I have a couple of health questions. Boris has come up with a mysterious illness for the second time in about a year. Antiobiotics seem to knock it out. This time I noticed that when drinking, after his squirt of amoxi, after eating/swallowing he would shake his head around and repeatedly do that peanut butter thing with his mouth. Now I have wondered if Boris doesn't have chronic tummy/intestinal problems of some kind. He has a tendency to go hungry for as long as he can and then dive into food-but only till he staves off starvation. He's not a rack of bones but I'm always at least somewhat concerned. He's been to the vets a bizzillion times, blood work is ok, urine is ok, x-rays are always well.... looks ok but what the hell, half the time they wouldn't show a problem anyway. My suspicion that I would at least like to have a go at is some sort of on again off again chronic ulcer - what's the latest and greatest in antiobiotic treatment? It seems like I've read a lot about improvements lately - enough to be confused:) (Seems like I heard too there was better stuff than flagyl out there which is good cuz I've never ever gotten a drop in either him or Giesela). Speaking of Giesela - she had adrenal surgery in August - all seemed to go well. But she's been sleeping way way more than normal the last week or so. I realize its that time of year and she's getting a bit older but sheesh. She seems to go then nap a lot faster too. The vet said her pancreas, blood work etc. from the surgery checked out fine. What else should I be considering? Someone was talking about cleaning agents - did they say witch hazel? Anyone got a good "recipe"? T-SHIRT ALERT! Go to www.mysteryseriesweek.com If your a reader, especially of mysteries your going to love this! Either download the pocket calender and look at the cover logo or check out the t-shirt photo itself. (Sort of small - you cant see it as well). Thanks in advance for the health answers I hope to get, Mary "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. " Ecclesiastes 3:19 [Posted in FML issue 3197]