house and brought Flapper a play pen.
Flapper will be sleeping in the play pen in the house when the weather is cold to see if it helps his arthritis at all. When all the feathered kids went to their pens for the night, I picked up Flapper and brought him inside to his play pen. He ate his dinner, turned around and fell asleep. He is such a calm, happy-go-lucky kid. He didn’t mind the play pen at all and has been sleeping soundly for hours now.
In other news, Simon might have diabetes. The vet said he does for sure, but after a week of giving him insulin twice a day I did a blood sugar test 6-hours after his insulin and it was too low. That means he’s getting too much insulin. So now we have to cut back and test more. He is doing just fine with it all thankfully, and we should have time to check him closely over the holidays to get a really good picture of his overall blood sugar patterns. Until then, he just sits on me and stares at me until I get up and feed him, and that works well for him (but not so great for me).
Sweet dreams, everyone.
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I think it does help to have them sleep inside. Three of my older females(13 and up) sleep in side. Plus they are on Carprofen. It looks like Flapper is enjoying the extra attention. Silly Human what does Flapper take for his Arthritis? Do you think it helps him?
Flapper looks like a crown prince – just as we all know he is! Hope it helps him feel more spry.
Abby, Flapper takes metacam for pain and inflammation and also glucosamine supplements to supposedly prevent further arthritis damage. His arthritis has been progressing for well over a year now, so I don’t know how much it can really help. He doesn’t walk much at all anymore.
Great photos. Love Flappers new “day care bed”. LOL