Category: Medical

We do not wish cancer on any animal or human, but life is such that sometimes it strikes on our loved ones. This is only a sharing based on experiential knowledge from pet parents who have given their cancer-stricken dogs and cats palliative care. Besides allopathic medicine, nowadays, medicinal mushroom is also widely used even in…

Indy’s poop is firming up. Looks like the Promax probiotic paste is doing its job! This was last night’s poop. That means, he had not defecated for more than 24 hours and this came out. I’m a little worried about the dark coloured poop, but let’s hope that’s due to the 24 hours gap between…

Just as I was about to catch Cleo to put her into the carrier for this afternoon’s check-up, she went to the garden to urinate. Wow! I couldn’t believe my luck! So I quickly dashed into the room, got the urine bottle and managed to collect the tail end of the urine, just in the…

It doesn’t rain, it pours! Riley and Tabs share two litter boxes; one in the downstairs bathroom and one in one of the upstairs bathrooms. I found loose stools in both litter boxes today, so was it from Riley or Tabs? Or Kai, since Kai has been coming into the Safehouse to play too? Now,…

I’ve taken the liberty of compiling some remedies we’ve used over the years for diarrhoea (or loose stools), constipation and mild vomiting for our cats. If you have more supplements, do please feel free to leave a comment so that I can add on to this list. Disclaimer: The purpose of this list is just…

I had to take some time to digest the results of the medical check-up of our Super Seniors yesterday as it was all a bit chaotic at the vet’s. Then I had to rush home and settle everyone in, give them their medicines and update their medical records before I forget anything important. So, here’s…

SRR stands for Sleeping Respiratory Rate. For Cow Mau, I have to keep a record of this to monitor is heart condition. It is to be taken only when he is in deep sleep. Just count the number of breaths in 15 seconds and multiply that by 4. Today’s was 24. As long as it’s…

Well, I dare say there’s some improvement today. Not bad, right? There’s some form. I think the Promax is doing the trick! I have not decided if I want to stop the rest of the supplements and just use Promax. Let me do a bit of research first. I think I’ll stop the pumpkin, for…

Next was Indy’s turn. CKD and PCV check: Crea 426 (from 573 to 455 and now, 426, so this is encouraging.) Urea 24.5 (from 36.8 to 23.5 to 24.5) Phos 1.69 (good, previously at 1.9, so this is an improvement). Maybe the Astro’s Oil’s Nitrogen-Creatinine Scrub is working as it also works as a phosphate…

Next was Cleo’s turn. CKD and PCV check: Crea 477 (from 467 to 430 and now, 477, so it looks like the creatinine is hovering.) Urea 20.6 (from 24.1 to 22.5, so this is a reduction, which is good.) The vet said the creatinine level is very much dependent on food. So CKD food is…

I took Cow Mau, Cleo and Indy for their check-up today. Here’s how it went for Cow Mau. Cow’s was supposed to be a heart and blood pressure check-up, but the vet decided to check his kidneys too because Cow has already been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and this could easily lead to kidney…

I was so happy this morning to be greeted by formed stools at Indy’s spot… See, isn’t this a sight for sore eyes? It’s well-formed, just a bit soft, but it’s already such an improvement from the oatmeal poop. So, perhaps it’s what I gave yesterday that worked? Pumpkin (once), Slippery Elm Bark (one capsule)…

So I had a battalion of remedies all lined-up to give Indy for his once-a-day oatmeal stool. Kaolin pectin was my first and that failed. I’ve been giving it for a week with no result at all. That’s strange because it worked so well with Akira and Kai previously. Well, to be fair, it did…