Where's the Girl? (IX)

"Basket, I like too! Box, Bin and Basket. And my name is Braun. 'B' has got to be my favourite alphapet!!"

P/S: I like the photo on the lower left-hand very much. It presents a soulful side of Braun.

Where is the Girl? (VIII)

"The bin or the box? I like them both..."

1,000 (Green) Origami Cranes (XVII)

Skoda had a review done on Sat, 15 Aug where her urinalysis report fared quite badly, with high levels of protein and Leukocytes, as well as crystals in her urine. It wasn't a surprise because then she was wearing an Elizabethan collar while waiting for her claw to heal. The collar kept getting in the way so she was not eating and drinking much.

In view of her report results, Dr K requested for us to bring Skoda back for a urine culture test. We brought her in to the veterinary clinic yesterday, 12 Sept. Her urinalysis results turned out to be the best so far, even better than the one in June. Dr K also remarked on her medical record it was a good urine report :) There were no traces of protein, a low level of Leukocytes and nil crystals in her urine. Yay, hurray!!! There was nothing different nor extra that we did, except that Grimlock played laser pointer with Skoda for the whole week prior to the test date for the past 2-3 urinalyses. It seems the exercising may be of help. Skoda's next urinalysis will be in a month's time.

Skoda's urinalysis results to-date:

This is OUT Too

When C came to catsit for us in July, I found out from her Waltham Urinary S/O wet food (pouch) is available at the James Tan Veterinary Centre. Wet food is made up of 70% water so I've been trying to get her to take more of this (her urine level is concentrated). I enquired with our regular veterinary clinic, Mount Pleasant Springside and found out they have the Waltham Urinary S/O wet food too but the order has to be one carton. Now, Skoda is a dry food junkie so I wasn't keen to get so many pouches at one go. Fortunately the clinic could help to get us two pouches for sampling (yah, only two pouches since these are free-of-charged). And we ended up waiting for close to one month before the supplier finally dropped off the samples at the clinic.

The packaging:


The contents:

Alas, Her Royal Highness wouldn't take to the food at all. So, end of story. I still have one unopened pouch.

One Claw Less - S Version

One morning last month (Fri, 7 Aug), I stepped into the kitchen to see the top door of the refrigerator ajar. Skoda and Braun were nearby. A couple of minutes later, I was going to leave for work so I went into the kitchen again to do a final check. This time, I saw some blood on the counter-top. Braun was the only one at the 'crime scene'. I scooped her into my lap and did a thorough inspection of her but didn't find any injury on her.

I went looking for Skoda and saw some blood droplets on the floor outside the girls' room. Skoda ran off when she saw me. I managed to catch hold of her and saw a claw that was half coming off on her right paw. She refused to let me attend to it so I couldn't treat the wound on my own. I took half-day urgent leave, shoved Skoda into the pet carrier (this girl put up a big fight) and off we went to the vet's clinic. I found the claw on the floor and took it along with me.

The clinic was crowded so we waited for quite a while. Dr K's slots were fully taken up so Dr D attended to Skoda instead. She showed me the wound which looked quite deep (with the whole claw missing). She cleaned up the wound and applied some potassium medication (blackish stuff) on it to stop the bleeding and gave her an injection. I requested for her not to bandage the paw because I doubted Skoda would tolerate it. Grimlock was at work so I wouldn't be able to remove the bandage on my own if Skoda struggled with it. Dr D put an Elizabethan collar on her and to wear it for at least a day. By the time we got home, it was already 12noon. I took leave for the other half-day as well. She kept knocking into things and experienced difficulty in eating and drinking. The immobility did not damper her spirits though.

We took the cone off on Mon, 10 Aug night. We were afraid Skoda might keep licking her paw. Tried to put on a mitten for her but she shoke it off. On Wed, 12 Aug morning - again when I was getting ready to leave for work, I saw a small trail of blood on the floor. Skoda's wound was bleeding a little. This time round, I couldn't take leave. Grimlock took leave in the afternoon and brought her to the vet. She had to put on the E-collar again. Dr K prescribed an anti-inflammatory medication for her. We tried to put on a baby bootie on her paw but she wouldn't stand for this as well. When we brought her back to the vet's clinic on Sat, 15 Aug for her urinalysis, Dr K told us her wound was healing well. We could remove the E-collar but to stop her from licking her paw. The latter proved to be a feat - she couldn't understand why we stopped her from doing so and on our part, it was difficult to keep an eye on her, so we kind of let nature to take its own course.

During this time, Braun and Mikki were not much of a friend to Skoda. Braun, for whatever reason, was fearful of Skoda with 'that thing' around her head; she steered clear of her path. Mikki was fearful too but expressed it through aggression; she scrowled at her whenever their paths crossed. Maybe there is a price to pay for being the Alpha :p