Greetings. I would need some help here regarding my persian kitten with me for these few days.

1. He used to drink on a water bowl but I would like him to use the water bottle. He already know the bottle does contained water but seems like his tongue won't have enough force to move the metal ball causing him to use his cheek or head to move the ball. Which mostly make his face wet haha.

2. Do I need to let him to cope with my time? I'm always got awake by him during early mornings like 4-7am asking for attention or help. Kinda tiring indeed but he's only with me for 3 days so I'm figuring a way now.

3. He 's shy and really not into the toys i bought especially the scratch board. Is it better if I get a post??

Thank you for reading and hope you guys can help me a bit here @@.

Thanks elf. Being reading your infos since ver.4 so still a learning process for me. My Felix is 3 months + as described. Went to get kitten food just now at petsmore @ Queen's park and somehow the water bottle incident was discussed with one of the sales girl and she said cats are preferred to drink using bowl rather than bottle as their tongue is sensitive and might hurt in the future. And there I've changed my mind to use bowl. A huge difference when he drinks on bottle and on bowl. really scare if he doesn't drink enough water you see .

About the catnip toys, I do use the catnip sprays on his toys and only one of the toys caught his eyes, others remain the same. The sale girl give me the reason is that catnip only attracts kitten from age 6 months + onwards, after they get used to it, they'll eventually loose the 'magic' too for a while. Now i got a cheap toy for him, straws, it really attracts him haha.

Not say promoting this store but bcoz of the confidence i got from this sale girl, at least i can get a 2nd opinion when i shop here so i won't get confused of what i need for my kitten. Will visit the vet you recommended on these few days to check up. starting to grow on him as he really likes me too

Hello again,

I've gone to see the vet and he told me Felix got diarrhea. So I was instructed to give him medicine and monitor his poo until my next visit. But how do I know if my Felix is having healthy poo??

I didn't realize he's having diarrhea too until I visit the vet. So I know if the poo is soft but what if the poo is hard but my Felix's paw got some of the poo too??

Anyhow, Felix is being active and naughty these days Just now he's running in my room and some how while he's trying to escape from me, he got hit by my leg. He suddenly stunned/scared/on defense and afraid of me. I can see it from his ears when he did that. Then I just slowly brushed him a few and while I picked him up, I slapped a little hard on his back as a warning and put him back into cage.

Oh yea, here's my Felix

He's a mix breed w/o cert so it's consider DLH. but I do like his appearance at 1st sight.
Oh, about the poo sticking on his back side, the vet already cut the fur around his back but I've only see he got little poo got on his back paws so couldn't decide it's healthy or not

Anyway, thanks for reply

Hello guys

I've just visited the vet few days ago to follow up my Felix's diarrhea condition. This time I was attended by another vet since Dr. S was on another branch. After follow up the checking, the vet told me my Felix was fine, just need to eat his medicine for another week then it'll recover. Then the vet did ask me to vaccinate my Felix and I fully agreed. While examining him after the shot, he found out Felix got flea eggs on his fur and I did notice too before. So I was asked to use Frontline and I did later that night. It's seems fine as he's active & naughty like usual on his 2nd day of shot(recover fast indeed ), but as I woke up by him this morning and while I raise him, I saw watery poo stuck on his rear fur. This is the 1st time I see poo like this

1. The dosage of medicine is reduce, will that be the culprit?
2. He's not stress or having fever since he's active and eat well on 2nd day, or still is the vaccine's influence??
3. I put on Frontline and the eggs still stick on his fur. Does it take time to see the results?
4. If this continue for 3 days, will I need to take him to the vet straight away or keep monitor his condition?

I really appreciate your guys help

He actually got pee more than poo haha so it's fine , and I make sure to change his water every time I go to and come back from work. I'm using the Frontline spray as the vet gave me. I use normal comb which is for his daily use, never knew there's a flea comb Don't know if he's moody but he likes to bite or scratch my finger when i wanna brush him these days . Thanks again for advice, will keep on monitor his condition.

Hello again!

After I've visited the vet since last week, Felix has been fine on his daily poo now, although he did caught some on his butt once a while haha. He's as energetic as usual but these few days while I was playing with him, he does like to bite me, as if a way to play so I'm fine with it. Then I don't know whether he's really into these or what so even now while I wanna groom or just cuddle him a bit, he'll do the biting too. Is it ok if I let him be, or is there other way to treat this kind of behavior like toys or I do have to stop this?? Thanks for help

Dear forumers,

I really wish you guys could help me with this as Felix is really into biting which is hard to interact between us. I'm doing the scruffing technique atm but he'll bite or scratch me back after I release my hand. Last time he likes when I cuddle or groom him but now he's somewhat offensive against me. Please help as I'm still learning to love my Felix and thanks for reading.

