Category: Medical

  • Tabs to the vet’s (follow-up on PCKD)

    Backstory: According to the vet, Tabs has probably had PKD (polycystic kidney disease) all her life (they are normally born with it) but since all her blood tests during earlier years showed normal kidney readings, no ultrasound was done. It was only in December 2023 that a routine blood test suddenly showed elevated an creatinine…

  • Robin to the vet’s (follow-up on cystitis)

    I took Tabs and Robin for their follow-up this morning. This blogpost is about Robin first. The backstory: On 22nd January 2025, I rushed Robin to the vet’s because he was straining to urinate. Straining to urinate is always a medical emergency. Thankfully, he wasn’t blocked at all. So he was prescribed medication, a supplement…

  • Juno eats soaked kibble!

    I had thought it’d be impossible to get the Blondies to eat soaked kibble (it was a few months ago where they would stage a boycott and go on hunger strike), but it’s totally possible now. So that’s one achievement for me! Perseverance and lots of luck! My senior vet who likes to feed kibble…

  • Mortzy & kittens given clean bill of health by vet

    Joy took Mortzy & kittens to the vet’s for a check-up today and all three were given a clean bill of health! From Joy: Clean bill of health. Dewormed. Later will deflea mom at home. Vet okayed it. Kittens are both 400gms, Mom is 3.93kg, approximately 3 yrs old.  Both Simba and Snowflake are boys…

  • Taking care of ourselves again (the liver)

    Hi friends, More information to share with all of you. I went for my pneumoccocal vaccine this evening and was so lucky to get a radiologist in attendance at the clinic. So, vaccination done, and then I asked him if he could interpret my blood test results for me. I learnt quite a few things…

  • Taking care of ourselves for the sake of our animals (blood glucose and cholesterol)

    Allow me to digress every once in a while. This is a follow-up to my eating plan to (1) reduce my blood glucose and (2) reduce my cholesterol (particularly my triglycerides and LDL if ever that’s even possible). Backstory: My blood glucose isn’t really that bad but I hit the prediabetes reading (HbA1c at 5.7)…

  • US cats contracted bird flu through raw food

    This is the news: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cats-euthanized-after-testing-positive-bird-flu-linked-raw-pet-food-2025-02-14/https:// Excerpts: Both cats that tested positive ate the same brand of pet food, Wild Coast Raw, before becoming ill, Oregon’s agriculture department said. Testing confirmed the presence of bird flu in the cats and food samples, according to the department. The owners of the cats, which lived in separate households,…

  • Juno’s post-op (Day 5)

    I could not sleep until very late last night due to the fireworks. So I spent the time with Juno, off-collar, under strict supervision. She licks and grooms around the surgical site, but not on it, so I confidently took off the collar on her last night. I think she’s quite miserable wearing it. All…

  • Dental food for our cats

    I think it was two years ago when another vet whom I consulted for four of our cats recommended Royal Canin’s Dental for dental hygiene. Since then, I’ve bought quite a few packets for our cats and everyone loves it. Then, I stopped giving it for some months. It’s not as readily available as the…

  • Juno’s post-op (Day 4)

    Today is Day 4 for Juno’s post-op, but it is actually only about 78 hours after her surgery. I have been giving her more off-collar time to groom herself as I can see she’s quite miserable wearing the collar. I use this stick toy just to keep her occupied so that she won’t groom too…

  • Getting cats to drink more water

    We all know that our cats should drink more water. Being descended from Persia which was primarily a desert, cats do not have a natural thirst drive. So, they almost always do not drink enough water and this is one of the reasons 33.3% of cats will end up with kidney disease later in life.…

  • Juno’s post-op Day 3

    It’s very early in the morning right now. Juno slept a lot yesterday afternoon. Since the boys were here, Tabs and Juno went upstairs. Normally it’s Tabs who will seek refuge upstairs when downstairs gets too noisy. Tabs has always preferred quiet and solitude. I brought food upstairs for Tabs and Juno. Juno’s normal eating…

  • Juno plays with Jayden

    Juno is more or less back to normal now, except that I still cannot take off her e-collar for fear she might lick on the surgical site or worse, bite off the stitches. However, for all our previous female cats/kittens, they have always, on their own accord taken off the e-collar (theirs were all the…

  • Juno’s spaying – post-op Day 2

    Juno had very good appetite yesterday and she also defecated, so two things ticked off my list. But she did not urinate. I waited until very late last night and even put her into one of the litter boxes at the pantry, but there was no urination. Riley accompanied her in the pantry all night,…

  • Juno is spayed!

    The short version: Juno is spayed and all is well! 9.00am this morning I’ve been nervous for the past few days ever since I set the appointment for Juno’s spaying last week. The appointment is today. This afternoon. I know the spaying has to be done, the benefits far outweighs the risks of the surgery.…