Two years after the first attack of inflammed gums around his left lower canine tooth, in March 2009 we suffered another major setback. Sage began dragging his biscuits out of his food bowl onto the floor one by one, drawing them to himself and eating them gingerly. This was very odd but amusing behaviour and at first I thought he had developed yet another cute trait like the ARTHUR cat on tele, but it wasn’t long before he began hissing at his food again. I checked his mouth and to my horror both sides of his lower gums were severely inflammed and smelly. It was obvious to me then that the reason he had been dragging his food out of his bowl was that somehow he was blaming the food bowl for the pain in his mouth. Read More
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Viral Gum Attack
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Introducing herbs
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Not long after this I decided to tackle his problems from a different direction, so instead of giving him antibiotics I put him onto a supplement called Immune Plus from Phytopet in the hope of boosting his immune system. My theory was that the continual use of antibiotics had lowered his immune system, hence the frequent and longer bouts of cat flu.
I was amazed at the difference in him after a few days of using this supplement. He became less snotty and at last his appetite increased. After a few months he started to put on weight and looked healthier than I had seen him for years. He didn’t like the taste of the supplement so I used to mix it with 1/2 ml of milk and syringe it down him. Read more