Saturday, 26 January 2013
Parvo Virus Part 2
Here's a poster I got from Kitty's Cottage Klinik Haiwan on parvo virus. A good sum-up of what I wrote about parvo virus
Be Good Budak
I have a bad news. Budak telah pergi meninggalkan kitaorang buat selama-lamanya on Sunday, Jan 13th. Sedih. Angry. Frustrated. Taktau nak explain cam mana.
He was diagnosed with parvo virus. Yes, that cruel virus. He was recovering after 5 days but his 2nd blood test indicated that his red blood cells were low. Vet cakap most probably sebab FIA (Feline Infectious Anemia) but from later research I found that FPV pun bleh buat red blood cells dia rosak. He became very week from day 6 onwards and we decided to bring him home on Saturday sebab takut dia lambat recover due to stress kena dok lam ward. Malam tu kitaorang hidang dia all sort of food we could possibly imagine: Avoderm wetfood la, Fussie cat wet food la, ayam rebus la, raw salmon la, raw chicken la, kibbles la tapi dia still taknak makan. Lastly, I had no option put to force fed him. Alhamdulillah banyak jugak la yang berjaya masuk malam tu. That night, Budak slept in Rumah Kucing dalam bilik ngan budak-budak lain.
The next morning, my sis masuk tengok Budak and he gave her this extraordinary loud meowing sampai I yang kat living hall pun bleh dengar. I thought "Hmm dah makin sihat dah Budak" and I pun pergi wat laundry. Then bila dah siap, my sis jerit suruh tengok Budak. He was so weak, and gasping for air. I was so afraid that I jerit kat my sis suruh amik air zamzam. Sempat la Budak telan sikit air zamzam tu before dia stopped breathing. Time I pegang dia, I kept telling him "CikLong ngan CikNgah sayang Budak". Bila I realized he was gone, memang hancur luluh hati. He left us while he's in my arms, and his eyes remained open. Macam dia still pandang kitaorang. My sis and I were the last objects he saw, and I hope Budak tau yang kitaorang sayang sangat dia. Terlalu sayang. Sekejap sangat dia ngan kitaorang, tapi dah sampai masa Tuannya ambil dia balik. Petang tu jugak kitaorang tanam Budak sebelah tempat kitaorang tanam Jert.
Rindu sangat telatah dia. Rindu tengok dia makan sampai perut jadi muncit. Rindu tengok dia menghendap budak-budak lain. Rindu tengok dia main ngan kawan. Rindu gelagat dia naik atas laptop and pressed button stop whenver kitaorang tengok citer kat laptop. Budak, Budak. You've changed our life, and we're glad that we're able to care for you. We love you Budak.
He was diagnosed with parvo virus. Yes, that cruel virus. He was recovering after 5 days but his 2nd blood test indicated that his red blood cells were low. Vet cakap most probably sebab FIA (Feline Infectious Anemia) but from later research I found that FPV pun bleh buat red blood cells dia rosak. He became very week from day 6 onwards and we decided to bring him home on Saturday sebab takut dia lambat recover due to stress kena dok lam ward. Malam tu kitaorang hidang dia all sort of food we could possibly imagine: Avoderm wetfood la, Fussie cat wet food la, ayam rebus la, raw salmon la, raw chicken la, kibbles la tapi dia still taknak makan. Lastly, I had no option put to force fed him. Alhamdulillah banyak jugak la yang berjaya masuk malam tu. That night, Budak slept in Rumah Kucing dalam bilik ngan budak-budak lain.
The next morning, my sis masuk tengok Budak and he gave her this extraordinary loud meowing sampai I yang kat living hall pun bleh dengar. I thought "Hmm dah makin sihat dah Budak" and I pun pergi wat laundry. Then bila dah siap, my sis jerit suruh tengok Budak. He was so weak, and gasping for air. I was so afraid that I jerit kat my sis suruh amik air zamzam. Sempat la Budak telan sikit air zamzam tu before dia stopped breathing. Time I pegang dia, I kept telling him "CikLong ngan CikNgah sayang Budak". Bila I realized he was gone, memang hancur luluh hati. He left us while he's in my arms, and his eyes remained open. Macam dia still pandang kitaorang. My sis and I were the last objects he saw, and I hope Budak tau yang kitaorang sayang sangat dia. Terlalu sayang. Sekejap sangat dia ngan kitaorang, tapi dah sampai masa Tuannya ambil dia balik. Petang tu jugak kitaorang tanam Budak sebelah tempat kitaorang tanam Jert.
