Category: Medical

Today is Day 11 of Tiger’s sporo treatment. Breakfast was as usual, and Tiger’s appetite was really good. He had seconds and thirds. He needs all this nutrition to help him heal as we are looking at long-term administration of Sporonox which can be harmful. E-collar on after application of the Lamisil cream. Tabs kept…

I managed to keep the e-collar on Tiger for 45 minutes or more today, so that’s quite an achievement. Tiger didn’t seem so stressed out with the collar today. However, he still licks feverish once the collar is taken out. It’s almost as though he has to groom himself once that dratted foreign body is…

We are now using the e-collar on Tiger before applying the Lamisil cream to prevent him from licking the cream and his sores. Then, we leave the e-collar on for 30 minutes before taking it off. Of course Tiger doesn’t like it and is stressed though he just sits quietly in his cage. But the…

From what I’ve seen so far, if the sporo sores are detected early (which means on the same day they appear), application of the Lamisil cream seems to be able to shrink and dry them really fast. This is assuming that it’s the cream that’s doing the work. Of course, we cannot be sure of…

  There was good sun today, so after breakfast, Tiger was taken out for a sunbathing session. Since he was being carried, I was able to use the small scissors to trim off some of the fur around his sporo sores. That’s when I noticed new sores…on the right front paw and on the tail.…

This morning, I went to see the first two vets today to let them know how Tiger is faring. Apparently, it’s not uncommon for new sores to appear since the spores are already in the deep muscle and they have to come out. However, it’s very common to see “progress” within a few days of…

Yesterday, I heart dropped when I found new sores on Tiger. But granted, the existing spores probably have to germinate, so I think that’s what is happening. Everything has to come out. Besides the new sores on that front paw, I later found a few more, but all on the left side of his body.…

I was playing with Tiger just now (that is the only way to check his sores) and it appears that while the old sores are visibly drying up, new sores are also appearing. The original sores went from crater-like to drying up now, which is good. But upon closer examination now, it looks like new…

This morning I was so pleasantly surprised to see the wounds on Tiger’s front paw. Those 4 sporo sores look significantly drier compared with yesterday! I hope this improvement continues. The ones on the legs did not show as much change, though. The fact that Tiger’s body is responding to this treatment is already a…

Tiger had another quick sunbathing session this morning. And while he was sunbathing, I managed to take these photos of the wounds:  I am not sure whether there is any improvement yet, but am glad they looked pretty dry to my untrained eye. Tiger had a bit of loose stools this morning and I was…

I thought I should just take some photos of Tiger’s wounds for my own records. Today is Day 5. Yesterday, I did notice a small wound on his hip but I wasn’t sure if it was a sporo wound, but now I think it is. The consolation (if any) is that I was told the…

The morning starts with feeding Tiger first, then Bunny & Friends, and finally, the PatioCats. Everyone has his/her fair share of wetfood followed by kibbles as snacks. And finally, it’s Heidi, Ginger and Timmy battling for the last few kibbles. Ginger wanted it, but Heidi’s presence was too intimidating. So both just stared at the…

Thanks to Sau Yee’s idea of an extended platform (Sau Yee also nursed her sporo-cat, Rascal, back to health sometime last year), Tiger has a new “bed” now. Ginger insists on being Tiger’s new friend, so we have to pacify him for awhile, and then take him outside to the porch again. But Ginger would climb…

Today is Day 4 for Tiger being on medication. I spread the medication out throughout the day so that it won’t be so taxing on Tiger…and me! He is let out of the cage in the morning for breakfast and also, so that he can run a bit and stretch, but this is also medicine…