Category: Medical

  • 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…

  • Gerald’s fur and about spot-on products

    Gerald has had three rounds of Advocate spot-on now to address the balding of his flanks. It was slightly more than two months ago that I noticed Gerald’s fur “turning white” at his flanks. I was really worried as I thought that might be indicative of a life-threatening illness. So I quickly took him to…

  • Xiao Hong Gou’s fantastic appetite and the second TVT dog (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    I asked how Xiao Hong Gou is doing and Ms Chai says she’s got such a fantastic appetite now and will be fed three times a day to rebuild her health. Even today, XHG has already eaten three big meals, most voraciously too – chicken breast and chicken liver. Now, Ms Chai has to decide…

  • Panna goes to the park! (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    This is absolutely lovely! Szetoo and daughter took Panna for an outing to the nearby park this evening and took off his e-collar. Panna urinated twice too. For new readers: Panna is now a two-legged cat. He was discovered with gangrene on both his back legs and the legs were amputated to save his life.…

  • Xiao Hong Gou is back home in Mentakab now! (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    The journey back home went smoothly and truly, so fast too! As we were still texting with the vet in Subang, Ms Chai sent these videos! Home sweet home!! Be it ever so humble…there’s no place like home, as the song goes! Look at how voraciously XHG is eating!! Homecooked food beats them all, right?…

  • Medical aid for 1 cat in Subang Jaya (double amputation – Panna) (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    This aid was done as a special fundraising for Panna, a cat rescued by Szetoo Yu Ming, with gangrene on both back legs. Panna is a neutered alley cat fed by Szetoo and his wife. He was neutered about 2-3 years ago by Szetoo’s daughter. Szetoo and his wife travel interstate quite a bit to…

  • Panna is home!!! (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    Panna was discharged today and he is now HOME in Szetoo’s house!! We will write a separate post for the Medical Aid we have provided for Panna (coming up next) with a message of thanks from Szetoo. But right now, rejoice! Panna is home and now begins a new chapter in his life, with some…

  • Xiao Hong Guo is on the way back to Mentakab now (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    Thanks to the kind vet who lent Ms Chai a cage, Ms Chai’s friend has already collected XHG (Xiao Hong Gou) from the vet in Subang and they are now on their way back to Mentakab. Home sweet home….soon! We are in the midst of settling the bill with the vet. We are offering our…

  • Updates on the TVT dog from Mentakab (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    I have been constant contact with Ms Chai ever since we agreed to help with our medical and neutering aid for this TVT dog, named Xiao Hong Gou (it means Little Red Dog in Mandarin). The latest development is that XHG is still refusing the eat and if this goes on, the chemo treatment cannot…

  • Panna’s updates (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    The vet sent the following updates today! Panna is doing ok. He started to have loose stools yesterday, so they started probiotics for him. Stools are still soft today. As he cannot stand up, he defecates and sits on it for now. His wound is otherwise okay. He can be discharged tomorrow. Panna eating ID…

  • Visiting the TVT dog (Chai Sheau Peng’s)

    Ref: https://animalcare.my/2024/01/12/medical-aid-for-2-tvt-dogs-from-mentakab-chai-sheau-pengs/ I went to the clinic to visit the TVT dog today and to meet with the vet. Unfortunately, the vet showed me the wrong dog so I actually did not get to see the real one. It was only after I left the clinic that their staff texted to say I was shown…

  • Panna’s bright eyes!! (Szetoo Yu Ming’s)

    Latest photos sent by the clinic!! Look at those bright eyes!! Get well soon, Panna!!