Rindu sangat telatah dia. Rindu tengok dia makan sampai perut jadi muncit. Rindu tengok dia menghendap budak-budak lain. Rindu tengok dia main ngan kawan. Rindu gelagat dia naik atas laptop and pressed button stop whenver kitaorang tengok citer kat laptop. Budak, Budak. You've changed our life, and we're glad that we're able to care for you. We love you Budak.
Budak masham
Monday, 7 January 2013
C.A.T.C.A.R.E. @Honey Vets, BBBangi
Fuh, hari yang teramat penat tapi still banyak pengisian yang mantops. Hari ni pergi kat Honey Vets kat BB Bangi. Actually, Honey Vets ni memang our personal vets. Budak2 umah ni kalau ada apa2 hal memang kitaorang rush terus ke sini, even though umah agak jauh la, about 45 mins drive (itupun kalau kat Kajang tak jem). Hari ni spesel sket, sebab Dr Nurul and Dr Joe ada buat mini seminar la called C.A.T.C.A.R.E. Tips Tea Party. Tentative starting time was 435pm tapi biasa la kan event kat Malaysia ni mesti akan terdelay 30 mins atas sebab2 kelewatan orang2 tertentu. Tapi takpa lah, yang penting memang best!!
Since dah start agak lambat so seminar ni cam rushing2 sket la. Patutnya mesti boleh share banyak lagi kan? So apa yang Dr Joe shared tadi was on basic cat care tips which they called C.A.T.C.A.R.E. tips. Actually CATCARE tu acronym untuk Confine, Antibody, Train, Cure, Acknowledge, Reduce and Eating.
Confine
Confine ni maksudnya kurung, tapi apa yang nak disampaikan ialah to convert our cats to household or indoor cats. Yeap, I personally agree with them. For me, kalau kucing tu stay indoor, banyak benda2 yang tak best boleh dielakkan contohnya eksiden la, kena racun la, kena curik la, hilang la or yang paling tragis ditangkap untuk dijadikan lauk!! Oh my!! Dr Joe pun cakap kalau nak cage or nak gi hantar boarding kucing kita, perlulah cage itu dicek terlebih dahulu. The minimum size for cage for ONE cat is 2 kaki lebar X 3 kaki panjang X 2 kaki tinggi. Ini saiz untuk 1 kucing je tau, if ada lebih kena la kali kan.
Antibody
Antibody ni lebih kepada program vaccination. The vets suggested that all kitten below 6 months must be vaccinated twice and 6 bulan ke atas sekali je. They also stressed pentingnya vaksin 5-in-1 instead of 4-in-1 sebab yang 5-in-1 tu including vaksin untuk Feline Leukemia (FeLV). FeLV ni easily transmitted between cats and takda cure. The maximum a cat can live with FeLV is 6 months so better la vaksin kan FeLV ni jugak. Our cats cuma Mimi and Tora je yang ade 5-in-1. So yang lain tu ingat untuk this year vaccination nak kasi 5-in-1 terus, kot2 la kalau dorang terlepas kuar umah nanti dah ade full protection.
Train
Train ni training la, from toilet training to other behaviour training such as travelling in cars, mandi, nak masuk carrier and tak cakar furniture. Training amat penting so that takda kucing yang degil. Dr Nurul suggest guna reward and punishment system. Reward and Punishment system memang glamour and berkesan abis. Even dalam my Psychology course pun banyak ditekankan system nih.
Cure
Cure plak untuk rawat. Kena prihatin ngan kucing2 kita, kalau perangai dia lain macam dr biasa, cepat2 semak kot2 dia tak sihat. Bila dia tak sihat, cepat2 anta kat vet supaya leh la langakah2 yang patut diambil. Dr Joe shared citer pasal ada satu cat ni tak lawas pee for 2-3 weeks dah. Then bila finally tak leh pee langsung for 2 days baru la mommy dia bawak gi klinik tapi dah terlewat. Jangan sebab silap kita, our furbabies jadi mangsa ye kengkawan.
Acknowledge
Acknowlege our cats as part as our family, not mere pets. Sebab kalau anggap kucing sebagai pets, ramai yang akan meng'doublestandard'kan diaorang sedangkan mereka pun makhluk bernyawa jugak. Bila dah double standard, mula la anggap nyawa kucing tak sepenting nyawa orang. Ish kan tak baik cam tu. My kitty Jert passed away bulan February pun til la ni I still grief huhu.. Sedih sangat woo...
