Sunday, August 31, 2008

Poppy's a little better

Poppy's a little better. Poor thing had a traumatic time in the vet. The doctor x-rayed and drew out blood from the brown one to run a series of test. Funnily enough at the vet's place, Poppy looked and acted fine. Which didn't help at all. So naughty. His reflexes were fine on that day. He walked well, was as fierce as usual to the vet.

However, his x-ray showed 2 blotches which the vet could not ascertain what they are. Poppy's scheduled to come back for another x-ray in a months' time. If it's serious, Poppy needs to be operated. Eeeek.

His blood test showed that his kidneys are not functioning at the normal rate though. So, diet has to be changed. The vet made me buy kibbles specially for kidney problems - super expensive.
But looking at the way both cats eat the new kibbles - seems yummy...

Poppy's not that well yet but he looks better than before. His 'naughty' look has returned, although in small doses. He doesn't seem to be interested to chase furry toys, but at least he's walking around a bit more, rubbing his furry head on our bodies from time to time. Now he's just parked his furry body on daddy meow's recliner. Daddy meow has to sit somewhere else. Even the orange one cannot sit on the recliner cos Poppy's branded it as his now. I guess when u are sick, u do things that are out of the norm. Daddy meow's not amused though. No place to sit.

Poor Poppy Poo. He's only 4 years old. So small, so frail, Poppy never seem to grow.

3 comments:

Ellen Whyte said...

Poor Poppy! Purrs and get better soon.

Ellen Whyte said...

PS Katz Tales is not online as I safeguard copyright. But I can mail you my copy - Au is reading it but I can take it away from him... he's got the rest of the paper to read and that should be enough! Email me your snail mail address at

katztales AT lepak.com

numin said...

Poppy is colonizing my leather recliner.