KL Saved MT And 2dau's Lives (2009-04-26)
First of all, let's take a refresher on MT's face when she's healthy.
About two months ago, she showed up with weird tracks on her head
and gunky black skin around her chest which we thought strange.
As time passed she just came and went
periodically. Then, several weeks ago, she came to our balcony
looking like Frankenstein!!!
HER FACE WAS A MESS: eyes couldn't open from the thick pusy gunk
around them, the track marks on the head deepened, there were black stuff all over her neck and chest,
thick colonies of boulder-like crusts caked on her ears, and her legs
and parts of her body were losing lots of hair. What's happened
to her in the blink of an eye?!
I honestly thought she's a goner, so severely diseased that she's
beyond repair. I even consoled KL that the time has come for
Mother Nature to take her to cat heaven. But KL is not a quitter
and he just could not watch MT suffer a painful and (literally) ugly
death.
Since MT is very docile and easy to capture, he grabbed her and
rushed her to the vet. Surprisingly, the vet said it's scabies
and relatively simple to treat. At the early stage, one injection
is enough to cure an infected cat, but since MT was so far advanced in
her condition, she might require 2 to 3 shots.
After two injections in a space of two weeks, MT is possibly
cured. We'll have to wait and see if her hair grows back and her
face returns to normal, a third injection is still pending. KL is
the hero in this incident! Wait, but there's more!
2dau, who is the best buddy of MT, was beginning to scratch
constantly and also has patchy hair loss around his face and neck
too!! Now this is a big problem 'cause he is very wary of human
and growls and hisses and attacks! Even if we wanted to take him
to the vet, it would be impossible to catch him.
Once again I consoled KL we'd have to let him go (I'm EVIL).
And once
again, he said he just couldn't watch any cat die from being eaten
alive by parasites. He insisted we try to catch him which we
successfully did!! He was shockingly easy to lure into the
carry case and then he just walked right into a washing net once we
opened the
door.
The vet said he's at an early stage of infestation and one shot
should be enough which I certainly hope so because I don't think I can
catch him a second time. But then again, if we have to do that,
KL will
think of a way to catch him 'cause he's a determined hero with a huge
heart.
KL, you really did save MT and 2dau's lives.
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