Reduce
Reduce ni maksudnya kurangkan jumlah kucing seminima mungkin. The maximum number of cats a household can have is 5 sebab based on research kalau umah tu ada ;lebih dari 5 ekor, banyak penyakit senang dapat like fungus la , FIP la, parvo la. Time ni rasa merah muka sebab kat umah ada 13 ekor dah!!! Cam kena kedebush je. Ayork. Nak reduce number of cats termasuklah spay/neuter kucing2 yang dah dewasa. Bagi yang tak tau, Honey vets ni pro neuter/spay so that takda la insan2 terkecuali yang biar kucing dorang bunting then buang dorang sesuka hati. Kesian kucing tu kan. Kucing betina leh beranak at least 4 kittens for every 2 months so setahun dah 24 ekor anak. Bayangkan la kalau tak spay dia, berderet2 anak. Itu baru satu, belum masuk anak2 dia yang dah matang. Yang jantan lak kalau tak neuter nanti suka gaduh2 darah2, then pancut sepah2. Pastu kirang benci so kena buang. Kesian lagi.
Eating
Last tip is eating. Premium food is way better than commercial food (commercial food tu yang leh beli kat supermarket) sebab dari segi ratio ingredients dia and kandungan garam. Dr Joe kata better if the brand tu company dia suka wat research pasal cat food sebab their products will be based on their research findings. For example cam Hill's, Royal Canin and IAMS. How to choose the best food for our babies? Tips dia tengok poo meow bila dorang makan cat food tu. Ada 5 ciri2 poo yang 'bagus' (erk pelik je bunyi nya): 1) bentuk, 2) tekstur, 3) colour, 4) jumlah dan 5)bau. Ciri yang bagus are bentuk cam buah asam jawa tu, tekstur tak lembik or keras gila, should be dark in colour, tak banyak dan kurang berbau. Agak disgusting la nak discuss tapi kena discuss jugak hahaha!
So itula yang kitaorang belajar hari ni. InsyaAllah next month Dr Nurul nak wat seminar on cat food pulak. Dah teruja nak pergi nih. Oh yeah, kitaorang dihidangkan with scumptious cream puffs, blueberry cheese tarts and karipap sardin. Memang meletop abis! Kebaboom boom boom!! Siap dapat Royal Canin 400g lagik tapi me and my sistar overly demand nak pilih range la pulak. Orang nak kasi dia sibuk nak pilih2 plak. Teruk betul hahah. Tapi balik tadi terus bukak kasi budak2 tinggal half pack jek. Yelah 13 ekor kan. Semua lak jenis sedut cam vacuum plak tu. Yang penting mommies happy budak2 pun happy =) Thanks Dr Nurul & Dr Joe. Next time kitaorang datang lagi!!!!
Shomelkan meow ni
Since dah start agak lambat so seminar ni cam rushing2 sket la. Patutnya mesti boleh share banyak lagi kan? So apa yang Dr Joe shared tadi was on basic cat care tips which they called C.A.T.C.A.R.E. tips. Actually CATCARE tu acronym untuk Confine, Antibody, Train, Cure, Acknowledge, Reduce and Eating.
Confine
Confine ni maksudnya kurung, tapi apa yang nak disampaikan ialah to convert our cats to household or indoor cats. Yeap, I personally agree with them. For me, kalau kucing tu stay indoor, banyak benda2 yang tak best boleh dielakkan contohnya eksiden la, kena racun la, kena curik la, hilang la or yang paling tragis ditangkap untuk dijadikan lauk!! Oh my!! Dr Joe pun cakap kalau nak cage or nak gi hantar boarding kucing kita, perlulah cage itu dicek terlebih dahulu. The minimum size for cage for ONE cat is 2 kaki lebar X 3 kaki panjang X 2 kaki tinggi. Ini saiz untuk 1 kucing je tau, if ada lebih kena la kali kan.
Antibody
Antibody ni lebih kepada program vaccination. The vets suggested that all kitten below 6 months must be vaccinated twice and 6 bulan ke atas sekali je. They also stressed pentingnya vaksin 5-in-1 instead of 4-in-1 sebab yang 5-in-1 tu including vaksin untuk Feline Leukemia (FeLV). FeLV ni easily transmitted between cats and takda cure. The maximum a cat can live with FeLV is 6 months so better la vaksin kan FeLV ni jugak. Our cats cuma Mimi and Tora je yang ade 5-in-1. So yang lain tu ingat untuk this year vaccination nak kasi 5-in-1 terus, kot2 la kalau dorang terlepas kuar umah nanti dah ade full protection.
Train
Train ni training la, from toilet training to other behaviour training such as travelling in cars, mandi, nak masuk carrier and tak cakar furniture. Training amat penting so that takda kucing yang degil. Dr Nurul suggest guna reward and punishment system. Reward and Punishment system memang glamour and berkesan abis. Even dalam my Psychology course pun banyak ditekankan system nih.
