Zara 05/21/2023

Woo!! Progress! Zara ate a tiny bit last night but she ate 2 small bowls worth this morning.  So she got to play with her lure twice.

in other news I need to figure out how to replace the squeaker in this lure toy or find a replacement toy. The squeaker is broken.

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