I am writing this in the dark with Cow Mau lying beside me on a pillow. In the past few days, he had actually been getting weaker. Sometimes, he would just lie laterally recumbent for a long time, sleeping. He already has trouble walking as his hind legs are very weak. While we were concentrating…

Who is inside the nebuliser carrier? It’s Indy. He’s been having some runny nose for a few mornings now, but it is only in the mornings and it didn’t seem serious. I gave him Cetirizine and Vetri DMG and he seemed fine. But the runny nose started again yesterday, today and even this evening, so…

How could I not have thought of this? Way back in August 2011, we were the first organisation to use RetroMAD1 a year after it was developed by two Malaysian scientists: https://animalcare.my/2011/08/03/meeting-up-with-the-scientist-himself-retromad1/ Now, RetroMAD1 is under a Singapore vet and I contacted him today. He says they have used it in FCGS (Feline Chronic GingivoStomatitis)…

Cow Mau’s mouth pain came back about half a day after the first laser therapy. Since then, I have been syringe-feeding him diluted or liquid food. But even blended diluted food hurts his mouth with every mouthful. This is the Japanese liquid food that is suitable for CKD and heart patients. The powder is very…

I think it’s going to take many laser therapy for Cow Mau’s gingivostomatitis to heal. Yesterday, after the treatment, his demeanour definitely improved. He seemed much more relaxed too. He was able to eat a little bit better upon returning home. But by dinner time, the pain came back in full force. I had to…

Cow Mau perked up a little this morning so that was such a relief. We decided to leave earlier for the (new) clinic as we have never been to this area before. For the previous trips, I had been driving him alone and he would mew all the way there and back. Some of our…

Cow Mau was in such a bad condition yesterday. He was in his tray inside the cage all day and only came out to the pantry when the afternoon got too hot. The mouth pain was incredibly bad. I managed to feed him three times, but each time was heart-breaking because of the pain. By…

I sent in a request early this morning to the clinic if they could somehow slot Cow Mau in for tomorrow. I’ve never been to this clinic before but the staff was so very kind, so we have a slot tomorrow! Meanwhile, I’ve informed our vet that yesterday’s protocol did not seem to work at…

It looks like the ketamine injection was too low a dose to make a difference today. Cow Mau came home, ate some lunch (there was some improvement) but by dinner time, it was back to square one again. He gets very angry with the pain, and that makes him very difficult to manage. And when…