Cure
Cure plak untuk rawat. Kena prihatin ngan kucing2 kita, kalau perangai dia lain macam dr biasa, cepat2 semak kot2 dia tak sihat. Bila dia tak sihat, cepat2 anta kat vet supaya leh la langakah2 yang patut diambil. Dr Joe shared citer pasal ada satu cat ni tak lawas pee for 2-3 weeks dah. Then bila finally tak leh pee langsung for 2 days baru la mommy dia bawak gi klinik tapi dah terlewat. Jangan sebab silap kita, our furbabies jadi mangsa ye kengkawan.
Acknowledge
Acknowlege our cats as part as our family, not mere pets. Sebab kalau anggap kucing sebagai pets, ramai yang akan meng'doublestandard'kan diaorang sedangkan mereka pun makhluk bernyawa jugak. Bila dah double standard, mula la anggap nyawa kucing tak sepenting nyawa orang. Ish kan tak baik cam tu. My kitty Jert passed away bulan February pun til la ni I still grief huhu.. Sedih sangat woo...
Reduce
Reduce ni maksudnya kurangkan jumlah kucing seminima mungkin. The maximum number of cats a household can have is 5 sebab based on research kalau umah tu ada ;lebih dari 5 ekor, banyak penyakit senang dapat like fungus la , FIP la, parvo la. Time ni rasa merah muka sebab kat umah ada 13 ekor dah!!! Cam kena kedebush je. Ayork. Nak reduce number of cats termasuklah spay/neuter kucing2 yang dah dewasa. Bagi yang tak tau, Honey vets ni pro neuter/spay so that takda la insan2 terkecuali yang biar kucing dorang bunting then buang dorang sesuka hati. Kesian kucing tu kan. Kucing betina leh beranak at least 4 kittens for every 2 months so setahun dah 24 ekor anak. Bayangkan la kalau tak spay dia, berderet2 anak. Itu baru satu, belum masuk anak2 dia yang dah matang. Yang jantan lak kalau tak neuter nanti suka gaduh2 darah2, then pancut sepah2. Pastu kirang benci so kena buang. Kesian lagi.
Eating
Last tip is eating. Premium food is way better than commercial food (commercial food tu yang leh beli kat supermarket) sebab dari segi ratio ingredients dia and kandungan garam. Dr Joe kata better if the brand tu company dia suka wat research pasal cat food sebab their products will be based on their research findings. For example cam Hill's, Royal Canin and IAMS. How to choose the best food for our babies? Tips dia tengok poo meow bila dorang makan cat food tu. Ada 5 ciri2 poo yang 'bagus' (erk pelik je bunyi nya): 1) bentuk, 2) tekstur, 3) colour, 4) jumlah dan 5)bau. Ciri yang bagus are bentuk cam buah asam jawa tu, tekstur tak lembik or keras gila, should be dark in colour, tak banyak dan kurang berbau. Agak disgusting la nak discuss tapi kena discuss jugak hahaha!
So itula yang kitaorang belajar hari ni. InsyaAllah next month Dr Nurul nak wat seminar on cat food pulak. Dah teruja nak pergi nih. Oh yeah, kitaorang dihidangkan with scumptious cream puffs, blueberry cheese tarts and karipap sardin. Memang meletop abis! Kebaboom boom boom!! Siap dapat Royal Canin 400g lagik tapi me and my sistar overly demand nak pilih range la pulak. Orang nak kasi dia sibuk nak pilih2 plak. Teruk betul hahah. Tapi balik tadi terus bukak kasi budak2 tinggal half pack jek. Yelah 13 ekor kan. Semua lak jenis sedut cam vacuum plak tu. Yang penting mommies happy budak2 pun happy =) Thanks Dr Nurul & Dr Joe. Next time kitaorang datang lagi!!!!
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
Kambus or Tak Kambus?