Mostly it happens when I take him out of cage and pet/groom him. At 1st he'll purr like usual, but later a while he'll start to scratch or bite my hand like I'm playing with him. When I'm doing the scruffing, he seems unhappy and the process will continue until I put him back to cage.

I see. Will take note on you guys' experience . Actually there's one thing happen today while I'm working. As I'm eating my lunch, both of my hands started to get really itchy till I need to scratch hard. I went to put on the Dettol cream later as my hands got those itchy spots appeared. I'm not sure if I was allergic to the food I ate or was the bites that cause it. I think I need to be cautious next time when I play with Felix.

Oh yea, here are some Felix's latest pics, he got a a new hair cut on his last vet visit. He gain some weight too

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Felix is a mix Persian or DLH. His fur was not equally long that's why I decided to make it look nice.
You can check on his last pic on post 174. At 1st I also thought he wanted to play with me, but now he just bite me when he got a chance I'll try to be careful these days. Hope it's his "gigi gatal" symptom only.

I do cage him since day 1 as don't want to have any unforeseen accident happen while I'm not at home. I let him out and roam a while when I'm at home to let him get to know my stuff slowly without destroying it Will consider to let him stay without cage when he's old or mature enough.

This post has been edited by jotaro12: Aug 22 2009, 06:29 PM

I'm planning to change Felix's diet after he finishes his 5kg bag of Iams so now I'm scouting a few brands like RC, orijen, backwood etc. AFAIK there's only RC selling small 400g packet, others would be 1kg++. Would it be ok if I mix my Iams-75%, RC-25% to see how the progress? I just want to know if Felix is comfortable with RC.

Understood . But where do I get the 7kg pack Orijen? Petsmore only carries 1.8kg and I don't have my own transport so KL and Cheras would be my only area to get pet supplies.

Hmmm I see. Did surf their website and they said provide home delivery service, will give them a call then , thanks pumpkinn. I still would like to know if there're other shops selling orijen too around KL and Cheras.

Sorry bro, but I do appreciate your offer. I did some research these few days and found out my own solution to get the Orijen 7.5kg - Petknode. Not saying very affordable price but for me is acceptable + free delivery to door step if purchase 90+.

As a side note, Felix got his 2nd vaccine shot few days ago and since then his appetite drops. I know he might be having fever this time, so I wanna be a bit specific on his situation. He still plays but not as active, water intake is still ok, less eating and soft poo. do all these symptoms related to fever that he's experiencing?? Thanks

Felix has been admitted as vet requested to give him the best cure. He vomit while he's on queue but his temperature is normal when examined so Dr. S suggested to admit Felix under care. Hope he'll get well soon!

Hello el,

After I took Felix back from the vet, he's kinda stressed out and shed a lot of fur, very skinny even only 3 days. Vet said he's still having diarrhea so meds are needed. The weird thing is the vet can't find anything in his poo. The good thing is he starts eating again. I discovered he didn't poo for a whole day since I picked him up yesterday, is that a bad sign? Do I need to get a 2nd opinion as I'm not sure the vet gave the correct diagnosis

Felix was drinking normally till today and pee like usual. I feed him 100 plus w/o gas as vet told me it's good for boosting back his energy. For the poo thing, I finally noticed his poo today, not watery poo too which is a good thing. I'm feeding him the usual Iams kitten which he loves it and he ate quite a lot on the day I took him back. Do I need to give him less than his usual meal portion for a while or keep the same?? Thanks for help el

Apparently online pet shop petknode is selling them but only 2lbs pack for 79. That's somewhat exp

Hello guys, just wanna ask if you have an air purifier for your kitty?? I've been thinking about it ever since I browse through a TW cat forum where they mostly have it to purify the air which might contains some cat gems and filter your kitty's hair too. Some more poo poo smell will go away fast haha. Saw some of their recommendation on which model and the price difference is huge as like selling RM800 in TW while M'sia dealers selling RM1400 for the same model. Thinking to get one as my room become easy to get dust lately. Do share if you have any comments, thanks