Tara & Ivana (GA)
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Ivana was such a brave kitty for her vet visit on Thursday, and I'm pleased to report that her quarterly CKD checkup went very well - she's about as stable as she can be
Her results are in the Labs tab of her spreadsheet, but basically most of her numbers are almost exactly the same as three months ago, or better. Go Ivana! Blood pressure could have been a little better, but considering it was taken at the vet it's not too bad. She's still on meds for that, and also the Calcitriol for her CKD.
Her teeth were a little worse than last visit, probably a combination of us not being as diligent as we should be with the toothbrushing, and when we do brush we can't do as good a job as a professional - it's tricky getting to the back teeth, but we do the best we can and it's still not awful or anything. The vet got off a bit of the tartar, and also gave us a bottle of something to add to her drinking water that balances the bacteria in the mouth to help with any gingivitis. So far we're still at half dilution to get her used to it, but she's drinking it which is great.
Here's the Princess just after we got home from her vet visit - her face is blurry because she was busy looking around for where her treat was
In other non-kitty related news, we had an incident on Friday with our chickens - while we were both at work, during the day, a fox attacked. We lost three of our four girls... rest in peace Jane, Chablis and Bacardi
We have no idea how the fourth girl managed to not be taken, but we are so thankful that she found a hiding place. Our one extremely lucky girl, Shiraz, is still quite traumatised from what I can only imagine she witnessed, and we've kept her inside since Friday with two short outdoor visits today. She doesn't appear to have any injuries but we are monitoring her very closely, have given her some antibiotics just incase, and will be moving her in to live with the ducks as soon as she's strong enough. Here is Razzy is this morning, her first time outside since the attack - she was very cautious about being in the open and moved slowly, but I think she really enjoyed the sunshine. (She is also moulting hence the scruffiness.)
Ivana was such a brave kitty for her vet visit on Thursday, and I'm pleased to report that her quarterly CKD checkup went very well - she's about as stable as she can be
Her results are in the Labs tab of her spreadsheet, but basically most of her numbers are almost exactly the same as three months ago, or better. Go Ivana! Blood pressure could have been a little better, but considering it was taken at the vet it's not too bad. She's still on meds for that, and also the Calcitriol for her CKD. Her teeth were a little worse than last visit, probably a combination of us not being as diligent as we should be with the toothbrushing, and when we do brush we can't do as good a job as a professional - it's tricky getting to the back teeth, but we do the best we can and it's still not awful or anything. The vet got off a bit of the tartar, and also gave us a bottle of something to add to her drinking water that balances the bacteria in the mouth to help with any gingivitis. So far we're still at half dilution to get her used to it, but she's drinking it which is great.
Here's the Princess just after we got home from her vet visit - her face is blurry because she was busy looking around for where her treat was
In other non-kitty related news, we had an incident on Friday with our chickens - while we were both at work, during the day, a fox attacked. We lost three of our four girls... rest in peace Jane, Chablis and Bacardi
We have no idea how the fourth girl managed to not be taken, but we are so thankful that she found a hiding place. Our one extremely lucky girl, Shiraz, is still quite traumatised from what I can only imagine she witnessed, and we've kept her inside since Friday with two short outdoor visits today. She doesn't appear to have any injuries but we are monitoring her very closely, have given her some antibiotics just incase, and will be moving her in to live with the ducks as soon as she's strong enough. Here is Razzy is this morning, her first time outside since the attack - she was very cautious about being in the open and moved slowly, but I think she really enjoyed the sunshine. (She is also moulting hence the scruffiness.)
I have been researching deterrents/repellents, and this is what I will be doing starting tomorrow - several mirrors hanging on the outside of the fence, so that the fox thinks it's approaching another fox's territory; scent-based deterrents - alternating between aluminium ammonium sulfate and methyl nonyl ketone; soaking biodegradable coffee filters in good old supermarket ammonia and scattering pieces of it on the outside of the fence (we don't have any neighbouring yards to worry about). Re litter, given that cat wee stinks of ammonia, I reckon that might just work... or, it might tell the fox that there's a resident cat and he might want to come and 'meet' Bubba... I really don't know 
