Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Foaming Female

Yes, we finally know what gender Ang Ku is, after more than a year she’s stayed with us. How we came to this bit of information is because we sent her to the vet – she’s been closing her right eye in the daylight for over 2 weeks now. Eye infection. So we were given some liquid antibiotics to feed her with the help of a syringe.

After strategizing, KS caught hold of her while I tried to force feed the liquid through the side of her mouth. But horror of all horrors, she started foaming so badly it took 10 tissues just to wipe her foaming saliva until I couldn’t stand it and released her into the garden, where she continued to foam. It was actually rather scary.

Undaunted, I tried again after a short period when she stopped foaming and managed to squeeze in 5 ml. Her foaming was immediate so I left her crouched over the grass, dripping.

What’s wrong with this cat? I tried looking on the internet and asking my friend who took up vet but found nothing. Her eye hasn’t improved, as all we’ve managed to do is administer eye drops.

2 comments:

Grace said...

How is your cat now? I would call the vet at once, I heard you paid a lot for their services and if the medicine doesn't work, demand for a free medicine prescription again.
Aren't you glad you don't have the dog?

jo said...

the cat is still infected. i haven't been able to administer the medication since then. who said i paid a lot for their services? it was rm30+ only for this vet.

if you're referring to the expensive vet, that was jay, when his hip broke and had to hospitalise him for several days. THAT was a major expense but so worth it. poor jay.