Pernah tak bila pergi jalan2 or drive then tetiba nampak kucing menggali pasir macam dah tak sempat2 and trus membuang hasil tuaiannya? Erm, kenapa cari pasir eh? Well, memang instinct kucing cari pasir kalau nak membuang. Kucing kan asal dari padang pasir so atas pasir la toilet dia. Tapi kenapa dia korek lubang then kambus balik bila siap bisnes? Kucing cover their poos because dorang cuba nak mask bau urine and feces dorang dari dihidu oleh predators. Then why did some cats refuse to cover their poos? Kat umah I, ade 4 ekor yang jenis memang takkan kambus. Kasi la pasir baru tukar sekali pon, jangan harap la. Kita ni yang seksa nak menahan hidung. Well, bagi kucing, their urine and feces acts as marking which transmits social and reproductive signals to sesama dorang. Since kucing ni jenis yang territorial sikit, and their society is structured in a dominance-controlled hierarchy. So dalam kelompok kucing ni akan ade yang dominant and subordinate. Selalunya yang rasa diri dia subordinate dia akan cover feces dia and yang lebih dominan takkan cover. Most of house cats or indoor cats akan kambus poo dorang sebab dorang rasa subordinate to their human family tapi kalau kat household tu ade multicats, then akan ade seekor dua yang dominan and takkan kambus poos dia sebab nak announce presence and status dia. Maknanya dia la abang or kakak kawasan tu.
First Time Cat Owner - Must Haves
Kucing memang comel kan? Rasa macam nak cubit2 je. Kalau bela seekor mesti best kan? Tapi bukan senang nak bela kucing nih. Having a cat is a lifetime commitment. Kalau rasa dalam masa sepuluh tahun lagi tak boleh nak jaga dah kucing eg sebab nak kawin and future spouse maybe tak suka kucing, or nanti pregnant bahaya toxoplasma kat poo kucing, or nak migrate pergi oversea, then better jangan bela at all. Kesian kucing tu nanti. Kalau nak jugak, pergi volunteer kat cat shelter. Those cats need TLC from humans too.
If you want to keep a cat, korang kena faham yang bela kucing ni memerlukan banyak duit, masa dan tenaga.
Keperluan Duit
Duit amat penting bila nak bela kucing. Nak beli makanan lagi, beli pasir lagi, barang basic cam litter box, scoop, beg plastik, tisu, wet tissue, supplement lagi, treats, mainan dan bil vet lagi. Kalau kucing korang tak sakit, my advice sila ketepikan sedikit duit untuk tabung vet mereka sebab kalau perlu nanti takde la rasa sesak sangat. Pengalaman I jaga 14 cats , we spent about RM3500 for vet bills alone, in one year period. Vet bills ni boleh dikurangkan jika kita jaga kebersihan kucing, kasi dorang makan terbaik yang kita mampu beli dan buat weekly at home physical examination. Macam mana nak buat phisical examination ni, meh cek video Dr becker ni.
Keperluan Masa & Tenaga
Masa dan tenaga ni berkait rapat. Most of it spend on masa cuci litter box, masa mandi, potong kuku, brushing, dan paling penting masa main dengan kucing. Kalau kita ade lebih dari seekor kucing, kita tak payah la nak main ngan dorang kan sebab dorang da ada playmates. Nettt, wrong. They still need their human warm tender care even though satu household tu ade 50 ekor sekali pun. Then, as a pet owner, we need to invest our time untuk mencari ilmu2 pasal kucing. Sangat2 penting. Macam mana nak kasi the best environment kalau kita sendiri tak faham kucing kan? If you serious about it, in 10 years time you might have more knowledge than your own vet. Yela nak buat PHD pun 5 tahun research, ni kalau dah 10 tahun kalah PHD dah ni hehe.
If you want to keep a cat, korang kena faham yang bela kucing ni memerlukan banyak duit, masa dan tenaga.
Keperluan Duit
Duit amat penting bila nak bela kucing. Nak beli makanan lagi, beli pasir lagi, barang basic cam litter box, scoop, beg plastik, tisu, wet tissue, supplement lagi, treats, mainan dan bil vet lagi. Kalau kucing korang tak sakit, my advice sila ketepikan sedikit duit untuk tabung vet mereka sebab kalau perlu nanti takde la rasa sesak sangat. Pengalaman I jaga 14 cats , we spent about RM3500 for vet bills alone, in one year period. Vet bills ni boleh dikurangkan jika kita jaga kebersihan kucing, kasi dorang makan terbaik yang kita mampu beli dan buat weekly at home physical examination. Macam mana nak buat phisical examination ni, meh cek video Dr becker ni.
Keperluan Masa & Tenaga
Masa dan tenaga ni berkait rapat. Most of it spend on masa cuci litter box, masa mandi, potong kuku, brushing, dan paling penting masa main dengan kucing. Kalau kita ade lebih dari seekor kucing, kita tak payah la nak main ngan dorang kan sebab dorang da ada playmates. Nettt, wrong. They still need their human warm tender care even though satu household tu ade 50 ekor sekali pun. Then, as a pet owner, we need to invest our time untuk mencari ilmu2 pasal kucing. Sangat2 penting. Macam mana nak kasi the best environment kalau kita sendiri tak faham kucing kan? If you serious about it, in 10 years time you might have more knowledge than your own vet. Yela nak buat PHD pun 5 tahun research, ni kalau dah 10 tahun kalah PHD dah ni hehe.
