Category: Medical

  • Feeding our CKD cats and Cow Mau

    We have three CKD cats now – Indy (Stage 4), Tabs (Stage 2) and Ginger (early Stage 2). Cow Mau has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) or congestive heart failure. These are our senior cats. Tabs has PKD (polycystic kidney disease where her kidneys is filled with many fluid-filled cysts). PKD usually happens in pedigree cats and…

  • The keto diet for dogs with cancer

    I am reminded, through someone who recently asked us for tips on palliative care for her dog with 3rd stage nasal cancer and adrenal mass, that years ago, we had written about the keto diet for dogs with cancer back in 2017. This person was happy to share today that her dog is doing well…

  • Panna’s updates (from Szetoo Yu Ming) and balance of donations re-donated to AnimalCare Fund

    Here are some updates on Panna, the 2-legged former alley cat. Szetoo writes: Panna is doing great and eating well too. His stitches has healed well and it has almost flattened up. The shaven part has also slowly grown back and probably take another month or two to return to normal. He’s now walking like…

  • Cow Mau’s effective medicines

    I wish we could find a human doctor who is as good as our vet! And I honestly have half a mind to consult our vet for myself the next time I’m sick. Anyway, we are talking about Cow Mau’s previous stubborn brown eye discharge and his mouth pain. After 3 rounds of the very…

  • Aixia cat canned food (for 15yo and kidney disease)

    A friend gave me some cans of Aixia cat canned food for 15yo and above and kidney cats. Tabs, Cow Mau and Indy loved it! So I went to several pet stores here in Subang Jaya and none of them carry it. But I found it online at Lazada for a very affordable price! I…

  • Indra’s loose stool incident on the cat tree

    Indra was really scared this morning. She had defecated while on the cat tree and it was loose stools. She didn’t know what to do. So she did the best she could, she tried to hide it by sitting on it. Poor Indra. So I peeled her off the cat tree and gave her bum…

  • Updates from Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    Ms Chai sent these videos of Xiao Hong Gou and informed us that she still has not managed to catch the 2nd TVT dog (the white one in the last video). XHG was captured by a friend who took her down to a vet in Subang supposedly for neutering and TVT treatment. But after being…

  • Doing Indy’s daily subcut

    Today, I had a video taken of how I do Indy’s daily subcut. A friend requested some guidance as she has never done it for her dog before. So I’m sharing it here in case anyone might want to view the video too. In short: 1. Fix up the bottle of Hartmann’s solution (compound sodium…

  • Panna poops (solid!) and pees in the litter box!

    Szetoo shared this piece of great news! Remember Panna was having diarrhoea? Well, it’s all good now. Not only that, but Panna walked/crawled into his litter box today to urinate and defecate and it’s solid poop! The sutures will be removed some time next week and a PCV blood test will be done because Panna’s…

  • Cow Mau to the vet’s (3rd Solensia injection for pain management)

    Today was Cow Mau’s appointment for his third Solensia injection for pain management. Solensia works well for arthritis but we were hoping it would work for his mouth pain too. Unfortunately, the effect on his mouth pain has not been significant enough. There is a little bit of help, though. Cow Mau has also been…

  • Updates on the 2nd TVT dog in Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    This is an update of what transpired last night. I have sought help from another very helpful rescuer in Ipoh in case he knows of any skilled rescuers from the Klang Valley who might be able to help Ms Chai. This Ipoh rescuer says, and I totally concur, that free-roaming dogs will normally be very…

  • Urgent help needed to catch a TVT dog in Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    Ms Chai is requesting assistance to help catch her 2nd TVT dog in Mentakab and transport the dog down to the Klang Valley to the Seri Kembangan area on a weekday. This request is very urgent because the dog’s TVT is severe and immediate treatment is imperative. If you are able to help, kindly liaise…

  • Help for the 2nd TVT dog from Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    Ms Chai needed our assistance for the TVT treatment of the 2nd TVT dog from Mentakab. Her constraints and requirements are: There is no place to board the dog at the Mentakab vet and she has exhausted all favours to get a place from friends. She absolutely has no place to board the dog during…

  • How TVT transmits from an infected dog to others

    This article explains how TVT transmits: https://www.marvistavet.com/transmissible-venereal-tumor.pml We cannot ascertain, though, if the parts (in red), about TVT not being malignant and can spontaneously regress on its own, are true. Some vets do not agree with these parts. We asked our vets and have learnt that this article is probably referring to the TVT in…

  • Updates from Mentakab on Xiao Hong Gou (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    Here are two pictures that are worth a thousand words. The ear-notch is clearly visible in this picture. Ms Chai says she is not able to take a photo of the surgical wound and we say it is perfectly okay.  The vet has already confirmed that XHG has been spayed. The most important thing is…