Monty has lost well over 3 pounds since his diagnosis and treatment began, primarily due to muscle atrophy, which is one of many well documented and not fun Prednisone side effects. Ironically we were warned more to watch for weight gain, and though this hasn’t caught us completely off guard it’s a little scary to see how gaunt our little 33 pound brick of a dog has become. It’s especially apparent that his hind quarters have suffered the brunt of this wasting and are now pretty sure this is the cause of the “weakness” we have been observing. In an effort to combat this we’ve started giving him a whole boiled chicken breast every other night for the extra protein, and he’s loving it.
I needz my chicken!
Look at that little monkey waiting for his chicken!