He was born free. Away from the confines of an apartment or control of the owner.
He roams outside his neighbourhood and defends his own turf successfully. He may be small in size, but his heart is big. Claws out when he meets other male feline intruders. No serious bite or scratch wound in the past years. He lives free. Roams everywhere. See the little bird. Pounce on him! Lots of fun when one is free!
But freedom comes at a price sometimes.
BE KIND TO PETS V E V
FIV in a coughing stray cat
SETTINGS. Singapore
Stray cats are a rare species in the hawker centres and food courts (images) as the Singapore Government had culled them in the past years. Now there is a TNR program and Singaporeans do meet the occasional stray cat.
This family of 2 parents and two pre-teen daughters feed this stray cat in the void deck (image of HDB void deck). He has freedom to roam. "He will fight off any intruders into his turf," the younger daughter told me.
On New Year's Day, he was brought in with serious coughing. Non-stop coughing. Why?
Video
FOLLOW UP ON JAN 10, 2018
The cat is active, has appetite and not coughing. Eating wet KD food. Continue antibiotics. Does not want to stay in the house.
Sunshine aids recovery of diseases in red-eared sliders.
A RJC Intern brought a very small note-book to scribble notes on case studies. "Not practical," I told her as notes needed to be written fast. A4-sized papers were given to her!
An example of how to produce a Be Kind To Pets veterinary educational video. A movie structure is used. It starts with a "hook".
1. HOOK
Your beginning must be strong visually as well as emotionally. Start your video with either
a) A visual HOOK (atmosphere or action), e.g a problem has occurred. b) Puzzling event e.g. yellow 3rd eyelids, ears and gums in this case study c) Verbal argument
A short video clip of 1 minute is preferred. Images can be used if there is no video footage.
In this video, we will use footage of one video on Day 6 of treatment.
1 Jan 2019. Day 6 of treatment.
Jaundice - evident by yellow 3rd eyelids, ears and gums.
Yellow 3rd eyelids and ears in a cat are not normal. The cat has yellowish eyes, gums and belly skin. Why?
Look at one of these two normal cats. The ears are white. What causes jaundice in this cat?
2. Show image of
Narrate "This is a Be Kind To Pets Veterinary Educational Video......."
3. SETTING
This cat lives in Singapore, a city-state of around 6 million residents. Over 80% of the residents live in apartments. Sengkang is a new neighbourhood with many apartments recently built.
(Show Sengkang West pictures are you narrate). There are other cats living in the house.
The 3rd blood test showed liver enzymes have decreased (show figures). This means that the cat is recovering from liver disorder. However, the cat has kidney failure as evident by the high creatinine and urea levels (show figures). He is on daily dialysis with 200 ml of fluid under the skin till the kidneys recover.
Blood tests of total white cell count, neutrophils, lymphocytes, platelets (show figures) show no abnormality. This indicates that the cat has no blood-borne bacterial or viral infections. The cause of
jaundice is likely to be hepatic lipoidosis
6. TREATMENT
The cat was given anti-vomiting for the past 3 days and hand fed Hills' A/D and K/D. The cat has improved slightly based on absence of bilirubin in a recent urine test.
A 3rd blood test showed lower liver enzyme indicating that the cat's liver is recovering from treatment including Ornipural injections. However, the creatinine levels are high indicating kidney failure. The cat is on daily fluid therapy via subcutaneous route. No more vomiting as at Jan 1 as the cat had anti-vomiting injections for the past 5 days.
7. OUTCOME as at Jan 2, 2019
Out of 4 cats, this cat eats much more at a young age. She is the only one to become obese. It is likely that she is suffering from hepatic lipidosis (define).
As at Jan 3, 2019, the ears and eyelids are less yellow. The cat is on daily dialysis with fluid.
8. FOR MORE INFORMATION
9. CREDITS
Full name of intern: Date of video creation: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 videos are available. Edit them to get the relevant footage.
VIDEO 1
Date: 19 December 2018.
The first consultation on 17 December 2018 as the cat has been vomiting.
Now the ears and eyes and not eating. First blood test taken.
VIDEO 2
Date: 1 January 2019. The owner was unable to feed and medicate the cat as the cat vomits after being given medication.
This video shows Day 6 of inpatient treatment for anti-vomiting treatment
Settings: Singapore's Sengkang West. Suburban. New estate
X-rays showed 4 eggs. Ruby, the 2.5-year-old red-eared slider had laid 2 well-formed eggs of around 5 cm long and then a broken-shelled egg later. Stopped eating
So the owner brought to Toa Payoh Vets
Today, 11.30am Dec 30, 2018, 2.5 kg
X RAY
Oxytocin 15 IU (1.5ml) given. I gave 0.5 ml IM, 1.0 ml SC.
Calcium gluconate 32.6 Calcium gluconate/ml. I gave 0.2 ml IM