Category: Medical

It’s supposed to be given tomorrow morning, but since it’s a probiotic, I cheated…and I gave it to him just now. It was raining and Smurfy had gone into the big cage by himself. I saw the opportunity there so I gently closed the cage door and raced to get the last dose of Promax.…

Juno’s all good now. She has firm, solid stools and only about 2-3 times daily, which is normal for a kitten. The nightmare is finally over and please, we can all do without another one. Since her rescue on 2nd September 2024, Juno has had a collapsed lung, suspected mycoplasma infection and coccidia infection which…

Just barely 15 minutes after I wrote that I’d decided to surrender to Smurfy, I caught him!! What it took this time was to wait for him to come down for food. I brought out the bowls of kibble and this time, instead of waiting for him to eat first, the moment he started eating,…

It’s been two hours now and I know when I’m beaten! Smurfy knows all my tricks now. He refused to come down for breakfast until I went inside the house. The moment I tried to come out, he’d bolt up back to the platforms, so I had to stay inside to let him eat. He…

After doing the hunger strike all morning to prevent “capture” by me, Smurfy is so, so hungry now! In any case, I managed to catch him after persevering for 1.5 hours and have already fed him his Promax for the day. Since then, he has been asking for food all morning. That’s Smurfy on the…

I finally caught Smurfy! It took 1.5 hours of perseverance and patience. Initially, I thought of other plans like removing the platforms leading up to the lookout, or even caging him for another 48 hours but caging would feel like a punishment for him. To cage him just to be able to feed him his…

Smurfy has been refusing to come down this morning because he thinks he’s well enough and doesn’t need his Promax anymore. But he actually stills needs it because I still see slightly soft stools in the sandpit boxes. He’s super-duper stubborn. When he was sick in the past three days, he came down and I…

Today was Juno’s second vaccination! Her temperature was normal, heart sound all good. Juno weighed 1.58kg at the vet’s. The vet also advised that if we can wait, according to TCM principles, it is better to get a female cat spayed only at 7 months old, after the first heat (usually at 6 months). This…

Poop check – none and no diarrhoea. Smurfy and Ginger have really good appetite now, so I think they are definitely on the mend from that short episode of diarrhoea due to stomach upset. But yet, I don’t dare give them too much food at one go. And as always, once cats recover from any…

Dateline: Today, 1.30pm No diarrhoea! Just slightly soft stools from Ginger and Smurfy today. Also, from Juno. But all with form. All three have been eating very well. I’ve personally collected Rey, Lynx, Minnie and Robin’s faeces and none of them has diarrhoea. So while Juno’s was due to a coccidia infection, Ginger and Smurfy’s…

Finally, the magic happened at 6.05am just now. I heard Smurfy scratching at the sand and he was squating. It’s soft, but at least there is form now. It’s definitely an improvement from yesterday. Yay! Robin is still hassling Smurfy. But he is safe up here from the bully. I’ll monitor Smurfy and see if…

There were no loose stools or, for that matter, any stools, in the sandpit boxes early this morning at Ginger’s Catio. I got up at 3.50am to check. Minnie finally ate and quite heartily too. I’m so relieved. Because if ever Minnie falls ill, how am I going to get her treated when I still…

I was wondering why I didn’t see any of Juno’s stools in the two litter boxes all day today except for once in the early morning. Then, I realised why…she has been spending a lot of time upstairs. So I went up to check the litter box upstairs and true enough, there were two spots…