Happy Easter

Milo absolutely adored his special Easter egg for cats.  Yoghurt and catnip...yums.  He'd rather bat it around the floor than eat it, though!

Drops

So surprise, surprise... Milo is not a fan of ear/eye drops!  If I have any skin left on my legs and arms by the end of the week, it'll be a miracle.

It's a shame all this has happened in the first month of me getting him.  He was such an affectionate and loving cat when I got him, happy to lie on the sofa for cuddles, and would let me brush him, cut his claws and check his teeth without any problems.  Now, though, it's a different story!  As soon as I stroke him he flinches in case i'm going to administer some more drops, and if I even go near his brush, he's legged it.

Hopefully he'll go back to his old self once he's feeling better.

Vets

Woke up this morning to a screaming mog.  He was scratching his ear so violently that clumps of fur were flying about the place.  He was miaowing and whimpering and just generally not a happy chappy.  By the time I had to leave for work, his ear was plastered back against his head and his eye shut.  I felt so bad leaving him when he was so obviously uncomfortable, but I had to go to work.  Called the vet as soon as they opened and got him booked in for an appointment after work.

I left work early to get him to the vets and by the time I got home he seemed a lot calmer and in less distress.   The vet said he looks as though he has an ear infection, but couldn't tell for certain as he couldn't stop scratching his ear as she was trying to look in it.  She put some neon green goo on his eyes, too, to check and see if he'd scratched them as they were watery, and gave him an injection to stop the itching from being too bad.

I left the vets with a prescription of Canaural ear drops, Fucithalmic eye drops, and an appointment to see the vet again the same time next week.

I can sense this is going to be a fun filled week!

Fleas Update

So it would seem the Bob Martin products I treated Milo with when I got him are, to put it lightly, rubbish.  When I told people what i'd used initially to flea/worm him, they all shook their heads and said Bob Martin products are rubbish and don't work.

News to me!  I figured if it was for sale in a shop, it was fit for purpose.  But i'm obviously wrong.

I put an order in on petdrugsonline.co.uk for some Advantage flea spot-on treatment, and Panacur worming granules, and an order on Amazon.co.uk for some Indorex house spray for fleas.

They arrived on Friday, so yesterday morning was spent blitzing the house.  Everything was moved, hoovered and sprayed with Indorex, my bedding and towels all went on a hot wash, as did Milo's towels and bed.  He got treated with the Advantage spot on and had his Panacur mixed in with his breakfast feed.

Phew.  Hopefully that's got rid of the little buggers....

Fleas

Uh oh... this morning, I found a flea.  Was chilling with Milo and giving him a brush when I spotted a weird looking creature on the bristles.  Eek.  I de-flead and de-wormed him when I first got him, but it was obviously ineffective.


I've just blitzed the house with some Bob Martin Flea Kill powder so we'll see what happens.  Got him a flea collar too.

Meet Milo

This is Milo.  He is almost 2 years old (born on the 3rd June 2011) and is such a cutie-pie.

I got him on the 2nd of March from a private advert on Pets4Homes.  He is my first ever cat.  He's so playful and loves nothing more than a pouncing session with his feather on a string, or chasing his SlimCat food ball around the room.  He's a very easy-going cat!

This blog will be a space for me to share my thoughts on all the bits and bobs I buy for Milo, as well as a place to share some bits about him and his life.

Welcome!