A tale of two poorly pussycats - The Accidental Smallholder

Posted: Thursday 23 February, 2006

by Rosemary at 9:37pm in Cats 3 comments Comments closed

Dan took Cassius for his annual check and booster last Tuesday (Valentine's Day - don't say I don't know how to spoil a bloke!). When he came home without him, I was a little concerned. Cass has been sneezing for a couple of weeks - dry sneezing, not snotty ones like Felix. He had a sneezing fit at the vet's and burst a blood vessel in his nose, poor boy.

Anyway, the vet had a look and thought he had something stuck up his nose (more like something that would happen to Felix, really). It turned out that he had a rotten tooth that was making his eye and nose run. We had noticed the runny eye and nose, but were just bathing them wth salt water; we had been told previously that he had very deepset eyes that might be prone to mattering. The offending tooth was broken when we got him but it wasn't extracted because it wasn't giving any problems at the time and, being a canine, woudl have had a really deep root.

So Cassius is on a course of antibiotics, still hasn't had his booster but seems well on the mend, eye and nose now completely clear.

Felix, not to be outdone, has been wheezing and snotting for Britain. Cass's problem set me wondering if his teeth might be a problem. A visit to teh vet on Tuesday confirmed that his teeth were in good condition but that he does have an upper respiratory tract problem, caused by his cat flu infection as a kitten. The vet doesn't think we'll get clear of it mut she thinks it can be managed. So Felix is on antibiotics and eye drops. I'm pleased to say that there seems to be an improvement already. However, the vet wants to test him for Feline Leukemia Virus and FIV, so we've that to look forward to.

Today, Dan had cut a bit of willow and Felix was chasing it round the garden. Tess decided she wanted the willow, took it off Dan and started running round the garden with it in her mouth. Felix didn't care who was dragging the willow - Dan or Tess - and took off in hot pursuit, leaping on the end of the twig. Tess nearly had a heart attack when she noticed him! I think they might have good fun come the summer and I can't wait to see Felix's reaction to the pigs!