Topsy, Dandruff and Cod Liver Oil.

Topsy likes to tuck herself behind the cushions on our sofa, and anyone that discovers her gets bitten or clawed. I took these two shots tonight. One great big greeny-gold eye showing under the cushions, and the other was taken looking down on her while Ken held the cushions aside.


At first glance, she has a lovely glossy coat, but if we stroke her long enough, little white specks appear. When I asked the vet about it, he said it is a kind of dandruff, caused by her skin being dry. He suggested we mix cod liver oil in with her food. Well, I searched high and low, but could only find cod liver oil in capsules, not in bottles like it used to be sold. So I bought some capsules, and wasted two or three of them on Topsy. I broke them open and poured the contents over her food. She got to within a foot of her bowl, looked at it, ears went back, and she turned and looked at me with such a look of disgust on her little black face, I burst out laughing! She refused to have anything to do with that, so the whole lot, food and all, went into the garbage. I tried the oil with different foods, and tried to give her a capsule, all to no avail. So she still has dandruff (I brush her several times a week to try and get rid of as much as possible), and I'm taking the cod liver oil capsules. But not to cure dandruff! I am reading a book about living with Arthritis and it claims that all of those fish oil/Omega 3 capsules are good for reducing the effects of arthritis, so I'm not wasting my money after all!