Category: Medical

  • Minnie is (finally!) spayed and home!

    I got up at 5am to feed Minnie this morning so that she would be fasted for 8 hours before her spaying at 2pm today. But as expected, Minnie did not want to eat. She has her primal instincts whereby she has to “hunt” (play) before eating every morning. So, I just force-fed her some…

  • Minnie’s ear-plug treatment

    We took Minnie for her follow-up (and last) ear-plug treatment. Minnie was found to have an ear infection last week. Upon examination of her ear wax, it wasn’t ear mites at all. Most likely, a bacterial or viral infection which caused the ear infection as a secondary effect. The treatment was a put a liquid…

  • Cat owners MAY have higher immunity for Covid-19

    Discliamer: Just sharing the observations. This is the second observation I’ve received. The first was sent by an overseas friend where it was observed that in a certain town somewhere, owners of FIP-cats seemed to have immunity against Covid-19. While many townsfolk were infected with Covid-19, these FIP-cat owners were not. The hypothesis is that…

  • Minnie and the kittens’ check-up

    Today, Minnie, Smurfy and the kittens went to the vet’s. Smurfy is given the all-clear. His castration site has healed very well. He was dewormed and this completes his deworming schedule. The next one will be only in 3 months’ time. Minnie has an ear infection. There’s lots of ear wax and she also kept…

  • Minnie is probably in heat

    I know Malaysians use “on heat”, but it’s actually “in heat” or “gone into heat”. Okay, it looks like Minnie has gone into heat. This might explain her desperate need to escape and that would be a disaster with Gingertom and Bushy White around. And also whoever the kittens’ father is, might still be around.…

  • Astro’s Renal Care package for Cleo and Bunny too

    Pole started on Astro’s Oil’s renal care package on 8th July 2020 so it’s been one week now. Yesterday, I started Cleo and Bunny on the N-Creatinine Scrub and the Phosphate-Free Protein (both powders). I haven’t given them the Oil yet. Pole is on the whole package (with the oil). Surprisingly, Cleo loves it (for…

  • Smurfy and the kittens

    This morning, I already let Smurfy out from the cage. He was not happy in there. I thought the stress won’t be good for his recovery, so I decided to let him out and just monitor his wounds. He straight away went to check on the kittens. He must have really missed them as he…

  • Smurfy is neutered and home!

    We took Smurfy for neutering today. He is home now and all is well. He was already awake when we brought him home, but still a bit groggy. He ate a whole can of food plus some Weaning kibble (which he loves). Next will be Minnie’s neutering after the kittens are weaned off breastmilk. Then,…

  • Astro’s Oil’s Advanced Renal Care Formula for Pole

    I’m rather excited about this.  I heard about Astro’s Oil during Vincent’s time but at that time it was only one product, Astro’s Oil and it is a high grade fish oil, so I did not opt for it because Vincent was already on a quality fish oil. I actually ordered it for Vincent, but…

  • Destressing Pole

    I had a discussion with the vet over Pole’s tendency in getting FIC/FLUTD. The vet says it is likely due to stress. Pole cannot take Cystaid Plus as she seemed to be allergic to one of the ingredients in it and it caused her to have vomiting for the entire month that she was on…

  • The challenge of getting Pole to eat

    As expected the craze over RC renal kibble only lasted 3 days. Pole is not so keen on it anymore, but at least, she ate a lot for 3 whole days and was happy. Today, she ate a little of it, then stared at me asking for a different kind of food. Okay, but I…

  • Pole’s new enticement for meals (RC renal kibble)

    I had a chat with the RC vet yesterday and he suggested that I feed Pole RC renal kibble since she is so fed-up of the renal wetfood by now. So I decided to use the RC renal kibble as an enticement. I know, it’s kibble, but I’m also using Greenies as one of the…

  • Pole has FIC again….

    Yesterday, Pole was acting up and being very difficult during her meal. I had no choice but to force-feed her just to ensure she had some food. This morning, the same happened but she also started squatting all over the place and there was no urine. Again….sigh. I had some Prazosin, given by the vet…

  • Pole’s updates

    I still have not been able to make Pole eat Cubgrub. I’ve tried various ways (without the “eat or starve” method, of course). She doesn’t seem to like it anymore. But she is willing to eat her RC renal wetfood, which is still okay.  But I have to be creative in the toppings, alternating between…

  • A discussion on Cow’s pawing problem

    After the last treatment, Cow stopped pawing. The medication was very effective. Cow is still on Orozyme on a daily basis, sometimes even twice a day. But the pawing started again yesterday. So I had a discussion with the vet today since I was at the clinic with Pole, Minnie and the kittens. Cow has…