Peggy Tiong had been telling me about this male cat whom she had noticed about 6 months now. He has wounds on his face and he definitely looks like someone's pet.
Yesterday, Peggy managed to catch the cat.
She sent me this photo:
Take a look at the wounds.
An appointment was made today and Peggy brought the cat, whom she calls "Ginger" to our panel vet.
Ginger has a fungal infection called "Cryptococcosis" and the treatment is the same drug as Sporotrichosis, which is Itraconazole. Cryptococcosis is also zoonotic, which means it can spread to humans through inhalation of the spores.
Unfortunately, the wound is very close to the eye and this has caused (or from some other injury) part of the eyelid to be totally gone now. The eyelid is important for the cat as it provides nutrients to the eye. The conjuctiva is also gone. The eye would eventually have to be enucleated (removed).
Poor Ginger...he kept rubbing his eye with his paws and this does not help. In fact, it would worsen the condition and cause the fungus to spread to other parts. Hence, the plan for Ginger is:
1. Put him on an e-collar while taking time to settle him down.
2. Put him on Itraconazole to treat the Cryptococcosis for a few weeks.
3. Once the Cryptococcosis is cured or reduced, we would consider whether the eye needs to be enucleated or not. The eyelid cannot generate itself, and without the eyelid, that eye becomes useless.
We put the e-collar on Ginger. That's Step One.
There is no great urgency to treat Ginger since he has had this for at least 6 months now. So, it's best to take one step at at time so that he won't be too stressed out with too many changes being introduced to his life. Ginger would have to get used to living inside a cage as well since he needs to be confined for the entire duration of the treatment.
Today's treatment is sponsored by Peggy Tiong.
We will provide whatever support that Peggy needs in getting Ginger to be as healthy as he can be.
Peggy texted just now to say Ginger did not know how to use the litter-box at all.
It would take time and lots of patience to acclimatize a free-roaming cat to life in a cage.
Cats seem to be afflicted by so many types of infections, whether bacterial, viral or fungal.
Spay-neuter to reduce the suffering strays.
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