Category: Medical

  • Finally, Indy….finally!!!

    After almost 3 months of exploring ways to help Indy with his loose stools, finally, just now….. These are his stools…. It is formed!!!!! Blood-tinged, but formed!!!  Only slightly soft – ever so slightly! So, is something working? The steroids? The Vit B12 injections? The Boulardii? The bone broth? Is this for real? Is this…

  • What if….(again)

    Indy’s is back to his usual self, zooming around and playing. There’s no stools today and the last output was what I found at 5.20am yesterday morning. His ravenous appetite is back too. He is currently on Vetri DMG, S.Boulardii (yes, I restarted this after he started getting liquid stools) and the low dose of…

  • Indy’s ravenous appetite is back!

    It’s confirmed – it’s back! Indy was back on his window sill this morning, asking for food. I got up at 5.30am to check the sandpit but he could not wait. He was SO hungry!! So, Indy ate his Fillet Plus (the full recipe), Cubgrub (I had to control the amount as “the sky’s the…

  • Indy Jones bounces back!

    I was rather worried the change in Indy’s demeanor earlier but by 5pm there was thunderstorm, Indy seemed much better. Despite the thunderstorm, he asked for food and he ate quite a bit. Then, at 7.30pm just now, when we came home after dinner, Indy was at the grille, calling out for food. Since had…

  • An analysis for Indy

    I’m just writing these observations for my own records. New medication in the last 3 days: (1) Steroids (2) Coccidia medication (finished) What changed? Not so good: (1) Decreased appetite, not so interested in food. (2) Not as active as before. (3) Not willing to eat a balanced meal, only wants pure chicken fillet. (4)…

  • A change in Indy

    Yesterday was the last of the coccidia medication. Indy hated it very much and would froth for minutes after taking it. Luckily it was only for 3 days. This is to cover our bases, just in case it’s a coccidia infection. But since the coccidia medication yesterday, even after a few hours, Indy didn’t feel…

  • Indy’s midnight cover-up plan

    I waited all day for Indy to poop but he did not and by 11.30pm last night, I was totally konked out and simply had to go to sleep. This morning, I found a mound at the sandpit – it’s Indy’s, I know. By now, I know all his spots. Cleo sticks to one spot…

  • And when the clock struck 12, it happened!

    Luckily I stayed up tonight. At 5 minutes before 12midnight just now, Indy went out of the room and headed for the sandpit. I had been waiting all night for this to happen. So I followed him with a torchlight. He went to the sandpit, dug a hole and got into position. I witnessed it…

  • Heidi’s mishap

    I owe you the story about why Heidi was eating raw chicken fillet today instead of her usual Cubgrub. What happened was, last night, I made a fresh pot of bone broth and I deboned the chicken carcass after that. So there was some cooked meat which Ginger and Heidi absolutely love. I asked at…

  • Indy, where’s your poop?

    Last night I was quite worried about Indy when the vet suggested that we either (1) change his diet to the gastrointestinal kibble or (2) put him on a low dose of steroids. First, I would clarify that I am not a diehard-refuse-to-budge-no-matter-what proponent of raw food. I believe that raw food is the biologically…

  • Indy’s check-up

    As expected, the conclusion is, we still don’t know what is wrong with Indy. But there is some good news. It’s not cancer because if it is, there would be protein loss. The vet took some stool sample and examined under the microscope. She did find a lot of microbes, but they turned out to…

  • What if….?

    I had a discussion with Indy’s vet yesterday and she is concerned about the blood in his stools. Of course I am too. I am also aware that one of the causes of blood in the stools is cancer although we have not discussed this yet but much earlier on, the vet found no growths…

  • Not trichomonosis or coccidiosis

    Ok, the vet said it’s not trichomonosis or coccidiosis. So, we have ruled these two out. She suspects it is a immune mediated bowel disease. We did not have time to discuss as this was through text messages. I guess that sounds like an autoimmune condition. Typical Indy – baffling the vets. Meanwhile, life goes…

  • Feline Coccidiosis – the search continues

    Indy had more blood in his stools today. Sigh. My search has led me to this: https://www.pethealthnetwork.com/cat-health/cat-diseases-conditions-a-z/coccidiosis-cats Again, the symptoms fit: bloody stools. But this link talks about more symptoms: https://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/infectious-parasitic/c_ct_coccidiosis And Indy doesn’t have some of the said symptoms like “weak, feverish and weight loss”. I’ll need to check with Indy’s vet again – Trichomonosis, Coccidiosis?…

  • Feline trichomonosis and differential diagnosis for Indy

    I posted for help and suggestions at a raw feeding FB group and someone shared that her cats had feline trichomonosis. So I looked it up and found this link: https://www.americanveterinarian.com/news/update-on-feline-trichomonosis-to-treat-or-not-to-treat Diarrhea associated with T. foetus can be semi-soft but may be mucoid or bloody and is usually not accompanied by other signs (eg, weight loss). Although the…