It’s been very challenging managing Bunny’s eye ailment along with his other medical issues.
Bunny has decided (yes, by himself) to switch back to Cubgrub as his staple food. It’s good because Cubgrub has more water content. However, Cubgrub has very little residue, so there may not be daily defecation. That’s what happened with Bunny. He did not defecate for the last two days, so I got worried in case he is constipated again.
It’s actually been very difficult ever since Bunny had the urinary infection and had to be on medication. His entire eating schedule was disturbed and this affected his defecation routine very significantly. Then, the eye infection took place and he was put on different medicines again. He also had an enema in between and this upset his routine even more.
Yesterday was the second day of not defecating. I googled and found that olive oil is highly recommended so I tried that. Most of the reviews said that the cat will surely poop after 1-2 hours, so I watched Bunny like a hawk for 3 full hours after administering the olive oil yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, it did not work at all. He just slept and in between, went to the garden to urinate. That’s all. Last night, I gave him some coconut oil. His tummy also seemed quite bloated.
Early this morning, Bunny managed to poop a very small piece of faeces.
Anyway, we went for the check-up at the vet’s. As it turned out, Bunny is NOT constipated at all. He has very little faecal matter in his gut. That’s a huge relief. But Bunny was very gassy (that is why he was bloated). I don’t know what could have caused this. It could be the change in the food, or the oils I had given him. The vet dewormed Bunny.
As for his eye, the ulcer is still of the same size, but it is healing, though very slowly. Even in the last check-up, the vet saw many blood vessels going towards the ulcer (the body’s attempt at healing). There were still many blood vessels detected today, so the healing is in progress. It is just happening very slowly.
I asked about the option of debriding the ulcer (under sedation, of course). It worked wonders for Cow many years ago when he had a very stubborn eye ulcer which failed to heal after a third eyelid surgery. Debriding was a miracle and it saved Cow’s eye. But granted, Cow was much younger then. The vet said she would only consider debriding the ulcer if there were no blood vessels going towards it (to heal it), but since Bunny has this, debriding isn’t necessary for now.
We would just have to be patient and let the body heal itself. Unfortunately, Bunny would still have to be on the e-collar until the ulcer heals.
Bunny is put on extended Doxycyline, Beazyme and Tramadol. Gentamicin eye ointment to be applied for a total of 10 days only (it is only for bacterial infections of the eye).
We came home and after lunch, Bunny passed out a medium-sized poop.
Every day, whenever I can, I let Bunny have some collar-off time so that he can groom himself.
It was only yesterday that Bunny was able to open his eye a little wider. It is still inflamed. This is certainly one nasty ulcer. We still don’t know how he got it.
Collar-off time where I watch him like a hawk. He does attempt to rub his infected eye with his paw. I have to stop him immediately.
I know how much grooming means to Bunny, so I give him these grooming sessions a few times a day.
At other times, with the collar on, Bunny uses it as a pillow to rest on.
If I could have one wish, I would wish for Bunny’s eye to heal as soon as possible.