One more Marbocyl Day

I do not like the pill...really...

Tomorrow will be the lst day for his marbocyl. he has been very good at taking it. of course he sometimes has to be persuaded but now he finds it easy to just swallow the pill once it is in his mouth. He no more maneuvers the pill out of his mouth and he doesn't try to pretend to have swallowed it as I always ask him to open his mouth so I can check. Then he gets 2 treats which he likes better than 1.

I was quite anxious this morning when I saw 2 mounds of litter but nothing underneath both. I was thinking that Toro had tried to pee and was not able to do it. I sat him down and told him that if that was the case, then he would have to see Dr L before the 13th Oct! I was very glad that at 10.30 pm, when I got all the boys into the room to calm down before sleep, he was in the litter peeing a storm.


I now think it was Megat who had piled up the mounds as he is still having a little constipation today. He was able to poo last night though so I am not very worried...yet.

Amigos Monday

Toro resting on the sofa...

Once we got him to take his antibiotics, Toro was very relaxed and spent the rest of the time laying about in the living room. He is only nervous before the event. I guess he anticipates it and therefore the anxiety. But he has only one more week to go and then it would be time to give him the dental flakes. One thing at a time.

You can't trick me...

Toro staring down at me...

Just because he is the most dizzy of the 5, it doesn't mean he does not have brief flashes of brilliance. Toro has taken to not wanting to eat dinner with the rest as he knows he has to eat his pill afterwards. Yesterday I gave him his pill after breakfast so he was rather surprised. But this evening he decided to have some dinner but on top of the book case so I would not be able to catch him for his pill :) Although I would like him to be bale to retain this illusion, it is inevitable that I get him down for his antibiotics. He does get a treat after that but I gues for some cats, it would take much more than just salmon treats. Poor Kitty! But he only has just 6 more days left.

The Pill Popper...

A fuzzy pic of the pill at the end of the popper...

The whole contraption...

I got this pill popper from the vet's. I was supposed to use it for Megat's Leukeran but it was not practical so I had to put 1/4 Leukeran in his salmon treats. But I use this pill popper for Toro and his Marbocyl. It is my life saver and will continue to be so for the 20 days that I have to give Toro his antibiotics. :) Thanks to the blogger who told me about it.

Toro is no longer vomitting from the antibiotics and it did stop spontaneously after 2 days :)

Congrats Toro

for not vomitting this morning...
I hope the vomitting phase has passed or like the site says 'spontaneously' stopped *cross fingers*

Somebody..I have a blocked cat here...

Why does the man call me a blocked cat?

I know I am a little slow but please....

I decided to take him to Dr L as he vomitted 3 times in 2 days after the metacam. Dr L saw him and read his stats and said "Hmmm...it could mean many things...why did they diagnose it like this? HUH!!!

He then prodded Toro abdomen. "His kidneys feel a little swollen..." He said that just because the kitty was squatting, it does not always mean bladder infection and he said Toro was a little older than his supposed years. Even young cats can get kidney trouble!

I had to help him and placed my finger on Toro's vein as there was no immediate help available. Toro did not like it and tried to squirm out (but just a little). Another vet came in to help - a Caucasian man (Dr TH) with an accent that I found a little difficult to understand. Dr L told me his name twice but I still can't figure it out. He asked me if Megat and Toro ever fought (No), whether Toro had been tested for FIV/Felv (No) whether Toro had trouble eating and drinking (No) but I founf out that Toro has some plaque(possibly something that I have to deal with later) Then he said the bladder felt a little thick and there is some urine still. he said that we might have to do a urine test but we will see what his hematology test show.

After what seemed a long time, the results show that Toro is fine and there is nothing wrong with him.

His indicators :
BUN 20 (10-30); his CRE 1.7 (0.3-2.1),
his ALB 3.9 (2.2- 4.4); his ALT 15 (20-100)
his GLU 116 (70-150)
his TP 6.8

Dr L then gave us antibiotics instead for 20 days Marbocyl, to be taken after food. I wanted to give Toro his pill after dinner but after he came home from the hospital, he just decided that he was not hungry and preferred to rest. So maybe I would give it to him later after his biscuits because he would be hungry later since he has not eaten anything from 3.00 pm.

I am very glad I listened to my instincts and brought him to the vet. I had changed my mind in the pm and thought maybe he should just rest and I could monitor him but at the last minute I changed my mind as I know I would regret it later.

With Megat, I didn't act on my instincts. Eventhough I knew there might be something wrong, when I felt the hardness against his abdomen, I listened to the vet when she said she could not feel anything hard. Then after 3 months I found out that he had lymphoma!! Once bitten twice shy!

Saturday Calm

Megat asleep after supplements and antibiotics

I still had to wipe him down with a cool towel after his supplements but was glad that he actually told me off for being late with his dinner. He had been very quiet for 3 days in a row and that worried me quite a lot. Then he ate his antibiotics quickly and ate 3 salmon treats. Hurrah! He had not touched his treats for 3 days! I believe he is getting better and his fever is not getting the better of him. Dr L says he should be ok in 4 days although the antibiotic is for a week.

PS: He still is not eating his kibbles at night. I think this will quite a long haul for Megat. he still has a temperature and I have given him his cool water mat for the night.