Feline Panleukopenia (FPV) or Parvo Virus
Today kita akan berbicara tentang penyakit2 kucing. Wah joko sungguh ayat. As a cat owner, I rasa semua cat owners perlu aware yang kucing2 kita ni pun sebenarnya boleh sakit. Betul, ade owners yang taktau. Contohnya, me myself and I. Time mula2 jaga Jert dulu, uncle kat petshop yang kitaorang beli cat food tu pesan kucing kena vaksin. Kitaorang pun okay jela tapi taktau pun vaksin ape. Bila pergi klinik, vet tu tanya nak apa and kitaorang cakap nak vaksin. Dia pun kuarkan jarum and cucuk then kasi pil deworm (complimentary la konon padahal harga dah kira sekali) and kasi kad suruh datang balik after a month. Done. Tu je. Kitaorang taktau pun vaksin ape yang diinject, untuk apa, and kenapa kena datang lagi lepas sebulan. Bila Jert sakit, vet kat Animal Medical Hospital tu cakap suspect parvo virus and tanya kitaorang tak vaksinkan Jert ke. We said we did. So apa kaitannya parvo virus dengan vaksin nih? Balik tu terus google. Then baru la tau. Actually kitaorang macam terkejut dan terkilan jugak sebab masih ada vet yang tau clients dia first time pet owners tapi still tak advice them on basic cat-care. Nasib la kitaorang ni cepat melatah, pas kes Jert terus rajin wat research pasal kucing nih. I personally think I spend more time doing research on cats than I did research for my thesis!
So back to the topic. Parvo virus also known as feline panleukopenia (FPV) or feline infectious entrities (FIE) is a virus yang selalu menyerang kucing terutamanya anak-anak kucing yang berumur less than 6 months. Parvo virus ni jugak punca utama kematian anak-anak kucing. Nak tau betapa dasyatnya parvo virus ni? Dalam 10 ekor anak kucing yang kena parvo virus, only 2 will survive, and the dying rate is within 4 days of infection! Adult cats yang tak penah vaksin or skip yearly booster pun might be at risk of this deadly virus. Virus ni takde cure tau kawan2. Vet yang kat Animal Medical Hospital tu cakap kalau kucing tu cukup kuat untuk bertahan selama 5 hari, insyaAllah dia akan survive and dia takkan dapat dah parvo virus tu. To make things worse, virus ni sangat2 la resilient meaning dia mampu bertahan difficult environment and boleh survive up to a year outside host body. So makna nya even kalau kita mop guna clorox sekali pun, chances untuk dia survive mungkin ade. Virus ni transfer from one cat to another through feces. Kucing yang ade virus ni akan buangkan feces dia yang ade virus so bila kucing lain ade kat feces tu, tu yang berjangkit tu.
So what are the symptoms? The most common are 1) muntah-muntah, 2) body temperature increased, 3) inability to eat and drink and 4) diarrhea with or without blood. Tapi ni yang common la. But in Jert's case, dia takda symptoms ni pun except muntah2, itupun 2 hari sebelum dia passed away. And 3 kali jek. So if your cats murung and tak makan or minum, please check his hydration level by pinching his skin kat neck area. Kalau skin tu back to normal cepat means okay, kalau lambat maknanya dah dehydrated dah. Tapi kalau dia start tak makan tak minum then cepat2 bawak pergi vet sebab it could be anything. Macam Jert, dia dah dehydrated sangat. My current vet cakap sepatutnya bila I pergi klinik yang mula2 yang vet tu inject painkiller, sepatutnya vet tu dah tau yang Jert dyhdrated and if appropriate treatment was given at that time, he could be saved. Tapi takpe la, dah ditakdirkan masa dia. Tapi ralat la jugak. Bila dah suspect parvo virus, cam mana nak confirmkan? Usually vet akan amik sample feces and blood and hantar kat lab. So hanya lab je yang boleh confirmkan parvo or not.
