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I've been feeding this stray cat every day, 3 meals a day, for about a year now. I found him hiding under the bushes yesterday morning and his right face, ear and neck are covered with blood. Thinking that he might have gonna into a fight with other stray cats again (he's a fighter, he is neutered), I called up my local SPCA clinic and brought him in for treatment.
They sedated him in order to do any treatment on him as he is really agressive towards them. The doctor found out that he had a really bad ear infections in both ears but his right ear is much more worse than the left and hence he scratched himself to bleeds due to the fluid inside the ear. Doctor couldn't access to his eardrum clearly due to the pus and fluid hence she is putting him on 22 days of antibiotics and 21 days of steroid. He will need to go back for a follow-up treatment in two weeks time. He will need to be sedated again. They will see if there's any improvement, to check if his ear drum is rupture or no and if there's no improvement, they'll need to take a culture test to check what kind of antibiotics works for whichever bacteria that's inside his .
I'm keeping him in as of now, as I planned to keep him in till he fully recovered before releasing him back to where he is from. But of course, if he is able to adapt to indoor and get along well with my indoor cat without fighting, I'll be more than happy to adopt him. Heck, I cried a river and even took leave from work as I'm so worried for him. I just want him to be happy and healthy..
But now the issue is that he seems unhappy and depressed as he's suddenly confined to indoor. As per the vet advice, we're not too sure if he's FELV/FIV negative, therefore it's better if we don't let the stray cat be near to my indoor cat. We are living in a small apartment that's high floor, windows are all meshed up. We got to keep both my indoor cat and the stray cat in two separated playpen when we are out at work. We will take turns to let each of them out to play and sometimes both of them out at the same time under supervise to prevent any interaction of etc.
Now that I'm seeing the stray cat being sad, not being the active self when he's on the street, him meowing loudly at the main door and him clawing at the door to be let out, I'm wondering if I'm doing the right thing to keep him indoor while he's still on medication..
If I were to let him back to the street now, we are able to feed him the medication during morning and night. However, I'm just afraid that he might disappear or that his infection will get worse.
What do you guys think? Any advise on should I keep him indoor as of now till he's fully recovered from his ear infections or should I let him have his freedom and be happy again? I'm really at loss.
He's eating and peeing as per usual. But he haven't poop since I brought him home last noon. He's using the litter box just fine. Should I be worried that he's not pooping since yesterday?
I've been feeding this stray cat every day, 3 meals a day, for about a year now. I found him hiding under the bushes yesterday morning and his right face, ear and neck are covered with blood. Thinking that he might have gonna into a fight with other stray cats again (he's a fighter, he is neutered), I called up my local SPCA clinic and brought him in for treatment.
They sedated him in order to do any treatment on him as he is really agressive towards them. The doctor found out that he had a really bad ear infections in both ears but his right ear is much more worse than the left and hence he scratched himself to bleeds due to the fluid inside the ear. Doctor couldn't access to his eardrum clearly due to the pus and fluid hence she is putting him on 22 days of antibiotics and 21 days of steroid. He will need to go back for a follow-up treatment in two weeks time. He will need to be sedated again. They will see if there's any improvement, to check if his ear drum is rupture or no and if there's no improvement, they'll need to take a culture test to check what kind of antibiotics works for whichever bacteria that's inside his .
I'm keeping him in as of now, as I planned to keep him in till he fully recovered before releasing him back to where he is from. But of course, if he is able to adapt to indoor and get along well with my indoor cat without fighting, I'll be more than happy to adopt him. Heck, I cried a river and even took leave from work as I'm so worried for him. I just want him to be happy and healthy..
But now the issue is that he seems unhappy and depressed as he's suddenly confined to indoor. As per the vet advice, we're not too sure if he's FELV/FIV negative, therefore it's better if we don't let the stray cat be near to my indoor cat. We are living in a small apartment that's high floor, windows are all meshed up. We got to keep both my indoor cat and the stray cat in two separated playpen when we are out at work. We will take turns to let each of them out to play and sometimes both of them out at the same time under supervise to prevent any interaction of etc.
Now that I'm seeing the stray cat being sad, not being the active self when he's on the street, him meowing loudly at the main door and him clawing at the door to be let out, I'm wondering if I'm doing the right thing to keep him indoor while he's still on medication..
If I were to let him back to the street now, we are able to feed him the medication during morning and night. However, I'm just afraid that he might disappear or that his infection will get worse.
What do you guys think? Any advise on should I keep him indoor as of now till he's fully recovered from his ear infections or should I let him have his freedom and be happy again? I'm really at loss.
He's eating and peeing as per usual. But he haven't poop since I brought him home last noon. He's using the litter box just fine. Should I be worried that he's not pooping since yesterday?
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