Delinquent

Dear Pablo,

I'm sorry that it has been SOOOOO long since I wrote anything on our blog. Tracy has been hogging the computer since we got back from our New Year's holiday at Grandma's house. Supposedly, she has been "catching up" on her email, financial matters, work stuff, etc. Above you can see one of the ways that we passed the time while waiting for our turn on the computer.

Now, I have to draw your attention to an important matter. Here in the US, the producers of pet food have been making it increasingly difficult to obtain the products we need. I will explain. Phoebe and I have been accustomed to eating a particular cat food called IVD Neutral formula. This is the food that is good for Phoebe's stomach and we have been eating it for several years now. Our veterinary office was specially ordering this food for us as we needed it, since it is not one that they usually carry in stock. But in the last several months, the food manufacturers have changed the rules. First they changed the bag they packaged it in to a smaller bag and charged more money for it. Then they changed the name of the company to Royal Canin. And the final blow is that they refuse to fill orders for less than 200lbs of the stuff at a time. From our vet's office, there is only us and one dog who are eating food from this company, so the office can no longer provide this food for us.

This is truly an outrage, and I wanted to warn you and any others who may read our blog. This may happen in your area as well. AS you know, cat's stomachs can be temeramental and it is not good to be changing your food all the time. Perhaps you can make sure that such monkey business will not affect Tasmanian animals.

At any rate, we have been changed to a new food which our vet's office always keeps in stock. The good news is that it tastes good and it comes in pleasant little round bits. They are very crunchy and bounce nicely when dropped on the floor. So, we will survive. Here is a picture of our new food.