Our Peruvian Viringos - neurodegenerative disease

So the pad stickers are super inconsistent on how well they stay on. I got some grippy socks for zara and those seem a little less difficult to put on her and more consistent. They have grip on the top and bottom so if they get twisted there's still grip. She's still hit and miss with eating, some days she eats really well other days she'll eat like 1 meal. However she does love the satin balls and will eat those at any time, I've been giving her 3 a day to increase calories. No hike this week because I sprained my ankle while sleeping Wednesday night. It's mostly fine now, no bruising or swelling so I'm fine. Maybe a 2 mile hike next week. she's very dramatic about the socks being put on or taken off, but once they're on she walks a lot better.

Zara is gaining weight again. She's now getting meals 3x a day (doesn't always go for it) and 3 satin balls a day. She's up 1lb from Sunday which is quite a lot. Her movement has gotten better again, I think the 5 mile hike is just too much for her at this point, possibly due to how much weight she's lost also. It takes her longer to recover from it. To help with the movement I got some anti slip stickers for her pads, first application went well and they helped a lot and stayed on ~2 days. I cut out new stickers to put on today and they fell off almost immediately, even though her paws are clean and dry. So these are pretty inconsistent. I'll probably keep using them just to get through them since they do help a lot with her slipping when they stay on. I also ordered a set of anti slip socks, those might be a bit more intrusive for her but they might work better.

Zara's birthday is next month, if she makes it she'll be 11. She's been deteriorating pretty quickly the last couple of weeks. Having a harder time navigating the apartment, bumping into walls more frequently. When she tries to turn around she sometimes ends up sitting and she can't stand for very long anymore. She's also at the lowest weight she's been as an adult, 22lbs. When she eats she eats a lot, but she doesn't always eat twice a day when I feed her.  I ordered anti slip stickers to put on her pads to try to help with the smooth flooring, and I'm gonna put together satin balls (weight gain meatballs) tomorrow to try to get her weight up. We did a 4.76 mile hike Sunday so part of me is hoping that she's just still sore from that, but I don't know. She has a senior wellness appointment on July 10th, and if she makes it to then we will discuss when we should let her pass on. I've known this was coming for a long time, but it's still v...