Category: Medical

  • Pronefra to the rescue!

    I tried the Renate again at dinner time and this time, both Cleo and Pole refused to eat it. But in the afternoon, as a standby measure, I had already bought over a bottle of Pronefra from my friend, Connie. Connie’s dog LOVES the Pronefra. Well, dogs are always more obliging, in general. Cats are…

  • Pole and Cleo’s check-up

    Along with Indy, we also took Pole and Cleo to the vet’s today. Now, this is a longer story…. Both don’t travel well in the car, especially Cleo. Pole Pole has been on subcut three times a week, so her creatinine (274 down to 218 today) and urea readings have come down, which is good…

  • Indy to the vet’s (post Indy-Ginger fight)

    Indy went for his B12 jab today.  Luckily I mentioned about the wounds from the Indy-Ginger fight because without even parting his fur, the vet could see that the skin around that area is all red and inflamed. Oh dear….and we could not see a single thing and thought all was well! The fur was…

  • The big Indy-Ginger fight (poor Indy!)

    Yes, Indy lost. It all started when Indy tried a few times to trick me into letting him sneak into the house through his special window sill eating spot. He would ask for food and after I open the mosquito netting and place a bowl there and turn my back, he would sneak into the…

  • Indy’s “Fibor stools”

    I woke up at 4am this morning and found Indy’s “Fibor stools”, buried in the sand. The “Fibor stools” looked….different. And it isn’t exactly what I was hoping for. The diameter of the stools was bigger than Indy’s usual ones. There was also a lot of it and it was foul-smelling. And the stools were…

  • The dog blood donor

    Late last night, a neighbour posted in our neighbourhood chatgroup that he needed a dog blood donor very urgently for his pet dog who is hospitalised. Immediately, I thought of PAWS because previously, when Sihui’s dog, Brownie, needed a blood donor, PAWS offered their big and robust dogs. However, it was found that the dogs…

  • The magic…..(Bunny’s creatinine level) – Thank you, Cubgrub!!

    I got Bunny’s blood test results today and I couldn’t believe my eyes! His creatinine level went from 199 (in Sept 2019) to 134 (yesterday)! His urea also went down and his phosphate level is normal!!!! And what did we do from Sept until now? We only did one thing – put all the cats,…

  • WHAT are you feeding me now???

    I added just two pellets of the Fibor to Indy’s Fillet Plus this morning and he ate AROUND them. But, this morning, I found him pooping at 5.30am and the stools looked “nice”! They were just slightly soft, but the colour is back to normal and it was well-formed. I think there was no mucus…

  • CKD: Indy (stage 1), Bunny (stage 2)

    We took Indy and Bunny for their urinalysis today. Indy was also due for his once -a-week B12 jab. The results: Indy’s urine SG is slightly above the borderline at 1.036 (it should be above 1.035), so that is good, but his proteinurea (UPC) is AT the borderline of 0.3. This means there is a…

  • Too much energy, Indy Jones?

    These few days, Indy seems to have too much energy! Could it be due to the bone broth, being a “superfood”? Anyway, having energy is a good thing, so no complaints there. But, it has also resulted in him being very hyperactive and he’s been looking for fights with Bunny, Cow and Ginger. He doesn’t…

  • Indy’s news

    Last night and all of yesterday, there was this ongoing tension between Indy and Bunny. It would be both taking turns to be the aggressor. This has been going on for a few days now. Making up after a fight. This morning I found semi-soft stools in Indy’s spot. Semi-soft, but well-formed. That’s good enough…

  • Saving an IBD cat from 11000 miles away

    The story: https://feline-nutrition.org/features/saving-alistair-how-lyn-thomson-helped-stop-ibd-11000-miles-away Over the next weeks, many nauseating hours were spent in butchers’ shops and in the kitchen, simmering bones and disembowelling poultry following Lyn’s recommendations. The commitment of the all-vegetarian cattery staff was tested to the limit both by the concoctions stored in the freezer and by the ever-increasing list of instructions on Alistair’s…

  • Indy’s updates (firm stools!)

    I found firm (well, only a teeny weeny bit soft) stools at 5.30am today. It was Indy’s for sure, because there was a tiny bit of blood in it and it was in Indy’s spot. Yesterday, Indy had chicken fillet and Cubgrub, but separately. I noticed that if I mix the two, he will only…

  • Indy is eating again

    After an unexplained dip in appetite yesterday, Indy is back to eating again today! In fact, he ate with everyone else, not at the window sill. Yesterday, I finally had to resort to putting a Greenies nugget on this food to entice him to eat. The vet did advise me to give Greenies to our…

  • Indy and Cow to the vet’s

    I took Indy and Cow to the vet’s today. Indy was due for his Vit B12 injection (weekly). And Cow had been pawing the right side of his mouth when eating, so I was worried if he had some problem there. So, Indy had his B12 jab and was really good about it. The vet…