mleku on Nostr: i have come to the conclusion that my #catstr #mochi is suffering from, i think, ...
i have come to the conclusion that my #catstr #mochi is suffering from, i think, throat in fection, or flu-like illness
feeding him chewy char grilled beef is definitely helping him clear up his gingevitis, his tongue is less exposed now after the last week of regular chewy things, he is actually eating less, in total, but wanting food less, at the same time, and basically quite sure that he doesn't want to go outside
well, i'm going to listen to what he is telling me, so i'm not making him go outside for a while
i'm going to clean and bleach his bedding, white towels tied down over the upside-down couch he adopted as his bed, because he drools on it and the yellow staining i see on his feet and especially back leg are the same color as the drool, and it reminds me of the dark yellow goop that comes along with a throat infection
so it's probably mainly a throat infection, but it was synergising with his gum infection (gingevitis)
i took that collar off him, since wearing it the color of the mucus leaking out of his eyes has got a lot darker, which i don't think is good, so probably it's just battering his immune system, so that went in the trash
the chewy beef food is definitely helping him heal, the amount of yellow staining his lower parts where it's coming from his sick mucus-laden mouth and throat is definitely now reducing
the other thing i've started doing is i load up a clean tissue with some 3% peroxide and give his eyes and ears a good wipe
the eye wiping really irritates him, i suppose the peroxide is a little irritating on contact but it definitely kills off the bacteria associated with the parasites... oh yes, so it's probably a sinus infection actually
he has definitely got ear mites, but now i think about it, the yellow goop, the dark yellow mucus from the eyes, and the stain, all are consistent with an infection inside his sinus cavity
it may be that this is making him more vulnerable to the ear mites, but in any case, it is definitely a good thing to give his ears a little wipe and some peroxide to cut back the strain of the secondary infections caused by the mites eating his ears
i have also been taking pieces of the char grilled beef up to feed his little cousin the new wave lady who haunts the supermarket
she loves those chunks, and behaves exactly the same way as mochi with them, sits there for 20 minutes just to eat two pieces that in total weigh about 50g
she has some of the same issues, the gingevitis and possibly the ear mites but she hasn't got the sinus infection, she is pretty clean white all the way down
but i bet if i just drop her some beef every other day and she eats something chewy that massages her gums up well and gives her some good fats and nutrients and salt that she will also start to look even more healthy and maybe get a bit more friendly
female cats with gingevitis are extremely cranky, i used to have this cute medium hair black fluffy years ago in australia and she was mostly ok while i was caring for her because i was feeding her proper food - kangaroo mince with beef liver, mostly, but when i left her there with my mother, probably my mother switched her over to lazy sterilised and grain filled foods and of course this led to her developing gingevitis and made her very cranky
mum sent her to the vet and she had an infected tooth extracted and came back so much more cuddly and friendly, to the point where she found it interfered with her hobby of knitting and spinning, with her demanding to occupy the lap where she needed space to do her textile things
anyway, point being that female medium hair fluffy cat with a hostile attitude towards people is often a sign of gingevitis, and the often protruding tongue is 100% certainty
so it will be nice to see how she responds over time
if it's effective and the folk at the shop and bar business there engage me about this because everyone sees me feeding her, they will inevitably, i will say "if you give her some scraps from steaks and stuff that is chewy it will keep her gums healthy" and perhaps this will greatly enhance her quality of life and make her even more of an icon of this little establishment
anyhow, it's so nice seeing a sick animal heal and get better and happier and become more pleasing to the people around
i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people who "hate cats" just have been exposed to cats with sickness caused by this sterile/dry food garbage and probably more than a few cases of the cat being terrorised by some mean person, i mean psychopath, like whoever taugh Mochi to be afraid of rolled up umbrellas
i will agree, for my part, that many of the dogs that i have hated over the years have been neglected, no walks, bad food, chronic, untreated parasite infestations, lack of an actual guardian, no training
i think you can learn a lot about the health of a society by how the people's animals health and behaviour is
southern europe there is a lot of strays, both west and east, and the society has a grinding poverty underclass, as well, and very often those who keep those animals alive and sometimes get them medical help, are often the poor people