So, kalau virus ni deadly sangat, takkan takde langsung cara nak avoid dia? Ade, mainly by vaccination. Tu je. Semua vaccines for cats akan ade untuk parvo virus sekali so you no need to worry =) Tapi kan, from my experience, dah vaksin pun tidak menjamin your cats tak akan dijangkiti virus ni, vaksin cuma MENGURANGKAN risiko berjangkit sahaja. Take Blizzard as the example. Dia dah divaksin tapi still kena. According to my vet, selagi belum dapat booster, memang vaksin tu takde effect apa2 pun. So don't miss your cat's booster!! I lost my Jert one day before his scheduled booster, menyebabkan I tak jadi was2 dengan vaksin. Normally vet will schedule the booster 28 days after 1st vaccination (refer to my vaccination post) tapi my vet cakap 3 minggu pun dah cukup. So my other cats semua selang 3 weeks dah kena booster.
After 4 months of Jert's death, my household kena serang ngan parvo virus lagi. This time Milo. Tension sangat coz I wasn't strong enough for another loss at that time. A day after that Doro pulak suspect parvo. Nasib baik dua je coz that time we already have 10 cats. Bayangkan if all 6 yang tak vaksin lagi kena parvo, tak ke pengsan? Luckily my vet cepat dan tangkas bertindak and gave both Milo and Doro the best treatment and love they could give and alhamdulillah they both survived. Now dah besar pun dua2.
So friends, please vaccinate your cats, it could save their lives. Bukan mahal sangat pun, about RM100 per cat for vaccine and booster untuk tahun pertama meraka. Then sekali setahun(about RM40 harga semasa). Itu untuk kucing bawah 1 tahun la. If lebih then sekali vaccine je, takde booster. Then yearly booster. Lain tempat lain harga eh, ni harga anggaran jek. RM100 tu sikit nilainya banding nyawa si comel yang kita sayang. Kalau tangguh2 pun nanti treatment dia lagi mahal about RM400 minimum. So jom kita cepat2 pergi vaksin kucing sekarang yek!!!!
So back to the topic. Parvo virus also known as feline panleukopenia (FPV) or feline infectious entrities (FIE) is a virus yang selalu menyerang kucing terutamanya anak-anak kucing yang berumur less than 6 months. Parvo virus ni jugak punca utama kematian anak-anak kucing. Nak tau betapa dasyatnya parvo virus ni? Dalam 10 ekor anak kucing yang kena parvo virus, only 2 will survive, and the dying rate is within 4 days of infection! Adult cats yang tak penah vaksin or skip yearly booster pun might be at risk of this deadly virus. Virus ni takde cure tau kawan2. Vet yang kat Animal Medical Hospital tu cakap kalau kucing tu cukup kuat untuk bertahan selama 5 hari, insyaAllah dia akan survive and dia takkan dapat dah parvo virus tu. To make things worse, virus ni sangat2 la resilient meaning dia mampu bertahan difficult environment and boleh survive up to a year outside host body. So makna nya even kalau kita mop guna clorox sekali pun, chances untuk dia survive mungkin ade. Virus ni transfer from one cat to another through feces. Kucing yang ade virus ni akan buangkan feces dia yang ade virus so bila kucing lain ade kat feces tu, tu yang berjangkit tu.
So what are the symptoms? The most common are 1) muntah-muntah, 2) body temperature increased, 3) inability to eat and drink and 4) diarrhea with or without blood. Tapi ni yang common la. But in Jert's case, dia takda symptoms ni pun except muntah2, itupun 2 hari sebelum dia passed away. And 3 kali jek. So if your cats murung and tak makan or minum, please check his hydration level by pinching his skin kat neck area. Kalau skin tu back to normal cepat means okay, kalau lambat maknanya dah dehydrated dah. Tapi kalau dia start tak makan tak minum then cepat2 bawak pergi vet sebab it could be anything. Macam Jert, dia dah dehydrated sangat. My current vet cakap sepatutnya bila I pergi klinik yang mula2 yang vet tu inject painkiller, sepatutnya vet tu dah tau yang Jert dyhdrated and if appropriate treatment was given at that time, he could be saved. Tapi takpe la, dah ditakdirkan masa dia. Tapi ralat la jugak. Bila dah suspect parvo virus, cam mana nak confirmkan? Usually vet akan amik sample feces and blood and hantar kat lab. So hanya lab je yang boleh confirmkan parvo or not.
Ni la rupe virus tu. Jahat sungguh awak ye!!
So, kalau virus ni deadly sangat, takkan takde langsung cara nak avoid dia? Ade, mainly by vaccination. Tu je. Semua vaccines for cats akan ade untuk parvo virus sekali so you no need to worry =) Tapi kan, from my experience, dah vaksin pun tidak menjamin your cats tak akan dijangkiti virus ni, vaksin cuma MENGURANGKAN risiko berjangkit sahaja. Take Blizzard as the example. Dia dah divaksin tapi still kena. According to my vet, selagi belum dapat booster, memang vaksin tu takde effect apa2 pun. So don't miss your cat's booster!! I lost my Jert one day before his scheduled booster, menyebabkan I tak jadi was2 dengan vaksin. Normally vet will schedule the booster 28 days after 1st vaccination (refer to my vaccination post) tapi my vet cakap 3 minggu pun dah cukup. So my other cats semua selang 3 weeks dah kena booster.
