Why we do regular health checkups in our cats?  First of all, to have it under control. Cats, as any other animal - or human - can get sick. Even that from/in the best family and in perfect in perfect environment and conditions. The risk is greater with age. And our gets don't get younger in time :( Whisper has turned 10, Elma and Dziabąg are already 6, Cody has reached 3 and Helen became 5 years old last December. More about control checkups and their purpose was mentioned before and you can…Read more

Half a year. That's how long it took for Whispers chemotherapy for gastrointestinal lymphoma. For 6 months our life ran in two weeks cycles due to chemo administration intervals. Whisper was suppose to receive 12 doses of Leukeran every 14 days. We've managed to organise it along with my specialisation studies every other weekend and my clinic schedule. Any trips, conferences, cat shows, breeding plans, guests, house renovations, had to be taken aside. To be honest, when it comes to that part of our life, I don't really remember anything else than cleaning,…Read more

Night after receiving the diagnosis was hard but I manager to fall asleep. Rest of the weekend was mostly spending time with Whisper. I was slowly getting used to the thought we will undergo a 6 month long treatment. I had hopes that it will make her live a few more years with us. I was looking for positive sides. Experience gathered while taking care of my own cat, would help me in similar cases with my patients. Break in the cattery  was forced in a way, but I was hoping to use…Read more

After exploratory laparotomy Whisper needed entire weekend to get back to normal after anesthesia. Luckily later, she got to her normal routine quite easy. Considering how invasive the surgery was, samples collection and Whispers age (in April she turned 10), I was really surprised that she didn’t have any problems. To be honest I was rather expecting that recoalescence will take longer and I was afraid for complications. And it was a surprise – my fears derived from knowing what might go wrong – nothing of that happened. Since recovering from anesthesia, Whisper…Read more

After previous tests and treatments (more about it HERE) it was time for checkup. Whisper was feeling pretty well and the only worrying sign was licking her belly. This type of behaviour is observed in patients with abdominal problems. It can be due to cystitis, gastroenteritis, ovarian cysts, tumors, or constipation, In rare cases it can also be related to stress (it can be compared to biting nails in people).  Unfortunately ultrasound showed that previously diagnosed changes were still there on a similar level. Additionally renal cortex was a bit brighter than it…Read more

Introduction to Whispers helath history is availible HERE After a month of new diet and B12 supplementation, Whisper was still licking her belly. We’ve excluded other diseases, such as cystitis and other urinary tract problems. Another reason was gastric tract issues, which we knew has shown in previous ultrasound. Such symptoms may be corelated with IBD (Inflammation Bowel Disease). Other option for these changes was something I wanted to keep away from my mind. I decided to consult Whisper with a friend of mine, who specializes in diagnostic imagining. With my own cats…Read more

Soon we are about to finish our cats little "regeneration break", that we've had for last couple of months. During that time we managed to deal with few issues that needed our attention (we'd mentioned some in previous post HERE). It's hard to plan anything for a breeding female in the cattery. There are many things that get in the way - pregnancy, nursing, recovery time from kittens, heats etc. If not those, there are also control tests, vaccinations, after which they also need some time to recover.... That's also the reason why…Read more