Category: Medical

  • Encouraging news for FIV+ cats

    Here’s something for FIV+ cats and particularly, their owners and caregivers: http://www.care2.com/causes/as-it-turns-out-fiv-positive-and-negative-cats-can-happily-live-together.html FIV positive cats can live long, healthy and relatively normal lives with no symptoms at all, yet there is so much misinformation circling about this disease that some veterinarians still recommend euthanizing cats who test positive. A new study in The Veterinary Journal written by…

  • Sammy’s story (a sharing by Wong Yoke Mei)

    I’m sure you remember the recent demise of Batgirl due to poisoning. We all mourned her death together with Yoke Mei. Prior to that, Yoke Mei had also lost Little Ms Ginny to poisoning and witnessed another two community cats being similarly poisoned. Another one of Yoke Mei’s cats, Sammy, was also poisoned, but Sammy…

  • Tiger’s Sporanox treatment officially ends today!!

    Today, finally, the 30-day post-healing Sporonox medication officially ends for Tiger! It’s Day 87!! But since the dosage is 1/2 cap per day and I needed to open up a new capsule today, I will still give him the remaining 1/2 cap tomorrow, making it end on Day 88! I’ve checked with 3 vets and…

  • Day 3 of Indy-bite wounds

    Thank you to all who have written in and texted to ask about my Indy-bites and scratches, and also those who wonder if the pet spray is working. Well, here’s Day 3 of the wounds: The blue-black is a bite wound. The rest are healing up nicely. All dried up on the first day itself.…

  • Ban Ban’s teething problem

    Who is Ban Ban? Ban Ban is Ivan’s new name! The kind adopter got worried when Ban Ban kept losing his appetite and hadn’t been eating well for about 3 days, so she brought Ban Ban to the vet today and discovered (as she had suspected after years of looking after so many kittens), that…

  • Bunny Bun Buns’ Day 4

    Here’s…..Bunny! He is okay and has been taking his Clavomox obediently (wrapped in food, of course). As of yesterday, there was no more soggy mass. The wound has healed but I still continue spraying the pet spray on it. I’m quite amazed that despite his FIV+ condition and his age, Bunny did not get a…

  • Bunny’s wound is healing well!

    Bunny wishes to thank everyone who has written in to ask about his wound and wish him well. I’m okay, everyone. Thank you very much for asking about me! There is no more soggy mass at all. I only sprayed the pet spray onto it and Bunny starts on a 10-day course of antibiotics (Clavamox)…

  • About poisoning in dogs and cats

    While I was at the vet’s, I took the opportunity to ask about poisoning in dogs and cats and this is what I’ve learnt. However, if there are any errors in what I write below, the mistakes are entirely mine. I asked what might be the chances of an animal surviving the ingestion of poison.…

  • Bunny’s wound is infected but luckily he has no fever (and breaking news: Bunny is NOT obese anymore)

    So we took Bunny to the vet’s this morning. This is my after-breakfast siesta, where are you taking me? WHERE are we going??? Sorry Bunny, we have to take you to see the vet. It’s for your own good. I demand to go home!! There is nothing wrong with me! Take me home!! The bunny-orchestra…

  • Bunny at breakfast

    Bunny’s appetite is as usual this morning – good. I didn’t detect any fever either, which is good. I gave him Vetri DMG and Transfer Factor. The good news is that I cannot find anymore soggy mass around the wound. The wound looks like it’s healing too. Of course, I sprayed the pet spray on…

  • Bunny has a 0.5cm wound

    This afternoon, at about 4pm, I noticed pink droplets on the floor in the room. It was puzzling and I didn’t think of checking the cats. The droplets were not bloody; just pinkish liquid. There has been vomiting going on due to hairball inside and outside, so I brushed the droplets aside thinking it could…

  • “Head pressing” in cats and dogs (not to be taken lightly)

    Please see this: http://www.blogyoutrust.com/if-ever-you-see-your-cat-or-dog-do-this-please-take-them-to-the-vet/ And please also read the other articles provided at the end of the link above.   Head pressing is characterized by the compulsive act of pressing the head against a wall or other object for no apparent reason. This generally indicates damage to the nervous system, which may result from a number…

  • Ginger to the vet’s

    So after Ivan and Justin left for their new home, Ginger and I went to the vet’s. Ginger went into the carrier without so much of a fuss. The poor boy didn’t know I was taking him to the vet’s. I also had to take Ginger to another vet as the nearer vet was fully…

  • Ivan and Justin – a rescue and rehome story

    This morning, I was conducting a lab class in the computer lab when I had dismissed the class and while the students were leaving, a white cat sauntered into the computer lab! The students exclaimed and were quite delighted (as young people often are), but the college does not look kindly upon animals within its…

  • A long hairball from Indy

    Indy asked for umpteen suppers last night, as though to make up for missing breakfast in the morning when he had a fever. That was a good sign so we indulged him. Eating is better than not eating, isn’t it? This morning, I gave him his Clavomox. The vet says the best is to give…