Princess tested negative for giardia on August 21st, so I decided to take her out of the hospital and foster her at home with Baby. My resident cats were not too happy at first, but also not excessively unhappy. So, I kept her in my office with Baby for a few days, and little by little, let them mix for short moments, and now, I can leave the doors open when I’m home, it’s relatively peaceful.
Her total bill came to 9,987 baht (£222), of which I had already paid 5,029. So, I paid the remaining 4,958.
Princess is a cuddly kitty. Baby is happy to have her mother back. She’s still very clingy.
I posted online to try to find adopters, and I got a couple of people expressing interest, but they only wanted one cat, and I’m not willing to separate them yet. Unless two great adopters show up at the same time. One just wanted Baby, but she’s not great at communicating, and I still don’t know much about her, except that she’s married and looks like a foreigner. I mistrust foreigners, as too many of them adopt pets and abandon them when they leave the country. Maybe she’s not that kind, but unless she actually gets in touch to have a proper talk, I’ll never know.
Another person was interested in Princess. A Thai woman who sounded nice. The thing is that she already has 15 cats, and she only lets them free a couple of hours in the evening. The rest of the time, the cats are kept in cages. Which is really not ideal. Princess is too young to spend her life in a cage. I think no cat should spend its life in a cage, it’s just too sad. It’s surely safer that the street, but I want Princess to be not only safe but also happy.
I took them back to the hospital on the 29th, this past Saturday. Princess is now fully vaccinated, and was also given antiparasite treatment. Baby was vaccinated with a second round of cat flu vaccine and a first round of rabies vaccine. She still needs to receive her second FeLV vaccine and second rabies one. She should be fully vaccinated by the end of September. She was also given antiparasite treatment.
I paid 1,490 baht (£33) for their vaccines and antiparasite drops.
Garfield and Panda are still at the hospital. It’s been over two months for Garfield, and he’s doing great. His health has improved a lot. He had blood tests done on Saturday, and the vet said it’s all looking good. His red blood cell levels have remained within the normal range even after stopping his oral medication. He’s due for another test in 2 weeks, and if all his blood values remain stable, they will extend the interval between injections and blood tests. This boy is so adoptable now! He’s really fun to hang out with. So sweet and cuddly. It’s very important to him to be able to give me a few nose bumps, nose to nose, before we start cuddling seriously. Some days, he’s in the mood to play, so we play. Other days, he just wants to cuddle, so we cuddle.
Panda’s blood test results, on the other hand, are not great. His red blood cell level has decreased, indicating that his anemia has become more severe. The vet talked about blood transfusion as an option if his red blood cell level continues to decrease despite his medication, but I need to talk more in detail about it with her. I’m just not sure what’s the best at this point. He’s an extremely sweet cat. He can cuddle for hours. But he’s sick, it’s unlikely that we’ll find an adopter if he doesn’t get better, and trying to make him live longer so he can keep living at the hospital doesn’t sound great to me. I want him to not suffer, and I will keep visiting him every day, but I’m starting to think it’s unlikely he’ll live very long. He’s quite young, he probably was already infected at birth, and from what I’ve been reading, his prognosis isn’t great. Cats born with FeLV rarely live past 3 years, unlike those infected later, who can live a pretty normal life with the right care.
