Category: Medical

How told is Tabs, exactly? We don’t know. She came to our old house in November 2011 wearing a red collar with a bell. When I took her to the vet’s to be neutered, the vet estimated her age to be “7 months”. This would mean Tabs is 12 plus this year. So since I…

Cow Mau had his echocardiogram done today. It is basically a thorough ultrasound scan of the heart and it took more than 30 minutes. The left ventricle was checked more thoroughly than the right since it’s the left that pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. Cow was very cooperative, though. But he…

It was way back in 2019, four years ago, when Indy needed subcut, but only for 8 months. He had kidney issues, but it resolved itself after 8 months and he didn’t need subcut anymore. Way back then, I was able to do it singlehandedly so I thought I’d try today. Yes, I still can!…

I know how scary congestive heart failure sounds. But that’s what Cow Mau has. Congestive heart failure (also called heart failure) is a serious condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood as efficiently as it should. Despite its name, heart failure doesn’t mean that the heart has literally failed or is about to stop working.…

Luckily I decided to take Indy to the vet’s today even though he didn’t present with any particular symptoms. Indy has chronic kidney degeneration and it is at Stage 3. Indy is 15 years old 4 months. He was rescued from the drain in May 2008. His blood test last year, in October 2022, was…

I took Cleo, Indy and Cow Mau to the vet’s today for their geriatric check-up. It’s all bad news, unfortunately. Well, they are, after all, our super seniors. Aging happens and we know there is no escape from geriatric illnesses. Cleo is 16 years 7 months old. She has been a kidney patient since September…

Minnie vomited her breakfast out this morning, so I had to let them crossover to eat some grass. Under heavily-armed surveillance. The moment I heard some growling, everyone got carted back to Ginger’s Catio. Meanwhile, I forgot to mention that day when I took Cow Mau to our regular vet with Akira. The vet found…

There was no poop from Akira this morning. After reading about strings having the possibility of causing perforation to the intestines, I was really worried all night. If there is some remaining string (the “plication” in the X-Ray yesterday), it would have to move through the intestines in order to be eliminated. What if while…

It’s past 1am now. I’ve been monitoring Akira until now. Here’s what has transpired this evening, from 9.30pm. Akira ate a lot this evening! But I had to kickstart it by offering kibble, which is a normal practice with her. With all the refilling and adding, she ate four bowls of raw food this evening!…

So far, since coming back from the vet’s, I’ve confined Akira so that I can monitor her condition, that is, whether she vomits or if she eats, if she defecates, etc. Akira ate her usual amount (which isn’t much) at 1.15pm when we returned from the vet’s. At about 4pm, I let her out to…

Since I had to take Akira to the vet’s, I took Cow Mau along too. Might as well have his hard lump physically checked by the vet. The vet said it all looks okay for now, but I would still need to monitor the lump daily. If it turns “balloony” (soft), that means there’s pus…

The String Theory is a concept in physics. Akira’s “string theory” is a totally different thing and has nothing to do with any one-dimensional object in space! Yesterday, I saw a very long piece of faeces which was very scary-looking as it resembled a reptile without legs. It had a “head” which clearly, was a…