Sphynx Cats Go To The Vet

Sphynx Cat Luna and Sphynx Kitten Pierre went to the vet today as both have some skin issues that we wanted looked at. Sphynxes + Vet nurses = lots of hugs and kisses for your Sphynx. Be prepared for lots of stares and questions from other people in the waiting room as well.

My favourite reaction was a little old lady who was there to pick up her crazy, circle spinning hairy pooch. On seeing Luna she went over instantly to her and gave her pats and strokes and said “Aren’t you just the sweetest thing!?”. Of course Luna just lapped it all up.

Until we went into the vet’s room anyway. Luna looks to have a fungal infection in one of her toenails. We have been monitoring the nail to see if it would clear up, but so far no luck. Before going to the expense of tests for fungus we will try soaking her feet in Malaseb which will kill any fungus (if that’s what it is).

Remember way back when we talked about Pierre’s tail chewing habit? Well he has stopped doing that and his tail has healed nicely. Unfortunately what hasn’t healed is a rash that he got after cooking himself on his heat mat over winter. First it appeared to be a heat rash, but after it not going away even after the heat mats were turned off we were puzzled why it is so slow to heal. It doesn’t seem to bother him, and where he can’t lick it it just looks like a scab. Where he can lick it has a reddish cast and could be infected (no pus or discharge, just red). So it is onto antibiotics for him for a week to see if that helps with the healing. If no change then it’s skin scrape time.

He gets to have Malaseb baths as well.  More on their progress in later posts.

Update on weights

Luna 3.3kg

Pierre 3.8kg

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