feeding him chewy char grilled beef is definitely helping him clear up his gingevitis, his tongue is less exposed now after the last week of regular chewy things, he is actually eating less, in total, but wanting food less, at the same time, and basically quite sure that he doesn't want to go outside
well, i'm going to listen to what he is telling me, so i'm not making him go outside for a while
i'm going to clean and bleach his bedding, white towels tied down over the upside-down couch he adopted as his bed, because he drools on it and the yellow staining i see on his feet and especially back leg are the same color as the drool, and it reminds me of the dark yellow goop that comes along with a throat infection
so it's probably mainly a throat infection, but it was synergising with his gum infection (gingevitis)
i took that collar off him, since wearing it the color of the mucus leaking out of his eyes has got a lot darker, which i don't think is good, so probably it's just battering his immune system, so that went in the trash
the chewy beef food is definitely helping him heal, the amount of yellow staining his lower parts where it's coming from his sick mucus-laden mouth and throat is definitely now reducing
the other thing i've started doing is i load up a clean tissue with some 3% peroxide and give his eyes and ears a good wipe
the eye wiping really irritates him, i suppose the peroxide is a little irritating on contact but it definitely kills off the bacteria associated with the parasites... oh yes, so it's probably a sinus infection actually
he has definitely got ear mites, but now i think about it, the yellow goop, the dark yellow mucus from the eyes, and the stain, all are consistent with an infection inside his sinus cavity
it may be that this is making him more vulnerable to the ear mites, but in any case, it is definitely a good thing to give his ears a little wipe and some peroxide to cut back the strain of the secondary infections caused by the mites eating his ears
i have also been taking pieces of the char grilled beef up to feed his little cousin the new wave lady who haunts the supermarket
she loves those chunks, and behaves exactly the same way as mochi with them, sits there for 20 minutes just to eat two pieces that in total weigh about 50g
she has some of the same issues, the gingevitis and possibly the ear mites but she hasn't got the sinus infection, she is pretty clean white all the way down
but i bet if i just drop her some beef every other day and she eats something chewy that massages her gums up well and gives her some good fats and nutrients and salt that she will also start to look even more healthy and maybe get a bit more friendly
female cats with gingevitis are extremely cranky, i used to have this cute medium hair black fluffy years ago in australia and she was mostly ok while i was caring for her because i was feeding her proper food - kangaroo mince with beef liver, mostly, but when i left her there with my mother, probably my mother switched her over to lazy sterilised and grain filled foods and of course this led to her developing gingevitis and made her very cranky
mum sent her to the vet and she had an infected tooth extracted and came back so much more cuddly and friendly, to the point where she found it interfered with her hobby of knitting and spinning, with her demanding to occupy the lap where she needed space to do her textile things
anyway, point being that female medium hair fluffy cat with a hostile attitude towards people is often a sign of gingevitis, and the often protruding tongue is 100% certainty
so it will be nice to see how she responds over time
if it's effective and the folk at the shop and bar business there engage me about this because everyone sees me feeding her, they will inevitably, i will say "if you give her some scraps from steaks and stuff that is chewy it will keep her gums healthy" and perhaps this will greatly enhance her quality of life and make her even more of an icon of this little establishment
anyhow, it's so nice seeing a sick animal heal and get better and happier and become more pleasing to the people around
i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people who "hate cats" just have been exposed to cats with sickness caused by this sterile/dry food garbage and probably more than a few cases of the cat being terrorised by some mean person, i mean psychopath, like whoever taugh Mochi to be afraid of rolled up umbrellas
i will agree, for my part, that many of the dogs that i have hated over the years have been neglected, no walks, bad food, chronic, untreated parasite infestations, lack of an actual guardian, no training
i think you can learn a lot about the health of a society by how the people's animals health and behaviour is
southern europe there is a lot of strays, both west and east, and the society has a grinding poverty underclass, as well, and very often those who keep those animals alive and sometimes get them medical help, are often the poor people