Pepper's last dose

Finally last dose of tablet antibiotics for Pepper!
I opened the cupboard to take out his medication.

Pepper, having taking medicine once too many times,
knew that medicine time was coming
and quickly hid under the bed.

What to do?
Beg him to come out with a promise of Burp treat for all the four cats if he takes his medicine.
So Pepper was like...

Okay I shall sacrifice myself...

Luckily such tricks still work on him.
Spent quite a while feeding him the tablet,
then I turned to see the table,
where I left the treat.

GONE.

Should I be surprised?
As expected,
Momo had stolen the treat
and took it to a corner
trying to bite the packaging open.

So for the next minute,
I was like some pathetic idiot,
trying to wrench the Burp packet
out from the mouth of a growling Momo.

Momo likes to growl when he doesn't want to give up a precious thing of his.
A friend of mine said that he is more of a dog than a cat.

After that idiotic pathetic minute
I finally managed to get back
a saliva-laden treat packet

Okay,
next to keep my promise to Pepper!
And the growling cat thief gets it too.

He should have learnt to wait.

Sweet Dreams..

Cookie Monster and his new friend :)

The food thieves

Just fed Pepper his 5th dose of revolting liquid,

so he still has one more dose to go.

The next 1 week or so is only the tablet,

Which should be more bearable for him.

Anyway, I took out the packet of Burp treat from the refrigerator,

showed it to Pepper,

and then placed it on the table nearby.

Sort of like a little motivation for Pepper.

Then I started syringing the revolting liquid into his mouth.

Amid all the struggling and frothing saliva from Pepper,

we turned and look.

Where is the treat?

Taken by one of the greedy pigs into the bedroom for their picnic.

Thanksfully their plan was thwarted

Update on Pepper's condition

Day 3 since Pepper went to the vet.

Very thanksfully after Pepper tried unsuccessfully to pee at night on day 1,

he finally let out a decent amount of pee on day 2.

It's sick to look so closely at your cat when he pees in the litter tray,

but that was what I did.

Yay! He peed!

Whatsapped the picture of pee mixed with litter to Emily.

Even sicker right. :P

Not sure if he peed today though...

The liquid antibiotics is really making Pepper's life hellish.

It's so bitter and revolting that he struggles violently and keep trying to expel the antibiotics from his mouth,

that his mouth is a whole mess of frothy saliva

We feel so guilty forcing medicine into his mouth,

but we really have to do it.

Pepper learns fast.

By Day 3 he realised that the revoltig liquid comes right after dinner.

The moment we served him fussy cat

he immediately hid under the bed so we could not get him.

In the end we used Burp treat to lure him out.

Pepper: "Bad Mamas..."

Pepper can't pee.. ;(

Ougwee and I happened to be sitting in the living room, watching television,
when Pepper came to use the litter tray in front of us.

He squatted over the litter and no urine came out.
Then after that he visited the litter tray a few times with the same outcome.

Luckily we noticed it then,
because with four cats in the house,
it's kind of hard to keep track of who peed and who did not.

The next morning it was still the same.
He kept trying to urine but no urine, if not only a dot of urine came out.

We googled about such conditions online.
Seeing what were written about such conditions,
we really didn't dare to delay taking him to the vet.
Luckily we could take the afternoon off at short notice.

Perhaps now that we are using a carrier bag (instead of a normal animal carrier),
and perhaps due to Pepper's aura,
we didn't really get a lot of taxi drivers who couldn't see us standing on the kerb,
and managed to get a cab pretty fast to and from the vet.

Dr Vanessa still remembers Pepper! (and the Momo who terrorised Pepper then)

Luckily we promptly took him to the vet.
A urine catheter was inserted into his eh-hem,
and the urine which was extracted was bloody.

Even when Dr Vanessa kept assuring us that he was sedated
and would not feel any pain,
we still felt quite *heartpain* seeing him lie so lifelessly on the surgery table.
Because he was mildly sedated and semi-conscious,
his mouth was partly open and his tongue lolled to one side of his mouth.
Drool was coming out of his mouth and his eyes had this funny orientation about them.

Pepper recovering from sedation

Pepper was prescribed two antibiotics, one in tablet form and the other liquid.
Good luck to us in ensuring that all of it actually ends up in his mouth.

Standard Operating Protocol #1

Standard Operating Protocol when Momo visits litter tray:

1. Observe subject's sense of urgency. If he is digging with normal speed, let him continue as per normal. If he is digging faster than usual, be prepared for SOP#1 immediately.

2. *OPTIONAL: Stuff your nostrils with two pieces of tissue papers to prevent intoxification

3. If Popo is present, she evacuates to kitchen immediately. (Popo does not need to be advised on what to do, she is usually the first to evacuate herself)

4. With the best speed you have, quickly place a plastic bag right under subject before he defecates.

5. With even better speed, tie up the plastic bag immediately to prevent possible gas intoxification.

6. With the best-est speed, SPRINT to the rubbish chute and hurl the bag down.

7. Remember to open the window to allow for ventilation.

8. Lastly, remember to look as if Momo's poo smells okay (or nice if you are better at acting), so as not to hurt his feelings.

Miaomiao's 10 Commandants - #5

5. Children should be seen and not heard.

Momo was ahh-ing at me,
begging for food as usual.

Miaomiao, who was a few metres away,
walked over and smacked his face.

"NEOW NEOW!"

Momo kept quiet after that.