Crusty Cat

Originally posted on my private blog- posted to http://indikon-tonkinese.blogspot.com/ on 06/01/11

Well, the vet was similarly baffled. It seems there's no easy answer to Indigo's woes, worse luck...

She doesn't have ear mites, there's no fleas or flea dirt to be seen (although a precautionary flea treatment was apparently the right thing to do, I can pat myself on the back) and it's probably not hormonal. Which is good, because I'd couldn't let Indigo go through this every time she's pregnant...

So this is the plan. Indigo is going back to the vets on Monday to be checked again and probably have her head scraped and the scrapings taken off to the lab. I'm not to wash her head or treat her with anything (although again, hibiscrub was the right thing to do, another gold smiley for me it seems) to allow any bacteria or whatever build up to a -hopefully- detectable level.

She's also got a pregnancy-safe antibiotic twice a day till Monday as yes, she's scratching the scabs off, and yes, they could easily get a secondary infection to complicate matters. We'll pass on the infection, thanks, I think things are quite complicated enough as they are!

It's frustrating to not know if she's expecting or not. If I knew she was not, there would be far more treatment options available, steroids for example. The vet also had a quick feel of Indigo's undercarriage but said she couldn't detect any pregnancy yet... but then she didn't expect to. It's really too early to tell, even for a vet.

It sounds horrid, but today I am really doubting my decision to breed Indigo.