Category: Medical

  • Hiro’s RetroMAD1 has arrived!

    Singaporeans are very efficient. Hiro’s RetroMAD1 has arrived! And I’ve given him a first dose. The recommended treatment is 3 times daily, in between food, for a minimum of 90 days. So we will do that. This is the box and there are 2 bottles inside. Based on Hiro’s weight now, it will last me…

  • Indy and the story of my pilling finger

    Indy has always been an enigma. To tell you 15 years of unexplained issues in Indy would require me a write a book, but I think regular readers would remember the many times that Indy had baffled vets with his unexplained and unidentifiable illnesses which miraculous resolved itself either by trial and error or by…

  • Hiro’s morning and the scratching – what does it mean, please?

    I really need your help on this (please scroll down). But before this, let me write about last night and this morning. Hiro was back to his usual self last night. He sat on my lap all night until we went to bed. There is a problem in the house, though. I think Riley is…

  • The Blondies to the vet’s too – a merry-go-round of mild flu

    Along with Hiro, I also took the Blondies to the vet’s yesterday. I don’t think there was anything very serious with their flu, but since I managed to get an appointment for Hiro, I might as well take all three of them along. The vet says the three ought to be separated into three different…

  • Hiro to the vet’s (FIV+ and anaemic)

    Since yesterday afternoon, Hiro had been sleeping for long hours. By evening, he was still sleeping and he skipped dinner too. That was unusual. This morning, Hiro didn’t wake up when I woke up, which is again, very unusual. He would always greet us every morning and in fact, at any time. He would greet…

  • FIE = Feline Inappropriate Elimination

    I’ve been listening to many videos today, on litter box training, mostly by Mr Jackson Galaxy but then I came across this one by Dr Sarah Wooten, a veterinarian. It’s good! FIE = Feline Inappropriate Elimination According to Dr Wooten in this video, FIE accounts for 50% of why owners do not want their cats…

  • The Blondies, their flu and other matters

    It all started with Indra getting that red eye. Was it the flu or did she just accidentally scratch her eye somewhere while playing? We have no way of determining it, so the vet didn’t want to take any chances and started her on Doxy paste and an eyedrop. After four days, Akira started sneezing.…

  • Indra and Akira to the vet’s

    Akira started sneezing this morning, so I made an appointment for her and I might as well take Indra for a check-up too as her eye recovery is a bit slow. Despite Indra’s red eye and Akira’s sneezing, their appetite is fantastic, so I wasn’t so worried. They are also on Vetri DMG already. I…

  • WinWin’s amazing progress (an update from Survivor Shelter)

    WinWin was diagnosed with IMHA three weeks ago and only given 2 more days to live by the vet. But with the loving and concerted care of a caregiver and Ms Ong’s determination to see her through, WinWin has made amazing (yes, unbelievable) progress over these three weeks. Her blood PCV went from 7.8% to…

  • Only two Blondies vaccinated, Indra has an eye infection

    This afternoon, I took the Blondies (aka Princesses) and Hiro to the vet’s. The Blondies are due for their first vaccination, and Hiro for another round of deworming. But yesterday I had already noticed that Indra’s left eye was very red and swollen. So I went to that pharmacy and bought Nicol eyedrops and starting…

  • The importance of vaccination and related issues

    I had chats with three veterinarians yesterday and this is what I’ve learnt about about vaccination for street animals (including pets, of course). The discussion stemmed from my earlier chats with certain feeders who told me that when they got their newly neutered street animals vaccinated, some died. Of course we all know that if…

  • Male dog with TVT on its hind leg

    Hi, its JoTong here. I think it would be good to share more on TVT in strays. This time it happened to a male stray dog that we were feeding. I still remember it was in 2021 when I first saw this male dog with a big open wound on its hind leg walking past…

  • Hiro eats like a hero!

    Hiro has been eating a lot today! Looks like his appetite has finally picked up after three weeks. Hiro was brought to our porch by Misty on 16th March 2023 so it’s exactly three weeks today. For new readers, he was diagnosed with severe flu, fever and a collapsed right lung. After two weeks on…

  • Can spayed dogs contract TVT too?

    Hi, its JoTong here. I would like to share my experience with two of the strays that I have been feeding which contracted TVT after they were both spayed in August 2022. The answer is YES, spayed dogs can contract TVT too. TVT stands for “Transmissible Venereal Tumour” and is more commonly observed in the free-roaming,…

  • WinWin’s updates – from Survivor Shelter

    Ref: https://animalcare.my/2023/04/01/winwins-story-a-sharing-from-survivor-shelter/ If you remember, exactly one week ago, the vet only gave WinWin two more days to live. But under the care of a dedicated fosterer, WinWin made slow but steady progress and today, Ms Ong took WinWin for her next Darbepoetin jab. What WinWin has is IMHA (immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia) and the mortality rate…