After 4 months of Jert's death, my household kena serang ngan parvo virus lagi. This time Milo. Tension sangat coz I wasn't strong enough for another loss at that time. A day after that Doro pulak suspect parvo. Nasib baik dua je coz that time we already have 10 cats. Bayangkan if all 6 yang tak vaksin lagi kena parvo, tak ke pengsan? Luckily my vet cepat dan tangkas bertindak and gave both Milo and Doro the best treatment and love they could give and alhamdulillah they both survived. Now dah besar pun dua2.
So friends, please vaccinate your cats, it could save their lives. Bukan mahal sangat pun, about RM100 per cat for vaccine and booster untuk tahun pertama meraka. Then sekali setahun(about RM40 harga semasa). Itu untuk kucing bawah 1 tahun la. If lebih then sekali vaccine je, takde booster. Then yearly booster. Lain tempat lain harga eh, ni harga anggaran jek. RM100 tu sikit nilainya banding nyawa si comel yang kita sayang. Kalau tangguh2 pun nanti treatment dia lagi mahal about RM400 minimum. So jom kita cepat2 pergi vaksin kucing sekarang yek!!!!
Ni plak rupe dia kat bawah microscope
Mimi Cik Cantik
Lepas dapat si Blizzard awal bulan January hari tu, kitaorang terpikir takkan la nak biar Si Jert tu sorang2, sure bosan. So kitaorang pun usahakan cari kawan untuk Jert. Since Jert ni male, from research kitaorang decided nak carikan kawan female untuk dia. Bukan untuk mating bila dorang besar tau sebab memang dah set nak neuterkan si Jert nanti sebab tak rasa we could afford the time and money if banyak2 kucing. Lagipun kalau noth from same sex takut nanti dia gaduh2. So I pun dengan gigihla stalk page petfinder tengok2 female kitten aged 2-3 months, tak kisah la jenis ape pun , kaler ape pun janji kucing. Most of the advert yg I tanya sumer dah kena book. Sedey betul sebab kalau boleh nak la cepat2 Jert dapat kawan. Until this last advert yang I sms tu pun dah kena book, terus patah hati tak nak cari kat petfinder dah. Seriously. Ingat nak amik je mana kitten yang jumpa kat tepi jalan tapi time tu tak reti nak tengok gender dia so cancel je. Sekali the guy yang I last texted tu text I, dia cakap kawan dia ade jumpa female kitten kat dalam car engine dia and nak kasi for adoption and kasi I youtube link untuk tengok kitten tu kot2 la I okay sebab kitten tu DSH je. I pun dengan sepantas kilat cam the Flash terus check the vid and terus la terjatuh hati ngan baby Meow tu.
Funny kan time Mr Imran cakap "I think persians are pretentious and she meowed like agreed with what he said hahah!!
Isn't she lovely? Then I cepat2 contact Mr Imran and luckily the kitten is still looking for an adopter. After some arrangement, we agreed to meet on Feb 1. Bila I jumpa, I didn't know how to react sebab si Imran ni letak kitten tu dalam box and taped keliling box tu! Nasib dia ingat nak punctured box tu with pen if not taktau ape nasib kitty tu. Yang I cuma dengar was her meowing. Agak nyaring. I thought female kitten bunyi lembut la dari Jert tapi tidak haha. So masuk je kereta I terus bukak box tu and taraaaa..keluar la kepala si kitten tu and mak oi, besarnya mata dia!! Telinga dia pun besar!! Both the new kitty and Jert okay je time tu, tak hissing tapi the kitty asyik meowing je. Terus bawak pergi klinik konon2 nak vaksin tapi tak boleh sebab kena at least 1 week after kat new environment baru boleh vaksin. Sebab takut if the cat jadi double stress. Since Jert I yang kasi nama, so this time I gave my sis the chance to name her and she named her MIMI. So officially Mimi has been with us since Feb 1 until this day. 10 months dah. Vet estimated that she was already 4 months at that time so maknanya dia lahir bulan October la. Now dah over a year da umur dia and makin cantik dah dia.
This was Mimi when she was in the car engine. Comot sangat!!
Now da cantik da =)
Tengokla Jert posing kemain. Mimi lak pose budak baru masuk skola hikhik
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