Tanaka's surprise

You mean this entry is NOT about how handsome I am? Really? Oh..you mean we have to talk about THAT! Okie. Hmmmm....san boughted us somefing last week when she was on a break. This is becuz grandma had been saying that we took up a lot of space and so san decided that we needed to consolidate our purpose wif THIS. Please look in the pikshur below.

Isn't that a purty picksur? But that is not what san boughted fur us. She just pasted this decal on it. Look below......

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san boughted a fridge fur us. It is cool and I like sitting on it. san said it is a mini-fridge fur all offur our medicines.No..I dun have any but my bruffers Toro and Megat has lots and lots and they were taking a lot offur space in grandma's cool box. So now grandma is happy and so are we. I dun fink my bruffers are happy as they do not sit on the box and the medicine is so much closer to them..heheh...

Cat Meds for FatBoy

Every alternate day when I have to give him his meds, he would have his dinner in the carrier. He is used to this and would eat almost 3/4 of the 85g can of food. This is very encouraging for us as he would sometimes wait for Cousin r or me for his second helping.

Today, he was very good with the Eprex and hardly flinched when I injected him with it. He was also quite relaxed with the 300ml for the SubQ. Then we gave him some food to eat as a reward. After he told us he had enough, we allowed him to relax for a bit. It calmed him down and calmed me down :) Once we were ready I got him out of the cage and put a large towel over his upper body and paws. Once Cousin R managed to get a good grip I gave him the suspension + Apo-K. Wah! We were both quite relieved when he made some attempt to claw at us but not very aggressively. So we managed to give him all of his 2.5ml! PHEW!

The only downside to giving him fluids at the void deck is we get many curious stares from football -kicking boys to adults who would peer at us. So I would just explain that we are giving him some fluids as he has kidney problems and most people would be satisfied with that, except when we are dealing with a FatBoy fan. Then I would be given a lot of advice on what I should do, which I do not mind really but having to listen to what he was a long time ago compared to what he is now is everyday is rather tiring especially when I have to make sure all his meds are in order or especially when I am in the middle of giving him meds. FatBoy would usually respond and move about when all I want him to do is be quiet and relax. But I realise that his fans may be very upset and may want to talk about their feelings. Until I can find an alternative place, I think I would have to listen for many months :)

FatBoy Update and Polysillic Suspension

No I certainly don't think so , you bad person!

This evening I thought I would try to give FatBoy his Polysillic III Suspension that was supposed to bond his phosphates. The aunty also came aback again to see him and as I was chatting with the aunty, FatBoy decided to do a bunk and ran off after he ate some of his food. He ran very quickly which made a little glad to see he could even do this.

He had quite a shock when he tasted the suspension and so he should. But he swallowed most of it. He was not so eager to eat the food with the Apo-K 600 though. Cousin R said we could try to put the Apo-K 600 in the suspension. We will try that tomorrow when he gets his SubQ and Eprex. I do think we need a lot of luck with this.

Its that time...

a little cuddling before the lingzhi and vitamins...

a little cuddling before...

cleaning of gums with biotene gel. His gums (his top left gum section) bled a little although I just used a q-tip gently over them. I cannot use my finger as his gums are tiny and there is no toothbrush so small to use for a kitty.

Thank goodness I don't have to eat any of the meds! But then NO ONE can get me to eat anything I do not want!

Mending well...

Stop it already. Its okie now...

Bujang was quite nonchalant when I took pics of his paw. He just looked at me curiously and did not protest when I touched his paw. I took this as a good sign as he must not be in any pain if he allowed me to even go near his paw. :) I was rather anxious as a reader told me he might have infection due to litter and had since made sure his all the bins have fresh litter everyday as bacteria on a hurt paw is bad news. I had visions of him losing that one digit!

THEN...

His paw 2 days after the 7 day period...

This one freaked me the most...the gaping skin was horrifying to see. However Bujang was more than able to use his foot.

TODAY...

His paw looks cleaner and more pink...

None of the blackened flesh in sight. It is well into pink....

I must thank everyone who gave me advice on what to do with the paw. I have not seen the vet about it as he was not in pain but I know cats can feel a lot of pain and still be quite nonchalant about it. I have not even put any powder but have decided to use the same cleaning lotion that I had put on Cal. Cal's wounds (from car exhaust pipes) recovered in about 1 week and in 2 weeks the skin closed up. So I thought if it worked on Cal, it should work on Bujang and it did. It took 2 days for the blackened flesh to have pale shades of pink and now even his nail is clear. It used to be black before, just like his flesh. Today he actually jumped up to catch Da Bird which convinced me that his paw was on the mend :)

Next time he would go to the vet to get his nails trimmed. Period.

Foot loose ...

Let go of my foot san...The vet said 7 days only...

Top view of his hurt foot...not so bad...

Front view...worse I think...

The vet advised that I put the meds for 7 days. Last Friday was the 7th day and I had not tried to do anything else to his foot since. Today I thought I should check it and from the top, it looked quite ok. However I decided to take some pictures and saw that the wound did not look quite as pink as I thought it should. Maybe I should go back to the vet just to be sure. I haven't made up my mind yet but most probbaly if it does not close up, I will see the vet next week.

On the good side, Bujang is his old self, jumping up on tables and sometimes harassing Toro at night. His appetite is healthy, he eats his share of grass and he walks as well as before. Maybe I am just too anxious.

Cat Meds

Therapeutic Botanical Cream

I got these 2 meds for Cal this afternoon. I thought I should get a cleansing lotion as well as a cream. I was looking through all the tubes of creams and saw one with wintergreen in it. It quite shocked me as I thought wintergreen was harmful to cats! However someone working at PL was helping me with my choices and as she was also a caregiver for community cats, she recommended this cream. She didn't blink with confusion when I said 'community cats' so I guess she would be a caregiver. Sometimes pet store assistants or vets would call them stray cats. I understand why vets would call them stray cats of course. Anyway, she said it usually takes about 3 days max for their wounds to get better and then the scabs would form and dry off.

A plus is its a) biodegradable b) hypo allegenic c) safe for the environment d) contains natural organic and botanical ingredients (I dunno what exactly though)

However, I was surprised at the long list of illnesses/afflictions/conditions that this cream purports to help remedy.

Skin Problems

1. Psoriasis

2. Eczema

3. Saborrhea

4. Flea Allergy Dermatitis

5. Cradle Cap (?)

6. Hair Loss (Ahah! Megat!)

7. Redness (?)

8. Dandruff and Hot Spots (what are hot spots?)

9. Provides relief from itching, scratching and biting (biting for Cal or biting as in Megat's biting? Oh well, maybe I will use it for Megat only)

Its ingredients include Botanical Trees and Plant Extract (dunno which one), Avocado oil, Pumpkin oil, Camomile, Nestle Extract (??), Multi-Vitamin Complex, Dehydag E (?), Dehydag O (?).

I think I will try it on Megat for hair loss too.