Category: Medical

I thought it was because Indy wanted to migrate to a new place, so he decided to “steal” Cleo’s pillow.  He spent the whole day there. I even had to feed him there. I should have suspected that something was wrong, but here’s where I just attributed it to Indy being “weird”.  And I thought,…

Yesterday, Bunny had soft stools. Three rounds, once after each meal. I don’t know what could have happened to have caused that, but could it have been due to the mix of foods he had been having lately? But this crazy mix didn’t just happen overnight. It’s been going on for weeks already and Bunny…

Last night, Ginger spent all evening with us until we went to bed and he went back out to his patio kingdom (which has been the norm for many months now). Ginger seemed extremely happy after the visit to the vet yesterday, even with the second visit (where we failed to draw his urine). We…

1.30pm: Ginger was still squatting and straining. The amount of urine output had not improved from yesterday. Also, I didn’t know how to palpate his bladder to check if it is enlarged, so I had already decided last night that I would take Ginger for a more thorough and complete check-up at his regular clinic…

I spent all night yesterday looking through my records (they are all in this blog, actually) on Bunny’s and Cow’s FLUTD episodes in the past, dating as far back as 2010. The senior vet who attended to Cow in 2016 mentioned the research done by Jody Lulich, who, among other things, recommended a diet change.…

I’ve been reading up on Feline Idiopathic Cystitis, which is what Ginger has. There are lots of suggestions on what we can do to reduce the stress that our cats may be facing and also to get them to drink more water. I’m doing these right now. I bought this last time for Pole and…

I was monitoring Ginger like a hawk all afternoon. He got everything that he wanted. I sat with him at the patio. I sat with him on the sofa. By the way, that’s his wart, which is harmless. He seemed very relaxed and was no longer straining to urinate. But he still hadn’t urinated for…

It is 3pm now. Ever since waking up from his nap, I have not seen Ginger squatting and straining to urinate. I suppose this is good. But I also have not seen him urinated yet, or maybe I missed it when I was feeding Bunny and clan. The trouble is, I cannot confine Ginger in…

Cow Mau had been seizure-free for a month until yesterday. Just when I was about to serve lunch, he suddenly flipped on his back and sprayed urine. It lasted about 2-3 seconds. Then, he got up and ate his lunch heartily. I quickly contacted the vet to see if Cow needed to be brought in…

It happened early this morning. I let Ginger in for breakfast but instead of eating, he made a beeline to Tab’s litter box to “urinate”. Then, he squatted again at the bathroom drainhole, and again at the litter box. Something was definitely wrong, so I quickly checked and to my horror, there was NO urine…

Nowadays I get up at 4am every morning so that I don’t have to rush through the morning routine with the cats before Jayden comes over. It reminds me of days gone by when I was doing my postgraduate studies. I would get up at 4am while everyone was still asleep to do all my…

Here’s today’s subcut session for Bunny and Cleo. As always, I can do Bunny’s singlehandedly, and even change the bottle midway and take videos! But when it comes to the Queen….. Susah sedikit… But nowadays, it’s possible already, which is a huge achievement! I used to use the pink (18g) needle last time, but now…

Cow is as tough as nails! He showed no pain after his dental two days ago. He did not even paw his mouth so there’s no need to wear the e-collar anymore. Cow is only on the transdermal Tramadol, probably until tomorrow. Before the surgery, I was really so undecided whether to let him go…