Category: Medical

  • Vincent asks for supper

    You know how it is that when you’ve been ill and when you’ve recovered, the first sign would be the return of your appetite? I hope this is what’s happening with Vincent now. After eating dinner, he went off and then came back a few hours later to ask for supper! Vincent is eating supper,…

  • Vincent is back in the kitchen!!

    Vincent had four helpings of kibbles last night so he did not come back for breakfast or lunch today, but he did for tea time. Well, there is actually no “tea time” for the cats, but Vincent came back, so, well…everyone had “tea time”. And for the first time in 2 weeks or more, Vincent…

  • Vincent “jual mahal” and wants kibbles!

    I have been wondering for a few days now, about Vincent’s “jual mahal” attitude. He would come back during breakfast and dinner, but he wouldn’t come to the patio. Instead, he would stay at the corner of the gate in the porch, wait for us to carry him back. Then in the cage, even after food…

  • Vincent’s dinner

    Vincent has been coming back for breakfast and dinner daily. This evening, I found him sitting at the corner of the gate in the porch. It’s his usual sitting place ever since his treatment began. So I carried him back to the cage. By now, he knows the routine, ie. he has to go into…

  • Vincent’s progress

    I think Vincent is feeling much better today and the pain has reduced. Grooming himself after breakfast. He came back this morning and ate his breakfast. Now, I don’t mix any of the medicine or supplements in his food anymore as he is sensitive to the smell. I mix it with the Nutri-gel and rub…

  • Vincent’s stomatitis condition (and progress)

    This morning, Vincent ate his food and there was a bit of difficulty giving him his medicine. I tried to open his jaw, but he pulled back. This means it still hurts. We decided caging him was causing him much stress and we did not want him to have a negative perception of being caged,…

  • Vet study on FIV+ and FIV- cats living together

    The study (and good news!): http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/cat-health-vet-study-fiv-positive-cats-living-together Today in News of the Obvious: FIV-positive cats can live with uninfected fellow felines and not transmit the virus. A veterinary study concludes this. Finally. Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine conducted a long-term study in cat shelters and drew two conclusions: FIV-positive cats can live with FIV-negative cats and…

  • Vincent, safe for the night

    I was a little apprehensive about leaving Vincent caged up at the patio for the night. My worry is what if he needed to defend himself or run for safety and is trapped. This worry also came about because late last night there was a huge rat in the garden in Bunny’s Place. I am…

  • Vincent’s stomatitis, to the vet’s again

    After the steroid injection on Sunday, Vincent returned twice on the day itself for his meals, so I thought there was already progress. However, yesterday, he only came back to eat once and thereafter, he did not return and we could not find him anywhere as well. This morning, he came back for breakfast but…

  • Vincent’s late breakfast, stomatitis in cats, etc.

    All the cats had breakfast at 6.30am this morning and Vincent too came, but hid in his bush (the flower beds, that exact spot again). We had to carry him into the kitchen, but he didn’t feel like eating. I only had a can of ID with me, so I opened that and mixed his…

  • Vincent’s diagnosis: Gum inflammation

    We brought Vincent to the vet’s and got his problem diagnosed – it’s gum inflammation and it’s quite severe too. According to the vet, there is no cure, only maintenance. At long last, this explains his behaviour and why he has difficulty eating. And also why he was so frightened and he pulled back when…

  • Bunny’s “pimples”

    It’s been a week since I brought Bunny to see the vet regarding those two “pimples” on his chin. My worry was it might be sporotrichosis. The “pimples” had not got any better. In fact, it seemed to have got a bit worse. The vet last week said to start on Itranonazole (just in case…

  • Brainworms

    Yikes! Be forewarned – the infection can be found in dogs and cats as well as pigs! 1.5 metres long!!  Yikes!!! The story and the icky photos: http://www.davidwolfe.com/food-brain-worms/ The infection caused by Spirometra Erinaceieuropaei is known as sparganosis and often originates in cats and dogs, where the worm can grow to a terrifying length of 1.5 metres.…

  • Some issues on early spaying and neutering

    Here are three articles, the first written with many references from veterinary research and the second is about a modified technique of spaying while the third is written by “an angry vet”, all of which discusses some disadvantages of the conventional spaying and neutering, particularly if it is done at an early age, before the animal reaches…

  • What’s that on Bunny’s Chin?

    We noticed a sort-of blister/bruise on Bunny’s chin on Wednesday. By this morning, it hadn’t got better, so it’s off to the vet’s. I was worried it could be a sporo spot because it does look similar to Yoke Mei’s Blacktail’s sporo spots (https://animalcare.my/2013/04/03/blacktail-sporo-cat-now-recovering-well-a-sharing-by-wong-yoke-mei/). Sporotrichosis, the fungi, is found in soil, so it could be…