Category: Medical

  • ICAM on Covid-19, dogs and cats

    The article: https://www.icam-coalition.org/icam-statement-on-covid-19/ Some excerpts:

  • Sugar says “thank you!!” (the blood donor case)

    Finally, a blood donor matched and Sugar got her blood transfusion today! Max sent this photo and on behalf of Max and Sugar, we would like to express our utmost gratitude to everyone who has helped. Thank you so much!! Messages from Max: hi ms thank u for ur kindness sugar had a donor today and…

  • A clarification from the experts (Covid19 and dogs)

    One of our dear friends shared this article. It is very informative: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3076480/coronavirus-hong-kongs-infected-dogs-were Excerpts: “But infection doesn’t mean the dog is sick or has symptoms. Whereas, a disease is when an infected person or animal develops symptoms, such as fever, cold, or pneumonia,” he said. “Neither of the two cases had the disease caused by the…

  • A lesson in self-isolation (by Ginger)

    Hi, I’m Ginger.  About a month ago, I contracted cat flu. Apparently, it’s cat flu season now. My human brought me to see the vet twice and I’ve been on two courses of antibiotics now. I was also given anti-histamines, a mucolytic and a broncodilator. My sneezing has stopped but the cough is a little…

  • Dog blood donor – still needed (urgent)

    Dear Friends, YY turned out to be not a match today, during the second test, so there is still no blood donor for Sugar, the dog suffering from tick fever.  We thank Ms Soo very much for all her help.  Unfortunately, all her three dogs did not match. A dog blood donor is therefore, still…

  • Covid19 does not transmit to pets (further assurance)

    I cannot find the date of this video so it may not contain the latest facts. But, for animal-lovers, you may be interested to listen from 1:09 to 1:42. Covid19 does not infect pets and hence, cannot be transmitted from pets to humans. There is also an explanation about pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic spreaders at 4:17.…

  • Can RetroMad1 cure Covid19?

    The news: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3075604/coronavirus-singapore-start-thinks-cat-leukaemia-drug?fbclid=IwAR2auh_7G-aeDY0lFZfBOgU-BOzHwQ0yEsIqSZCbJeZkdEcbFnftQVsuqjo Most of us would definitely remember this drug as it was developed by two Malaysian scientists about 9 years ago. We used it for our dogs and cats too, and I just used it last year for Zurik as well. Still have two bottles in my fridge! It is a very effective anti-viral…

  • Your pets cannot contract Covid-19

    Sharing from my dear friend, Aurora Lambrecht, person-in-charge of EndFIP:   Adapted…   There has been much confusion surrounding Covid-19 and your pet but please be assured:   Your pets cannot contract Covid-19. This has been fact checked by numerous sources   IDEXX (one of the global leaders in veterinary diagnostics) has reported ZERO cases…

  • Ginger to the vet’s again

    Ginger recovered, then started coughing again. I quickly got him the anti-histamines and broncodilator, and the cough stopped, but he started sneezing again yesterday so it’s off to the vet’s again today. The vet explained that being FIV+, it appears to be harder for Ginger to overcome the flu virus. Also, the flu virus does…

  • Ginger’s cough

    It just took a day, or less than that, of the anti-histamine and broncodilator, and Ginger’s cough stopped for about 24 hours, but he started coughing again this morning. However, there is no sneezing, only a mild cough. Hello everyone! Ginger is FIV+ so I get quite nervous when he gets sick. Let’s hope he…

  • Ginger coughs again

    Everyone else has recovered….except Ginger. Or rather, Ginger did recover, but after a few days, today he started sneezing (but only once this morning) and this afternoon, I heard him coughing again (also, just one bout). Not wanting to take any risks, I quickly consulted our vet and she said I could go over and…

  • Betsy’s enucleation done and she is okay!

    As a follow-up to the previous news, Betsy’s enucleation was done yesterday and she is okay now! The damaged eye could not be saved, so the vet advised to have it removed to prevent future infections, especially to the good eye. Weeks of efforts were made to try to salvage the eye, but they were…

  • The 4 “Sneezies” and 1 Cleo

    It was Ginger who first started sneezing and coughing. Then, Indy and this was followed by Heidi and Bunny though it was quite mild of the two of them. So far, Ginger has got much better. I later got a bronco-dilator medicine for his cough and that helped a lot. After two days on it,…

  • Betsy’s update

    I have not updated on Betsy for weeks now, so it’s time I did. Betsy is fine and very happy. Here’s a video: Connie has been taking her for check-ups on her eye regularly. As happy as she is, Connie noticed that sometimes when she is not playing with the other dogs, she does whine…

  • Cow’s vomiting

    This morning, Cow vomited all his breakfast out (he ate Coco&Joe’s). I gave him Omeprazole. Later, I saw him eating grass. By lunch time, he vomited all his food again (Cubgrub this time). On both times, he vomited out fresh food. Just now, at about 5pm, I gave him about three spoonfuls for AD.  Of…